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OJS Email Not Sending to Reviewers: Step-by-Step Troubleshooting Guide
Introduction Is your OJS website failing to send email notifications to reviewers? This can stall the entire peer review process. When invitation and reminder emails never reach reviewers, reviews slow down. Reviewers get confused, and the editorial team grows frustrated. This issue shows up in different ways. Sometimes you see a loading spinner that never
OJS User Search Slow After Upgrade to 3.5 Performance Troubleshooting Guide
Introduction If your journal recently upgraded to OJS 3.5 and the user search has become noticeably slow, or stops returning results altogether, the problem is usually not a simple configuration mistake. In many cases, the root cause sits deeper: in how OJS 3.5 handles user-related database queries, especially after an upgrade from an earlier version
OJS Security Hardening: How to Protect Your Journal from Exploits
Introduction If you run an Open Journal Systems (OJS) website, security should never be an afterthought. Journal websites handle submission files, reviewer data, editor communications, and author information: all of which need to stay protected. OJS installations can become targets for automated exploits. In some cases, attackers modify core files like index.php to inject redirect


