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Practical guidance for commissioning a journal website, defining pricing and automating publishing. Explanations grounded in our real projects.

01 / PRACTICAL GUIDE

Creating a scientific journal website: where editors should start

Plan design, article submissions, languages, archives and editorial management before commissioning a journal website. A practical starting point with Wick.

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02 / PRACTICAL GUIDE

How to estimate journal website pricing and delivery

How design, archives, languages and automation affect journal website costs. What to send for an accurate proposal and how to define handover criteria.

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03 / PRACTICAL GUIDE

Journal archive migration: preserving files and links

Move a journal to a new server or system with backups, trial imports, article and PDF checks, a redirect plan and a defined handover.

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04 / PRACTICAL GUIDE

Automatically splitting a PDF issue into articles

Split a journal or conference PDF into individual articles while preserving source pages and checking metadata and duplicates.

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05 / PRACTICAL GUIDE

Print-ready journal PDF design from Word

Prepare journal PDF layouts from Word with consistent styles, fonts and metadata. Review tables, figures and the final file before attaching it to the paper.

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06 / PRACTICAL GUIDE

Automatic journal issue assembly: cover, contents and papers

Assemble a journal issue from articles with a cover, linked contents and a combined PDF. Define ordering, editorial review and approval.

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07 / PRACTICAL GUIDE

Preparing a journal website for Google Scholar

Review article pages, citation metadata and PDF access for Google Scholar. Technical auditing and preparation for a scientific journal website.

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08 / PRACTICAL GUIDE

Journal DOI integration: metadata, registration and stable links

Prepare journal DOI integration with your registrar account, prefix, Crossref metadata, deposit workflow and DOI-link verification.

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