AcademiaTech OJS Tool License Terms
These terms describe the journal tool checkout, license allocation, cryptographic verification, and installation process. The order invoice records the selected products, quantity, price, currency, and expiry.
1What counts as a journal
A journal is a distinct serial publication. An ISSN is optional when submitting its details; when supplied, it must be valid and is used to distinguish journals. Two different journals need two licenses even if they share a website, domain, OJS installation, server, or publisher. A website or installation alone does not determine the quantity.
2Products and journal counts
Every tool selected at checkout is priced for the number of journals in that purchase. A journal counts as licensed only when the administrator approves its request. Drafts, pending requests, and rejected requests do not count as licensed journals. The portal displays the number of journals purchased, licensed, and still available. An administrator may add or remove products on a particular journal license during review; the approved products are shown in the license record.
3Journal details and verification
Submit the journal name, journal website, and contact email. You may also provide a valid ISSN in the 0378-5955 format. Keep them accurate. Licenses are issued for the approved journal URL and checked against the OJS installation by the Onboarding plugin. Moving the journal, changing its installation, changing ownership, or reusing a key for another journal requires administrator review. Keep license keys private.
4Pricing & Volume Discounts
One journal pays the listed USD tool price. An order for 2–10 journals receives 20% off the full per-journal tool total. An order for 11 or more receives 35% off. The Pakistani local bank option receives a flat 40% discount instead of either quantity discount. Discounts are not combined. The checkout invoice is the price record for that order.
Limited-time all-tools bundle offer
While the offer is available at checkout, all 12 listed OJS tools must be bought together to receive the fixed USD bundle price: $1,200 for one journal, $1,000 per journal for 2–10 journals, and $800 per journal for 11 or more journals. The bundle price replaces standard quantity and Pakistani percentage discounts; they do not stack. A local PKR bank invoice converts the fixed USD total at the saved checkout exchange rate. Each approved journal receives a lifetime license for the included tools, without an annual license expiry or renewal charge, and access to all updates released for those tools. Journal verification, supported OJS versions, and the use restrictions below still apply. The 15-day expiry applies to an unpaid invoice, not to an issued lifetime license.
5Pakistani local payment concession
The Pakistani concession requires a declaration that the licensed journals are Pakistani research journals and payment in PKR to the local bank account displayed at checkout. The PKR invoice records the USD base, 40% discount, USD→PKR quote and resulting PKR total. Upload payment proof. New journal licenses become available only after administrator verification. See the Pakistani journal conditions.
6Invoice validity and fulfillment
An invoice expires 15 days after issue. An unpaid expired invoice cannot activate licenses; create a new checkout to obtain a current quote. Before payment proof is submitted, you may replace an unpaid invoice with the other payment market; the replacement uses that market’s current pricing and receives a new 15-day expiry. Card payments and bank payments must be verified before journal requests can be approved. A license is issued after administrator approval. The portal then shows its status, key, and Onboarding download for supported OJS versions.
7Seven-day free trial
Each account may request one trial for one journal URL. Select the products requested for that trial. A request does not create an active license or unlock Onboarding. An administrator reviews the journal and products before approval. Once approved, install Onboarding and complete journal verification; the seven-day period begins at first successful activation. Rejected requests do not create an active license.
8Use, support, and changes
Use the licensed tools only on their approved journals and supported OJS versions. Do not share or sell keys or represent another journal as an approved one. The listed tool charge is a one-time purchase; the portal does not create automatic annual renewal invoices for it. Administrators may suspend or revoke access when a key or journal is used outside the approved scope or verification fails. Product release availability and any support commitment are shown by the applicable order or separate written agreement. Review our complete Payment, Privacy, Refund & Service Delivery Policies.