Hi everyone,
We recently upgraded our Open Journal Systems to version 3.4 and are experiencing some problems with the DOI plugin. I’d appreciate any insights or assistance the community can offer.
Issues:
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Missing DOI Link Block: After the upgrade, the block that previously displayed the DOI link for published articles has disappeared. Could this be related to changes in the general OJS HTML markup?
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DOI Prefix check: We manage multiple journals on our OJS platform. All journals currently share the same DOI prefix (10.13165) with unique suffixes (e.g., 10.13165/VPA for Journal A and 10.13165/IE for Journal B). When checking these DOIs on https://www.doi.org/, the first one redirects to the journal’s homepage, which is OK, while the second one correctly redirects to the specific issue. Is this a potential error in the DOI plugin’s, or problems with settings?
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Unregistered DOIs: After the upgrade, all DOI 's article input fields display “Unregistered” label, is it a flag? Or we would press → Bulk Actions → Assign DOI?
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Assigning DOI to Issue: We’re unable to assign the correct DOI to a specific issue. The screenshot attached shows that the latest issue has a valid DOI, but attempts to assign a DOI with special characters to the previous issue result in the characters being stripped out. Why is this happening?
Thank you!