58,000 Journals and Counting: The 2025 OJS Beacon Data

2026/04/15 by Famira Racy · 1 voice
Computer Science · Decision Sciences · #Academic Publishing and Open Access #Research Data Management Practices #scientometrics and bibliometrics research

paper · doi:10.59350/1v51v-e0831

openalex publication_date 2026/04/15 · openalex created_date 2026/04/16 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/14

Abstract

<ns4:p>The 2025 Beacon dataset is out. It shows OJS powering 58,000 journals across 156 countries, with 2.5 million articles published and steady growth in software upgrades. Here's what the data tells us. Open Journal Systems (OJS) launched in 2002. By 2010, around 4,000 journals were using it. What followed was more than a decade of […] The post 58,000 Journals and Counting: The 2025 OJS Beacon Data appeared first on Public Knowledge Project.</ns4:p>

Discussions

• 58000 journals, 2.5 million articles, 156 countries. Yo? Hincha fanática del #OJS @pkp.sfu.ca [bsky, 3 points, 0 comments]

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