Submission Management
Author portal with draft saving, file upload, co-author invitations, APC payment at submission, and AI duplicate detection.
Journal Management System
The journal management platform for modern academic publishing
Alkademy Press gives editorial offices one platform for submissions, peer review, editorial decisions, billing, and a world-class journal website — hosted, maintained, and AI-assisted.
No credit card required. Free plan includes 1 journal and 20 submissions/month.
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Alkademy Press
press.alkademy.com
Deployment
Fully Hosted
Audience
Journals & Societies
AI Screening
Built In
Plans
Free → Enterprise
Manage your journals at
press.alkademy.com →The problem
Most journals run on tools that weren't built for journals
Email threads, self-hosted OJS installs, and disconnected tools cost editorial teams time they should be spending on scholarship.
Running a journal on email and spreadsheets
No audit trail, reviewer data scattered across inboxes, and every decision buried in a thread.
Self-hosting OJS with an IT budget
Server administration, plugin compatibility breaks, and upgrade anxiety every release cycle.
Fragmented tools that don't talk to each other
Separate submission system, reviewer database, billing tool, and journal website — all maintained independently.
End-to-end workflow
From submission to publication — one platform
Author submits
Authors submit manuscripts through a clean portal. AI screening flags scope mismatches, plagiarism risk, and methodology gaps immediately.
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Editor assigns reviewers
The editor sees a ranked submission inbox, assigns reviewers across rounds, tracks deadlines, and handles conflicts of interest.
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Peer review runs
Reviewers receive structured forms, submit feedback, and exchange comments with editors. Full round history is preserved.
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Editorial decision
Accept, request revision, or reject — with a structured decision letter. Revision submissions reopen the review cycle cleanly.
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Published to the journal website
Accepted articles are organised into volumes and issues and published to the journal's public website — custom domain, HTTPS, and all.
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Key Features
Powerful capabilities designed for scale
Peer Review Workflow
Multi-round reviews, custom rubrics, structured feedback forms, deadline tracking, conflict-of-interest recording, and full audit trail.
Editorial Dashboard
Role-aware inbox for editors-in-chief, section editors, and managing editors. Every manuscript stage visible at a glance.
Journal Publishing Websites
Production-ready journal websites with ~7 templates, custom branding, custom domain, HTTPS, volumes, issues, and editorial board pages.
AI Submission Screening
Every submission receives a 0–100 quality score and ACCEPT / REVISE / REJECT recommendation with specific concern flags — powered by Claude.
Billing & Open Access
APC collection via Stripe, waiver workflows, institutional invoicing, and plan-based subscription management — all in one dashboard.
AI capabilities
AI that assists editors — not a chatbot, not hype
We built AI for specific editorial tasks. Here is exactly what it does — and what it does not do.
Submission Screening
LiveScores every manuscript 0–100 and recommends ACCEPT, REVISE, or REJECT based on abstract, title, and keywords.
Plagiarism riskScope mismatchWeak methodologyUnclear contributionEthical concern
Duplicate Detection
LiveDetects similar submissions already in your journal and surfaces them for editorial review before assignment.
Reviewer Matching
Coming soonSuggests reviewers from your journal's member database based on manuscript metadata and expertise tags.
Decision Letter Drafting
Coming soonGenerates structured decision letter drafts for editor review — never sends without human approval.
Manuscript data is never used to train models. Editorial judgment always remains with the editor.
Setup time
< 1 day
From sign-up to live journal website
AI screening
0–100
Quality score on every submission
Templates
~7
Production-ready journal website designs
Plans
4
Free → Enterprise; no vendor lock-in
Pricing
Simple pricing for journals of every size
Every plan includes hosting, SSL, automatic updates, and email support.
Free
Start a journal at no cost.
£0forever
- 1 journal
- 5 members per journal
- 20 submissions / month
- 5 AI screenings / month
- 500 MB storage
Starter
For growing editorial offices.
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- 3 journals
- 20 members per journal
- 100 submissions / month
- 50 AI screenings / month
- 5 GB storage
Most popular
Pro
For societies and multi-journal publishers.
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- 10 journals
- 100 members per journal
- 500 submissions / month
- 200 AI screenings / month
- 25 GB storage
Enterprise
Unlimited scale with dedicated onboarding.
Custom
- Unlimited journals
- Unlimited members
- Unlimited submissions
- Unlimited AI screenings
- Unlimited storage
APCs collected through the platform are passed to your journal. A small per-transaction processing fee applies.
How it compares
Alkademy Press vs Open Journal Systems
OJS is a capable free tool. But it requires hosting, IT support, and plugin management. Alkademy Press is the hosted, maintained alternative.
Feature
Alkademy Press
OJS
Fully hosted & managed
No server or IT staff required
AI submission screening
Built-in journal website
Custom domain (one-click)
APC / billing built in
Multi-journal dashboard
Free to start
Large plugin ecosystem
Self-hosted option
Use Cases
Who this solution is built for
Editorial Offices
Managing editors get a clear submission inbox, reviewer assignment tools, deadline tracking, and reporting — without email overhead.
Academic Societies
One dashboard for a portfolio of journals. Separate branding, member roles, and billing per title — consolidated reporting across all.
University Presses
Custom domain per title, institutional billing, and a publishing website that reflects the press's academic standing.
Independent Publishers
Launch a peer-reviewed journal on the free plan, collect APCs, and grow into Pro as submission volume scales.
Build a world-class publishing operation
See Alkademy Press end-to-end — submissions, peer review, your journal website, and pricing — in a 20-minute demo.