OJS theme design

OJS Theme Customization & Journal Website Design

Give your journal the professional look it deserves — a clean, mobile-friendly OJS theme in your university or publisher brand, with a homepage that highlights the current issue, scope and call for papers.

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  • Upgrade-safe child theme
  • Mobile-first
  • Accessible design

Custom theme included in

Journal Pro

₹28,999 · or quoted separately for existing journals

  • Branded header, colours & fonts
  • Custom homepage layout
  • Editorial board & policy pages
  • Issue and article page styling
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Open Journal Systems (OJS) journal website with current issue and article list

First impressions count

Authors and reviewers judge your journal by its website

Researchers decide where to submit in seconds. A dated layout, broken mobile view or missing policy pages can make a genuine journal look untrustworthy — and drive good submissions elsewhere. A clean, consistent design signals that the journal is professionally managed.

We build on top of OJS’s own theme system using a child theme, so your design survives future OJS upgrades. Colours, typography, header, navigation, homepage blocks and article pages are styled to match your brand while keeping OJS’s accessible, standards-based markup that indexers rely on.

  • No changes to OJS core files
  • Fast pages on low-bandwidth connections
  • Readable article pages with clear PDF/HTML links

What we customise

Every part of the reader experience

Header & branding

Journal logo, institution logo, ISSN and indexing badges presented clearly on every page.

Homepage

Current issue, announcements, aims and scope, call for papers and quick links for authors.

Navigation & pages

Logical menus for About, Editorial Board, Author Guidelines, Policies, Archives and Contact.

Issue & article pages

Clear table of contents, article metadata, citation information and galley links.

Mobile & accessibility

Responsive layouts, readable fonts, sufficient contrast and keyboard-friendly menus.

Multilingual display

Language switcher and layouts that work for English and regional-language journals.

Content checklist

Pages every credible journal website should show

We create these pages during the redesign and help you write any that are missing.

About the journal

  • Aims & scope
  • Editorial board with affiliations
  • Publisher & ISSN details
  • Indexing & abstracting
  • Contact information

For authors

  • Author guidelines & templates
  • Submission checklist
  • Article processing charges & waivers
  • Copyright & licensing
  • Call for papers

Policies

  • Peer-review policy
  • Publication ethics & malpractice
  • Plagiarism policy
  • Open access statement
  • Archiving & privacy policies

FAQ

OJS theme FAQ

Our themes are built as child themes of a maintained OJS theme and avoid core file changes, which keeps upgrades straightforward. We test the theme as part of every upgrade we perform.

Yes. The redesign changes only how the journal looks; articles, issues, users and URLs stay the same.

Yes. Publishers and universities often use one design system with different colours and logos per journal. We set this up once and apply it to each journal.

Yes, as an add-on. We can create a simple, professional logo and issue cover templates that match your theme.

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Want your journal to look as good as its research?

Share your journal link and brand guidelines. We will send design ideas and a fixed price.

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