OJS 3.5.0 Release Notes Git tag: 3_5_0-0 Release date: June 16, 2025 ============================ Configuration Changes --------------------- The following changes should be applied to the config.inc.php configuration file. See config.TEMPLATE.inc.php for descriptions and examples of all supported configuration parameters. In the [general] section: - app_key: A unique key used internally for encryption/decryption. It will be automatically added at upgrade. - scheduled_tasks: This setting is no longer used and can be removed. In the [security] section: - cipher: Algorithm used to generate app key and encryption purpose - cookie_encryption: Allow cookie encryption when set In the newly added [schedule] section: - task_runner (default value: On): Whether or not to run the schedule tasks through the web based task runner - task_runner_interval (default value: 60): How often the web based task runner should run tasks (in seconds) - scheduled_tasks_report_error_only (default value: On): Whether or not task execution failure details will be sent via mail In [queues]: - process_jobs_at_task_scheduler (default value: Off): Controls whether queued jobs should be executed together with the scheduled tasks. In [cache]: - default (default value: 'file'). Can be either 'file' or 'opcache' to indicate which Laravel cache should be used. - path (default value: 'cache/opcache'). Use to specify a path for cache storage when using 'file' or 'opcache' drivers. New Features ------------ #10983, #10970, and many more: Redesigned dashboard and workflow pages #10796, #10792, and many more: ORCiD integration and improvements #3022, 10610, #10609, and many more: Allow Journal Managers to invite users to adopt a role #10620, #9860: Editorial board management #11273: Improve UserAccessManager extensibility #11122: [Press Series | Press Series-Series, Submissions can be assigned under inactivated press series #11044, #10651, #10489: Add user initials to UI #10994: New showMore component with accessibility in mind #10964: Retire the Resolver plugin #10951: Personalise review round statuses for Recommend only editor #10921: [OMP] Add option to show Press Summary on the home page #10659: Update Crossref to 5.4.0 #10561: [OMP] Update Onix schema in export plugins #10537, #10515, #10500, #10480, #10465, and many more: API additions #10514: Increase resilience of the application against malfunctions on plugins #10458, #10434, #7505, and many more: Add basic JATS support #10447: Create new ButtonIcon component #10444: Improve dialog component design #10365: [OMP] Update the Onix schema version #10363: Allow definition of minimum reviews required for a Submission #10283: Add support for ALTCHA #10178: Add search by DOI to DOI manager #10163: Add support for catching registrants to removed hooks #10158: Move publication to category relationship out of publication_settings #10157: Move publication to issue_id relationship out of publication_settings table #10053: Introduce Author::add::before hook #10033: Add new dropdown menu component #10001: Possibility to add Cancel button in the form #9999: Track Editor Workload While Assigning Participants #9914: Editorial History #9910: Use UI Language in Web and Announcement RSS2 Feeds #9895: Introduce APP KEY feature of Laravel #9892: Upgrade to Laravel version 11.x #9890: Implement side menu navigation component #9887, #9197, and many more: Introduce general-purpose invitations toolset #9857: Create FieldSlider component #9823: Improve job runner configuration/execution #9707: Align UI locales with Weblate locales #9678: Replace task scheduler with Laravel scheduler #9642: Create date picker in Vue #9566: Convert session and cookie management to Laravel #9453: In OJS, a reviewer cannot access his/her recommendations from a previous round. #9434: Allow plugins to add/modify API endpoints of existing entity #9425: Make submission language selection and metadata forms independent from website language settings #9366: Upgrade to TinyMCE7 #9284: Display list of authors with reviewer assignment process #9243: Performance & Optimization #9239: 3.5 LTS Dependency maintenance and updates #8884: New design for pagination component #8883: Add a summary panel to the submissions list #8881: Add review assignment progress and pop-ups to submissions table #8365: Remove disable_path_info URL generation mode #8350: Authors should be able to cancel in-progress submissions #7698: Replace Slim with Laravel-based routing toolset #7512: Use the Accept-Language header when assigning a default language to a new user session #7504: Add UI tools to control HTML in submission titles #7135: Multiple author affiliations and machine-readable affiliations #6528: Ability to bulk-delete old incomplete submissions #5953: Issue published notification email should include table of contents #5504: Have option to restrict Editor access to Settings #5502: Not possible to see or select publication language after submission #5340: Distinguish different types of Decline in CSV export for editorial stats #4787: Suggest Reviewers at the Time of Submission #4396: Allow editors to have saved views for the submissions list #4348: [OJS] Always show Delete button in submissions listing when user is assigned as editor #3075: Submissions with completed review assignments should move to reviewer's archive list #2887: Add quick actions from submissions list #1550: Allow a journal to define a limited set of allowed keywords and reviewer interests #699: Ensure that all languages are indexable by crawlers Bug fixes: ---------- #11397: [Admin] | Creating a new Journal - Adding Locales, when there are multiple locales installed adding them to a new journal seems to cause errors. #11393: QuickSubmit Plugin| Lingering Form field on Multilingual journals #10232: REVIEW_ASSIGNMENT_CONSIDERED and REVIEW_ASSIGNMENT_NEW are never granted #9290: 1061 Duplicate key name 'static_page_settings_static_page_id' #7611: Assigned To Editor Filter on Submission dashboard picks up submissions by Editor