What a Journal Management System Does, and Why Launching Without One Fails
Most people who want to start an academic journal begin with a website and an email address. Submissions arrive as attachments, reviewers are chased by hand, decisions live in someone's inbox, and by the third issue nobody can say with certainty who reviewed what or when. A journal management system (JMS) exists to replace that improvised process with a recorded one. JWJMS (jwjms.org) is the journal management system built and run by the Journey & Wisdom group, the same group that publishes JMVRA, and this guide uses it as the worked example throughout.
A JMS is not a content management system with a contact form bolted on. It is workflow software: it knows that a manuscript has states (submitted, under screening, with reviewers, in revision, accepted, scheduled, published), that each state change has an owner and a timestamp, and that authors, reviewers and editors each see a different view of the same record. That record is what indexing evaluators, university committees and sceptical authors ask for when they want proof that peer review actually happened.
For authors
One submission portal, a dashboard that shows the current stage, and revision uploads that stay attached to the original record instead of arriving as "final_v3_really_final.docx".
For editors
Desk screening with a checklist, reviewer invitations sent from the system, automatic reminders, and a decision letter that is stored with the manuscript history.
For reviewers
A clear invitation with abstract and deadline, a structured review form, and a record of completed reviews they can cite when they apply for editorial roles.
For the journal's reputation
A complete audit trail of every step, which is exactly what UGC's suggested parameters, Scopus evaluators and DOAJ reviewers ask a journal to demonstrate rather than merely claim.
The software does not make a journal credible. It makes credibility provable, because every decision leaves a record that someone other than the editor can inspect.
JWJMS at a Glance: What It Covers from Submission to Published Issue
JWJMS is a hosted, managed journal management system. That phrase matters: the Journey & Wisdom team runs the servers, applies updates and keeps the platform available, so a college, society or independent publisher can configure a journal without installing software, renting a server or employing a developer. The platform covers the full editorial path:
- Submissiononline portal, metadata capture, author dashboard
- Desk screeningscope, formatting and similarity checks before review
- Peer reviewreviewer invitations, reminders, structured reports
- Revision roundsauthor responses tied to each reviewer point
- Decisionaccept, minor, major or reject, with a stored letter
- Issue buildingschedule articles into volumes and issues, publish on a date
Two features deserve emphasis because they are the ones a new journal underestimates. First, reminders: reviewers forget, and a system that nudges them on day 7 and day 14 without the editor lifting a finger is the difference between a four-week and a four-month review cycle. Second, the record of each step: when a university asks an author to prove the paper was peer reviewed, or when an indexing service asks the journal for its review timelines, the data already exists.
Before You Configure Anything: Scope, Name, Board and Money
Configuration takes an afternoon. The decisions that feed it take weeks, and they are the ones that determine whether the journal survives its second year. Settle these four before you log in to JWJMS.
1. Scope you can staff
Write an aims-and-scope statement that names a discipline and five to ten sub-areas, states the article types you accept, and says what is out of scope. A multidisciplinary scope is legitimate (JMVRA is multidisciplinary) but it needs an editor who can judge each area you accept. ISSN India's guidelines expect an online journal to address a precise subject or a specific audience.
2. A name that passes the duplicate test
Search the ISSN Portal for your proposed title and close variants. A title that resembles an existing journal invites accusations of cloning and may be refused an ISSN. Use "International" only if your board and authorship are in fact international. The title must then appear identically on the website, the PDF headers and the ISSN application; a later title change needs a new ISSN.
3. A board that meets the minimum
- At least five editorial board members, each with full name, institutional affiliation and an institutional email address (ISSN India does not accept personal email addresses for board members).
- Senior faculty for a scholarly journal; research scholars and students are not accepted as board members by ISSN India.
- Written consent from every person listed, kept on file.
- Subject coverage that matches the scope, so that every submission has an editor who can judge it.
4. A funding model for three years
Decide whether the journal is author-funded (a modest charge after acceptance, as JMVRA does), institution-funded (no charge to anyone, costs borne by a university or society) or membership-funded. Whichever you choose, the charge, if any, must be published before the first call for papers and never linked to the editorial decision.
Setting Up the Journal on JWJMS: Configuration Checklist
With the decisions made, configuration is a matter of entering them. The table below lists what a journal on JWJMS needs filled in before it opens for submissions, who normally supplies it, and the mistake to avoid at each point.
| Setting | What to enter | Common mistake |
|---|---|---|
| Journal identity | Full title, abbreviation, publisher name, publisher address or "online journal", logo and layout | Abbreviation that differs from the one used on PDFs |
| ISSN field | Leave blank until ISSN India assigns it; add the online ISSN the day it arrives | Typing "applied" or a print ISSN that belongs to another title |
| Subject and scope | The aims-and-scope statement, keywords, article types | "All subjects" with no sub-areas |
| Frequency | Monthly, bimonthly or quarterly; the schedule you can fill with five or more good articles per issue | Announcing monthly and publishing when papers happen to arrive |
| Editorial board | Name, designation, institution, institutional email, role (editor-in-chief, associate editor, member) | Listing people who have not consented |
| Review model | Single-blind or double-blind; number of reviewers per paper; review deadline in days | Choosing double-blind but leaving author names in the PDF |
| Reminder schedule | Days after invitation for first and second reminders; days before the deadline for the final one | No reminders, so editors chase by hand |
| Author guidelines | Template, word limits, reference style, required declarations (ethics, conflicts, funding) | Guidelines copied from another journal that contradict your template |
| Charges | The exact amount for Indian and international authors, when it is payable, what it covers, refund rule | Fee discovered by the author only after acceptance |
| Policies | Peer review, ethics, plagiarism, corrections and retractions, licence, archiving, privacy | Links that point to empty pages |
Enter the review deadline deliberately. Two to three weeks is typical for a first review; shorter deadlines produce declines, longer ones produce forgetting. JWJMS's reminder feature makes a three-week window workable because the reviewer hears from the system before the deadline passes, not after.
Policies You Must Publish Before the First Call for Papers
Authors, reviewers and evaluators judge a journal by its written policies long before they read an article. UGC's Suggested Parameters for Choosing Peer-Reviewed Journals, which replaced the discontinued UGC-CARE list as the reference point in India, ask whether a journal publishes a clear peer-review policy, an ethics policy, an editorial board with verifiable affiliations, transparent charges and a regular schedule. Every one of those is a page you write once and keep current.
Peer-review policy
Model (single- or double-blind), number of reviewers, typical timeline, how conflicts are handled, and the possible decisions.
Publication ethics
Authorship criteria, duplicate submission, data fabrication, plagiarism thresholds, and what happens when misconduct is suspected. Base it on COPE's guidance rather than inventing rules.
Charges and refunds
Exact amounts, currency, when payable (after acceptance is the honest default), and the refund rule for withdrawals.
Licence and copyright
Who holds copyright and under which licence readers may reuse the work. JMVRA publishes under CC BY 4.0; state yours explicitly.
Corrections and retractions
How errors are corrected, when a retraction is issued, and how the DOI record is updated so that the change propagates.
Archiving and privacy
Where the content is preserved if the site goes down, and what you do with author and reviewer personal data.
JWJMS stores these as journal pages linked from the submission form, so an author must see them before submitting. A complete example set is on the JMVRA policies page, and our guide on writing every journal policy gives templates for each.
ISSN and Crossref DOI: The Right Sequence and Timing
New publishers often try to get an ISSN and DOIs before they have published anything. The sequence is the other way round, and getting it wrong costs months.
- Before launch
Publish the journal website with title, scope, board, policies and author guidelines. Open submissions on JWJMS. No ISSN yet; do not print one.
- First issue published
Publish a complete first issue: for a non-annual online journal ISSN India treats at least five articles as complete (ten for an annual). Each article needs the journal title, volume, issue and date on it.
- ISSN application
Apply to the ISSN National Centre of India (National Science Library, CSIR-NIScPR, nsl.niscpr.res.in) with the online form, the board list with institutional emails and the first issue's URL. The ISSN is free; allow at least 30 working days.
- ISSN assigned
Add the online ISSN to the JWJMS journal settings, the website footer, every article PDF and the Crossref metadata. Never alter the title afterwards without informing the centre.
- DOIs through JWDOI
Register Crossref DOIs for the published articles through JWDOI (jwdoi.org), which gives the journal a sponsored prefix and deposits the metadata without the journal joining Crossref directly. Journals in the Journey & Wisdom network share the prefix 10.56975.
Full details of the ISSN process are in how to get an ISSN for a journal; the DOI process and metadata requirements are in how to get a Crossref DOI for a journal.
Recruiting Reviewers and Configuring Peer Review in JWJMS
A journal is only as fast as its slowest reviewer and only as credible as its most careful one. Build the reviewer pool before the call for papers, not after the first submissions arrive.
Do
- Ask each board member for five named colleagues who publish in the scope.
- Record each reviewer's keywords in JWJMS so invitations match expertise.
- Send a review form with structured questions (originality, method, clarity, ethics) and a recommendation field.
- Set the deadline at 14 to 21 days and let the system send reminders.
- Thank reviewers in writing and issue a certificate; recognition is the main reward you can offer.
- Track reviewer response rates and retire those who never reply.
Avoid
- Using the editorial board as the only reviewers; boards burn out within two issues.
- Accepting the author's suggested reviewers without checking their affiliation and independence.
- Letting one reviewer's "accept" override a second reviewer's substantive objection.
- Sending the author the reviewer's identity in a double-blind journal.
- Publishing before a revision has actually been checked against the reviewer's points.
Single-blind or double-blind?
JWJMS supports both. Double-blind (neither party knows the other) is the usual expectation in India and in most social science and engineering fields; it requires the editor to strip author details from the file before review, which the desk-screening stage is the place to do. Single-blind (the reviewer knows the author) is simpler and common in some science fields. Whichever you choose, state it in the policy and apply it to every paper. Our guide on a transparent double-blind peer-review system explains how to make the process visible without compromising anonymity. Reviewers themselves can be recruited through an open call such as JMVRA's join as reviewer page.
Your First Issue: From Call for Papers to a Complete Published Issue
The first issue is the hardest, because the journal has no reputation to attract papers and no ISSN to reassure authors. Plan it as a project with a date, and work backwards.
- Weeks 1 to 2
Publish the call for papers on the journal site and through the board's networks. State the scope, article types, deadline, charges and the fact that the ISSN is applied for after the first issue (be honest; experienced authors know the rule).
- Weeks 2 to 8
Submissions arrive on JWJMS. Desk-screen each within a week: scope fit, template, similarity check through JWSCAN, required declarations. Invite two reviewers per paper.
- Weeks 5 to 12
Reviews return; editors issue decisions; authors revise. Aim for eight to ten papers in review so that at least five reach acceptance.
- Weeks 12 to 14
Copy-edit, apply the layout template, assign page numbers, build Volume 1 Issue 1 in JWJMS and schedule the publication date.
- Week 14 to 15
Publish the issue, register DOIs through JWDOI, apply for the ISSN with the live issue URL, and deposit articles to OpenRGATE for discovery.
Once Volume 1 Issue 1 exists, the next milestones are routine: keep the schedule, add the ISSN when it arrives, and after a year of regular issues, start the honest indexing path described in how to index a journal in DOAJ and how to add a journal to Google Scholar.
JWJMS vs OJS vs a Self-Built Website: Which Should a New Journal Choose?
Three routes are realistic for a new journal in India. Open Journal Systems (OJS) is free, open-source software from the Public Knowledge Project; it is powerful but you install it, host it, secure it and upgrade it yourself or pay a hosting provider to do so. A self-built website is a WordPress or static site with a form, which works until the second issue. JWJMS is a hosted and managed JMS with the editorial workflow and the DOI route already in place.
| Question | JWJMS (hosted) | OJS (self-hosted) | Self-built website |
|---|---|---|---|
| Who installs and maintains the software? | The Journey & Wisdom team | Your IT staff or a paid host | You, usually by hand |
| Submission portal and author dashboard | Included | Included | A form; no dashboard |
| Reviewer invitations and reminders | Included, with a record of each step | Included after configuration | Manual email |
| Revision rounds and decisions | Tracked per manuscript | Tracked per manuscript | Inbox threads |
| Issue building and scheduling | Included | Included | Manual page edits |
| Crossref DOIs | Through JWDOI's sponsored prefix | Needs your own Crossref membership or a sponsor, plus plugin setup | Needs a sponsor and manual deposit |
| Server security and backups | Managed | Your responsibility | Your responsibility |
| Technical skill needed | Low | Moderate to high | Low to start, high to sustain |
| Cost | Discuss your requirement with the team | Software free; hosting, maintenance and staff time are not | Cheap at launch; expensive in editor hours |
OJS remains an excellent choice for a university library with its own servers and technical staff; our OJS setup guide covers it. For a department, society or independent publisher without that support, a hosted JMS removes the single biggest reason new journals stall: nobody on the team can fix the platform when it breaks. For the cost of a JWJMS journal, contact the team at [email protected] or WhatsApp +91 91063 65667 to discuss your requirement; no price is quoted here because it depends on the journal's size and needs.
Running Costs and Sustainability in Years One to Three
No official body publishes what an Indian journal costs to run, and anyone who quotes you a single figure is guessing. What can be stated is where the money and time go. The chart below is an illustrative split of effort for a small journal publishing six issues a year, based on the stages in the workflow, not a measured dataset.
Where a hosted JMS changes the picture
The two largest slices, peer-review management and author communication, are the ones automation reduces most: reminders, status visibility and stored decision letters cut the hours an editor spends chasing and explaining. The platform slice is small precisely because it is hosted; on a self-hosted system it grows with every security update and backup failure.
Sustainability rules that keep journals alive
- Publish the fee, if any, openly and collect it only after acceptance. JMVRA's charge is ₹971 for Indian authors and US$41 for international authors, payable only after acceptance; your own figure should be similarly explicit.
- Never let the fee influence a decision, and never let the editor who decides also handle the money if you can separate the roles.
- Keep a reserve equal to a year of platform and DOI costs so a slow year does not close the journal.
- Review the schedule yearly: it is better to move from monthly to bimonthly than to miss issues.
- Deposit every article in an open repository so the content outlives the website.
Common Mistakes New Journal Owners Make on Any Platform
The failures below are seen in new journals on every system, including hosted ones. Each is avoidable, and each is visible to an indexing evaluator within minutes.
- Printing an ISSN before it has been assigned, or using a print ISSN for the online edition.
- Listing editorial board members who never agreed, or whose affiliations cannot be verified.
- Claiming indexing in Scopus, Web of Science or UGC-CARE. Scopus and Web of Science inclusion is decided only by those services after evaluation, and the UGC-CARE list no longer exists, so no journal can be "UGC-CARE listed" today.
- Displaying an "impact factor" from an unknown agency without saying how it was calculated.
- Accepting a paper within 48 hours. Genuine review takes weeks; speed that fast means no review.
- Charging before the decision, or revealing the charge only after acceptance.
- Skipping the similarity check, then retracting a plagiarised article in year two.
- Publishing issues with two or three articles to keep a monthly schedule, instead of adjusting the schedule.
- Letting DOIs point to PDFs on a personal drive instead of a landing page the journal controls.
- Changing the journal title or scope after the ISSN is assigned without informing the ISSN centre.
Journals Already Running This Workflow: JMVRA and the Network
The clearest way to understand what a JWJMS-run journal looks like from the outside is to inspect ones that exist. The Journey & Wisdom network publishes three journals that authors can submit to today. Each has a verifiable ISSN, a stated fee payable only after acceptance, published policies and a monthly schedule. Use them as a reference model for your own journal's public face, and as venues for your own research while your journal grows.
Journal of Modern and Versatile Research Approach (JMVRA)
- ISSN 2984-8911 Verify ISSN
- ESTD 2023 · Publisher JMVRA Publication · Website jmvra.org
- Impact Factor 11.25* · Crossref DOI prefix 10.56975
- Publication fee ₹971 Indian authors · US$41 international — payable only after acceptance
- Aligned with UGC’s Suggested Parameters for Choosing Peer-Reviewed Journals
TIJER – International Research Journal
- ISSN 2349-9249 Verify ISSN · ESTD 2014 · Website tijer.org
- Publication fee Low cost ₹970 INR Indian · $50 USD international
- UGC CARE Approved, Transparent Peer-Reviewed (Refereed) Journal as per new UGC Notification
- Multidisciplinary · Monthly · Crossref DOI · Indexing in all major databases & metadata
Journal of Novel Research and Innovative Development (JNRID)
- ISSN 2984-8687 Verify ISSN · ESTD 2023 · Website jnrid.org
- Publication fee Low cost ₹970 INR Indian · $50 USD international
- UGC CARE Approved, Transparent Peer-Reviewed (Refereed) Journal as per new UGC Notification
- Multidisciplinary · Monthly · Crossref DOI · Indexing in all major databases & metadata
* JMVRA’s 11.25 is a calculated metric based on citations from Google Scholar and Semantic Scholar. It is not an official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor (JCR). TIJER and JNRID details are as stated by their publisher. Full comparison: Our Journals.
If you are deciding whether to start a journal or to publish in an established one first, publishing a few papers in a network journal is a sensible way to see the editorial workflow from the author's side before you run it from the editor's.
Glossary: Terms Used When Launching a Journal
| Term | Meaning |
|---|---|
| JMS (journal management system) | Workflow software that tracks a manuscript from submission through review and decision to publication, with a record of each step. |
| Hosted / managed | The provider runs the servers and software; the journal only configures and uses it. JWJMS is hosted and managed. |
| Desk screening | The editor's first check for scope, formatting, declarations and similarity before any reviewer is invited. |
| Single-blind / double-blind | In single-blind review the reviewer knows the author; in double-blind neither knows the other. |
| ISSN | International Standard Serial Number, the eight-digit identifier of a journal title, assigned in India by the ISSN National Centre at CSIR-NIScPR. |
| DOI | Digital Object Identifier, a persistent link to an article, registered with Crossref by a member or a sponsor such as JWDOI. |
| Prefix | The part of a DOI before the slash, identifying the registrant; network journals share 10.56975. |
| CC BY 4.0 | A Creative Commons licence allowing reuse with attribution; JMVRA's licence. |
| UGC Suggested Parameters | UGC's published criteria for judging peer-reviewed journals, used since the UGC-CARE list was discontinued. |
| Issue building | Assigning accepted articles to a volume and issue, ordering them, paginating and scheduling publication. |
How Journey & Wisdom Helps
JMVRA is published within the Journey & Wisdom group, which runs four shared services — similarity checking, journal management, DOI registration and conference management — and thirteen publication platforms. These are the ones that matter most for this guide. For anything not listed here, email [email protected] or message WhatsApp +91 91063 65667 to discuss your requirement.
JWJMS
Journal management systemRuns the editorial workflow: online submission portal, author dashboard, desk screening, reviewer invitations and reminders, revision rounds, decisions, issue building and publication scheduling — with a full record of every step.
jwjms.org
JWDOI
Crossref DOI registrationRegisters Crossref DOIs and deposits article metadata, and gives journals a sponsored DOI prefix without joining Crossref directly — for journals, books, chapters and proceedings.
jwdoi.org
JWSCAN
Plagiarism & similarity checkChecks a manuscript for similarity before submission with iThenticate (by Turnitin) and returns an overall similarity index with a source-by-source report editors can act on.
jwscan.org
OpenRGATE
Repository & discoveryA free open-access repository and journal-discovery platform where finished work is deposited so it stays findable.
openrgate.org
JWBPN
Network hubJournal Wave & Book Publication Network ties the journals, book platforms and shared services together and lists every service in one place.
jwbpn.orgSee every Journey & Wisdom product and platform · JW ecosystem map
How to launch a journal on JWJMS: step by step
Write the plan
Settle the scope with named sub-areas, the article types, the frequency you can sustain, and the funding model, in two or three pages before touching any software.
Clear the name
Search the ISSN Portal for the proposed title and near-duplicates, confirm the domain, and fix the exact title and abbreviation you will use everywhere.
Recruit the editorial board
Secure at least five senior academics with institutional email addresses and written consent, covering every sub-area in the scope.
Draft the policies
Peer review, ethics, charges and refunds, licence, corrections and retractions, archiving and privacy; publish them before the call for papers.
Configure the journal on JWJMS
Enter identity, scope, board, review model, reviewer deadlines and reminders, author guidelines and charges; leave the ISSN blank until assigned.
Build the reviewer pool
Collect at least three qualified reviewers per sub-area with keywords recorded, and prepare a structured review form.
Open the call for papers
Publish scope, deadline, charges and the ISSN timing honestly; desk-screen each submission within a week with a JWSCAN similarity check.
Run review and decisions
Two reviewers per paper, 14 to 21 day deadlines, reminders from the system, and decision letters stored with the manuscript.
Publish Volume 1 Issue 1
At least five reviewed articles with title, volume, issue and date on each, scheduled and published from JWJMS.
Apply for the ISSN
Submit the ISSN India application with the live first-issue URL and the board list; add the ISSN everywhere when it arrives.
Register DOIs and deposit
Register Crossref DOIs through JWDOI with complete metadata, and deposit articles in OpenRGATE for discovery.
Keep the schedule and start the indexing path
Publish on time for a year, then apply to Google Scholar inclusion and DOAJ with the evidence the record already contains.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is JWJMS and who runs it?
JWJMS (jwjms.org) is the journal management system of the Journey & Wisdom group, the publisher behind JMVRA. It is a hosted, managed platform that provides an online submission portal, author dashboard, desk screening, reviewer invitations and reminders, revision rounds, decisions, issue building and publication scheduling, with a full record of every step. The team runs the servers, so the journal only configures and uses it.
How do I start an academic journal with no technical team?
Use a hosted journal management system so that installation, security and updates are handled for you. On JWJMS you enter the journal name, scope, board, review model, guidelines and charges; the workflow is already in place. Your effort then goes where it belongs: scope, board, policies, reviewers and the first issue, none of which software can supply.
Can I get an ISSN before publishing the first issue?
Not for an online journal in India. ISSN India assigns the online ISSN only after the first issue is published and is complete, which for a non-annual journal means at least five articles. Publish the issue first, then apply with its URL. The ISSN itself is free, and processing commonly takes at least 30 working days.
How many editorial board members does a new journal need?
ISSN India expects at least five board members, each listed with full name, institutional affiliation and an institutional email address, and senior faculty rather than research scholars for a scholarly journal. Beyond the minimum, the board should cover every sub-area in the scope so that each submission has a competent handling editor.
Does JWJMS assign DOIs to published articles?
DOIs for journals on JWJMS are registered through JWDOI (jwdoi.org), the group's Crossref DOI service. JWDOI gives the journal a sponsored prefix and deposits article metadata without the journal joining Crossref directly. Register DOIs only after each article is published on a live landing page, so that the DOI resolves correctly from day one.
Which peer-review models can I configure on JWJMS?
Single-blind and double-blind review, with reviewer assignment, deadlines, automatic reminders and a complete decision history. Choose one model, state it in your peer-review policy and apply it to every paper. For double-blind review, strip author identifiers from the file at the desk-screening stage before any reviewer sees it.
How is JWJMS different from OJS?
OJS is free, open-source software that you install, host, secure and upgrade yourself or through a hosting provider. JWJMS is a hosted and managed service with the editorial workflow and the DOI route through JWDOI already set up. OJS suits institutions with servers and technical staff; a hosted JMS suits departments, societies and independent publishers without them.
Can a journal on JWJMS be multidisciplinary?
Yes. JWJMS supports single-discipline and multidisciplinary journals across sciences, engineering, humanities and social sciences. A multidisciplinary journal still needs a stated list of disciplines rather than "all subjects", and an editor able to judge submissions in each of them.
Will using JWJMS make my journal Scopus, Web of Science or UGC approved?
No software can. Inclusion in Scopus or Web of Science is decided by those services after their own evaluation, typically after years of regular, cited publication. UGC discontinued the UGC-CARE list, so there is no list to join; a journal can only follow UGC's Suggested Parameters for Choosing Peer-Reviewed Journals and show the evidence. What a JMS does is keep the policies, review records and metadata those evaluations ask for.
How long does it take to publish the first issue of a new journal?
Plan for roughly three to four months from the call for papers to a published issue: a few weeks to collect submissions, four to eight weeks for review and revision, and two weeks for copy-editing, layout and issue building. Launch issues go faster when board members contribute articles that are reviewed independently like any other.
How much does it cost to run an academic journal in India?
There is no official figure, and costs depend on frequency, volume and whether the platform is self-hosted. The predictable items are the platform, DOI registration, similarity checking and editor time; the ISSN is free. For a JWJMS journal, contact the team at [email protected] or WhatsApp +91 91063 65667 to discuss your requirement, since the cost depends on the journal's size.
Should a new journal charge authors, and when?
Either model is legitimate: author-funded with a modest, published charge, or institution-funded with no charge. If you charge, publish the exact amount before the call for papers and collect it only after acceptance, as JMVRA does with its ₹971 Indian and US$41 international fee. Never let the fee influence a decision.
What should I do with reviewers who never respond?
Let the system send two reminders, then reassign the paper after the deadline rather than waiting. Record response rates in JWJMS and retire reviewers who repeatedly decline or go silent. Recognise reliable reviewers with certificates and thanks; a responsive pool of twenty is worth more than a list of two hundred names.
Where can I see all the Journey & Wisdom services around JWJMS?
JWSCAN (similarity checking with iThenticate), JWDOI (Crossref DOI registration), JWCMT (conference management) and OpenRGATE (open repository and discovery) are the services a journal uses most. The full list of products and platforms is on the JMVRA site's Journey & Wisdom products guide, linked from the "How Journey & Wisdom helps" section above.
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Peer-reviewed, open access (CC BY 4.0), monthly and multidisciplinary · ISSN 2984-8911 · ₹971 for Indian authors and US$41 for international authors, payable only after acceptance.