How will my journals be impacted if I change the domain name?

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Describe the issue or problem
I am considering changing the domain name used for several journals. For example, the current URL is journals.currentname.org. and I would like to change it to journals.newname.org.

How would changing the domain name impact things like ISSNs and DOIs?
Would the impacts be similar to changing a journal name?. Are there any other things that would be impacted or should be considered before changing the domain name?

What application are you using?
OJS 3.3.0-13

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Hi @stephanie
1.- the case of DOIs, there will obviously be an impact since the URL they originally point to will no longer exist, but there is a simple solution: you can resubmit them from the same OJS and they will be updated.

2.- Not necessarily for the ISSN, but it would have outdated data, you would have to report that you changed the domain only.

And you need to update to version 3.3.0.19 so that you have the latest security patches.

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