Limits
What we claim, and what we don't.
No inflated feature list. What ships free, what needs your own keys, and where WJM stops.
What ships without your keys
- Journals → Issues → Papers
- Public submit (authors need no wp-admin)
- Editor Inbox, peer review, decision letters
- Double-blind file policy, soft integrity flags
- Galleys, issue assembler, early view
- Help inside the plugin
- DOAJ readiness checklist (you still apply on doaj.org)
Needs your credentials
Real code. Off until you Enable with keys you own.
- Stripe APC. Your Stripe account.
- Crossref / DataCite DOI. Or local DOI strings only.
- iThenticate. Or type similarity % by hand.
- ORCID Public API. Lookup / connect.
We do not claim
- ScholarOne / Editorial Manager replacement
- No. Different scale. WJM is for small boards on WordPress.
- Full OJS parity
- No. Overlap in the loop; not a feature-for-feature clone.
- ORCID Member write (peer-review credit)
- No. Public API is lookup / connect. Reviewers add credit themselves.
- Web of Science / Scopus "we are indexed" magic
- No. Citation refresh needs your keys when you use those APIs.
Based on research
WJM started as a research paper about how a journal system can run on WordPress. The plugin you install follows that design.
Read the paper: SSRN or ResearchGate