For Librarians

1. Listing in Library Holdings

We encourage research librarians to list Anka Publisher journals among their library's electronic journal holdings. All Anka Publisher journals are open access, peer-reviewed, and freely available online, making them suitable for inclusion in library catalogs, discovery services, link resolvers, and electronic resource management systems (ERMS).

Librarians may also wish to note that the open-source publishing system used by Anka Publisher journals is suitable for libraries to host for their faculty members to use with journals they are involved in editing.

2. Transparency and Best Practice

Anka Publisher journals follow DOAJ's Principles of Transparency and Best Practice in Scholarly Publishing. We expect that all parties involved in activities related to the journals — authors, editors, reviewers, and publishers — have a shared understanding of the journal's policy on publication ethics and malpractice. These policies are aligned with COPE's Core Practices Statement.

3. COPE — Committee on Publication Ethics

The Core Practices were developed in 2017, replacing the Code of Conduct. They are applicable to all involved in publishing scholarly literature: editors and their journals, publishers, and institutions.

4. OASPA — Open Access Scholarly Publishers Association

OASPA (Open Access Scholarly Publishers Association) is a trade association established in 2008 to represent the interests of Open Access (OA) publishers globally across all disciplines. By encouraging collaboration in developing appropriate business models, tools and standards to support OA publishing, OASPA aims to help ensure a prosperous and sustainable future for the benefit of its members and the scholarly communities they serve. This mission is carried out through exchanging information, setting standards, advancing models, advocacy, education, and the promotion of innovation.

5. Metadata, Indexing, and Discovery

Anka Publisher journals expose rich metadata to support library discovery and interoperability:

  • OAI-PMH: All journals provide an OAI-PMH endpoint for metadata harvesting.

  • DOI Registration: Articles are assigned DOIs via Crossref where applicable.

  • Persistent Identifiers: ORCID iDs are supported for authors and reviewers.

  • Metadata Standards: Dublin Core, JATS XML, and Crossref schema are used for deposit and exchange.

  • Discovery Services: Journals are compatible with major discovery layers (Primo, Summon, EDS, WorldCat Discovery).

  • ISSN: Each journal has its own ISSN (print and/or electronic).

  • RSS/Atom Feeds: Available for current issues, announcements, and new publications.

6. Access, Licensing, and Archiving

  • Access Model: Full Open Access (no subscription, no paywall, no embargo).

  • License: Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) unless otherwise stated.

  • Author Rights: Authors retain copyright with no restrictions.

  • Self-Archiving: Authors may deposit the final published version in any repository with full citation.

  • Preservation: Content is preserved via LOCKSS/CLOCKSS and/or PKP Preservation Network (PKP PN) where applicable.

  • Interoperability: Supports COUNTER-compliant usage statistics (COUNTER R5) where available.

7. Publishing System: OJS 3.5 vs. Modern Alternatives (e.g., LookClooks)

Anka Publisher journals are published using Open Journal Systems (OJS), developed by the Public Knowledge Project (PKP). The current generation is OJS 3.5, which offers:

OJS 3.5 — Key Features

  • Fully open-source (GPL v3), free to install and self-host.

  • Complete editorial workflow: submission, peer review, copyediting, production, and publishing.

  • Double-blind, single-blind, and open peer-review support.

  • OAI-PMH, DOI, ORCID, and Crossref integration.

  • Multilingual interface (including Turkish, English, and 30+ languages).

  • Role-based access control (Author, Reviewer, Editor, Section Editor, Journal Manager, etc.).

  • COUNTER-compliant statistics and reporting.

  • Preservation via PKP PN, LOCKSS, and CLOCKSS.

  • Large global user community and continuous development by PKP.

Modern Alternatives (e.g., LookClooks / LookScout-style platforms)

Modern next-generation publishing platforms (sometimes marketed under names such as LookClooks, LookScout, or similar cloud-based systems) offer:

  • Cloud-hosted, SaaS-based deployment (no local server maintenance).

  • Modern, responsive UI/UX with mobile-first design.

  • AI-assisted workflows: automated plagiarism checks, reviewer matching, language tools.

  • API-first architecture (REST/GraphQL) for integration with library systems.

  • Real-time analytics dashboards and altmetrics.

  • Rapid onboarding and lower technical overhead for small publishers.