Comments on: WordPress as Academic Journal Software? http://www.darkmatter101.org/site/2009/12/06/wordpress-as-academic-journal-software/ Sat, 07 May 2011 16:36:02 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: sanjay http://www.darkmatter101.org/site/2009/12/06/wordpress-as-academic-journal-software/comment-page-1/#comment-57958 sanjay Mon, 07 Dec 2009 09:42:06 +0000 http://antibabel.wordpress.com/?p=113#comment-57958 PLoS ONE certainly is impressive. Though from my understanding, it uses a TOPAZ framework http://www.plos.org/about/faq.html#topaz I haven't looked into it much, but it appears far more complex to deploy than Wordpress or Drupal. From the perspective of limited/non-funded journals, a PHP based platform is appealing as server hosting is relatively cheap. PLoS ONE certainly is impressive. Though from my understanding, it uses a TOPAZ framework http://www.plos.org/about/faq.html#topaz

I haven’t looked into it much, but it appears far more complex to deploy than Wordpress or Drupal. From the perspective of limited/non-funded journals, a PHP based platform is appealing as server hosting is relatively cheap.

]]> By: Daniel Mietchen http://www.darkmatter101.org/site/2009/12/06/wordpress-as-academic-journal-software/comment-page-1/#comment-57957 Daniel Mietchen Mon, 07 Dec 2009 00:55:47 +0000 http://antibabel.wordpress.com/?p=113#comment-57957 I am not convinced that WP is necessarily the best option here - PLoS ONE (http://plosone.org/ ), for instance, runs on Drupal. I am not convinced that WP is necessarily the best option here – PLoS ONE (http://plosone.org/ ), for instance, runs on Drupal.

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