It seems that the directives in your htaccess file have no effect. That might be probably due to php execution mode, or AllowOverride settings. For that reason, I shared that directives too.
For ex; when I change php execution mode to FastCGI, I see “No input file specified.” message on a white page. The site doesn’t open at all. So, you should adjust these settings too.
For ex, in virtual host configuration you need to insert such lines; the path might be different in your server. Then, it will probably run well.
<Directory "/home/xxxxx/domains/journals.domain.net/public_html">
Options +ExecCGI +FollowSymLinks +IncludesNOEXEC -Indexes +SymLinksIfOwnerMatch
allow from all
AllowOverride All
Require all granted
</Directory>
<Directory /home/xxxxx/domains/journals.domain.net/public/cgi-bin>
allow from all
AllowOverride All Options=ExecCGI,Includes,IncludesNOEXEC,Indexes,MultiViews,SymLinksIfOwnerMatch
Require all granted
</Directory>
Regards,