OJS Hosting Built for Growth, Designed for Impact

All complicated processes related to OJS hosting migration will be carried out by our professional team, our team only needs access to your server and domain manager access, you can also provide access to zip files or you can do a remote desktop so that our team can carry out the migration process .

The process of migrating your OJS site to our hosting does not incur any costs.

Please note that your old email server or cPanel mail cannot be migrated to our hosting. Our hosting services only cover your OJS application and related website files. We do not migrate or maintain your old mail server.

However, if you choose our Medium or Institutional hosting package, we will provide you with one professional email account hosted on our own mail server infrastructure (not cPanel mail). This will be a new email account created exclusively for you.

If you still wish to use cPanel-based email and maintaining your old cPanel mail, you will need to purchase an annual plan directly from a third-party provider that offers cPanel mail. We can assist you with a one-time migration of your existing cPanel email accounts to that provider, but please note that this is will incur additional cost and not included in your OJS Hosting subscription.

In our service, 1 domain means using the same 1 OJS installation with a centralized database. This setup requires us to maintain the entire system as a whole while also addressing issues that arise in each journal within that domain. Although the same installation is used, each journal has its own workflow, settings, and content that must be managed separately. Our maintenance work covers both the centralized database and the unique needs of each journal to ensure the system remains stable and secure for everyone. If a different domain is used, it means the databases we handle are also different and more varied, which requires additional work and results in a different service fee.

As our priority is customer operational excellent. We advises to recommend the version that most stable rather than become FOMO to use the version that have lot of bug or instability. 

The OJS also may get some modification by our expert team for improving its performance and improving its security with our patching. 

This is the service that differentiate us with other general hosting that is not have expertise in specialist OJS platform. 

OJS migration process takes time according to the size of your OJS, normally the migration process will take less than 1 day.

if your previous OJS was OJS 2.x or OJS 3.x that you want to upgrade, then the migration process will take longer, because we have to upgrade the OJS, the normal OJS upgrade process is 1-2 days.

This depends on how fast your domain provider is repointing the domain. the normal process of repointing a domain to a new ip is 2-30 minutes, in the process of repointing a domain, your site will be temporarily offline. when the repointing process has been completed and your domain points to the ip then your site can be accessed again

Our OJS Hosting Specialist service is a hosting environment specially designed for Open Journal Systems (OJS) to ensure maximum performance, compatibility, and security. Unlike generic hosting, our servers are fully optimized for OJS, including the right PHP configuration, server-side caching, and globally distributed server locations for fast access worldwide.

Why Choose Our OJS Hosting?

1. Full OJS Compatibility

   • Every server is configured to work seamlessly with OJS and its plugins.

   • We provide exclusive plugin support for features like Crossmark, LoA, and RePEc Indexing that simplify journal management.

2. Enhanced Security, Performance & Reliability

   • Regularly security patching to protect your journal from threats that could harm your credibility.

   • In-house multi-protection system powered by OJT Guardian AI and OJT Advanced Security, available only with our infrastructure.

   • Uptime monitoring to prevent prolonged downtime that could risk deindexing from Google Scholar, DOAJ, Scopus, and other academic indexes.

3. High-Performance Infrastructure

   • Equipped with dedicated servers and cloud backup storage to ensure speed and data safety.

   • Optimized to handle OJS workloads efficiently with our OJT Blazing Cache, so you can focus on managing your journal instead of worrying about performance.

4. DNS & Email Recommendations

   • We do not provide DNS management by default, as this is available with your domain registrar.

   • Need help with DNS? Our team can assist with setup for smooth integration.

With OJS Hosting Specialist, your journal is secure, stable, and optimized—allowing you to focus on publishing while we handle the technical challenges.
No headaches, no sleepless nights—just reliable OJS hosting tailored for your needs.

We have created and designed exclusive OJS plugins for our hosting users such as LoA, RePec and Crossmark to meet the needs of today’s OJS users. These plugins can only be found exclusively on our website, openjournaltheme.com.
By taking advantage of this OJS plugin, we guarantee that you will be able to improve the quality of your journaling.

Please note that the plugin quota on the hosting package (LoA, RePec, Crossmark) is the maximum usage quota that you can use according to the conditions stated in our hosting package. If you want to use the OJS plugin from openjournaltheme beyond the quota provided by our hosting package, please contact us to discuss additional fees based on the required quota.

When you choose to host with OpenJournalTheme, one of the key benefits is OJS upgrade support. The number of journal upgrades you receive depends on the hosting package you select.

If the number of journals you manage exceeds the limit of your hosting package, you can select which journals will receive the upgrade, based on the quota included in your package.

Upgrades are not performed automatically or solely upon customer request. Instead, they are scheduled through discussion with our clients to ensure the best possible OJS stability and performance.

At this time we have partners, with standard data centers that already have ISO27001 certified data centers, from multiple provider, this is to ensure the security of our client data, we provide very flexible options for our clients, UK- and EU-based customers will be on boarded to UK infrastructure by default; US- and Canada-based customers will be on-boarded to the US infrastructure. For other regions, we can discuss where the right server infrastructure is optimized for your journal location. 

Currently the server infrastructure that we offer is available at:
NewYork, San Francisco , Amsterdam, Singapore, London, Frankfurt, Toronto, Bangalore

Yes, we give panels to users that is included with web-based database management tool, FTP and file manager. We are using OJT Panel that is built by our team as it concern more with security rather than traditional CPanel. We will help with any issue since we want our customers to never be hurt by technical issues. Our team is always available to help to set up anything that needs some technical setup.

Regarding the  backup integration in the image below, we provide an overview of how our backup platform works. 

And this is the interface of the backup application that we created and integrates well in OJS and has been used on several clients hosting us.

1 year for minimum contract. 

Please note that we only accept new clients with OJS installations running without major issues.
If you wish to migrate to our hosting while your OJS is experiencing problems, an additional fee may apply for troubleshooting and repairs before we can complete the migration.

The basic difference is that in OJS there are many inefficient queries, so the performance of OJS is not as fast as WordPress. So in OJS we need to pay attention to the computing power on the server used, this is to ensure that OJS can run smoothly and without significant problems.

We use servers specifically optimized for OJS, with the right PHP configuration, server-side caching, and strategically located global servers to ensure fast access worldwide.

Additionally, we provide uptime monitoring for your domain to help prevent any prolonged downtime that could risk your OJS site being deindexed by major academic indexes such as Google Scholar, DOAJ, Scopus, and others.

Very secure. We provide two layers security that protecting your OJS. This tools are built in-house by our expert team that specialist and based on our specific experience on handling OJS. Two layer of security integrated OJT Guardian AI and OJT Advanced Security, a multi-layered protection system that includes a firewall, anti-bot protection, and continuous monitoring. We also implement automated backups and security patches.

No problem. Our service is fully managed, meaning you can focus on your journal content while we handle all the technical work — updates, bug fixes, and system improvements.

Yes, you will receive some exclusive plugins, including several that are not available for purchase in our shop catalog such as RePec, Crossmark, OJT Advanced Security, OJT Blazing Cache. However, due to the complexity of these plugins, they can only be used while you are subscribed to our hosting service.

We reserve the right to remove our proprietary plugins if a customer is no longer using our hosting service.

All is explained well on above FAQ items.