Bincara
Specialist Services

Academic publishing services engineered for credibility.

From complete initial platform launch to ongoing article publishing, DOI workflow configuration, and technical maintenance, we power the digital operations of scholarly journals.

₦100,000 one-time
Service 01

Journal Launch

A complete digital publishing foundation for your academic journal, from professional website and OJS to editorial workflow setup.

Everything required to establish an authoritative, fully configured academic journal platform. Bincara sets up your dedicated journal website, installs and configures Open Journal Systems (OJS), applies institutional branding, structures initial issues, and prepares your publication for indexability and discovery.

Ideal For:

New university or faculty journals, academic associations, and established journals seeking an authoritative digital publishing home.

Delivered Scope:

Professional journal website with institutional branding
Open Journal Systems (OJS) installation and configuration
Article and issue archive structure
Editorial workflow and blind peer-review configuration
Author guidelines, publication ethics, and masthead pages
Responsive design optimized for mobile and desktop
SSL security certificate and custom domain linking
Basic SEO, OAI-PMH feeds, and indexing readiness
Deployment and practical launch onboarding for editors
Starting around ₦1,000 / article
Service 02

Article Publishing & Management

Hands-on operational support for entering metadata, uploading PDFs, assigning issues, and publishing accepted manuscripts.

Practical publishing assistance that frees editorial boards from manual technical chores. Once an article is accepted, Bincara handles bibliographic metadata entry, PDF upload, issue assignment, author details, and pre-publication verification checks to ensure consistent presentation across every issue.

Ideal For:

Editorial teams that need practical administrative and technical support for ongoing issue production without expanding overhead.

Delivered Scope:

Accurate bibliographic metadata entry
Camera-ready PDF galley upload and verification
Issue and section assignment within OJS
Author affiliations and abstract tagging
Formatting and metadata quality checks
Structured table of contents compilation
Custom pricing
Service 03

DOI Services & Workflows

Assistance in establishing and managing persistent identifier workflows through appropriate registration infrastructure.

Digital Object Identifiers (DOIs) provide persistent citation links for scholarly work. Bincara helps academic journals establish and manage DOI workflows through appropriate registration infrastructure such as Crossref, ensuring accurate metadata structure and reliable resolution without ambiguity.

Ideal For:

Journals seeking to implement permanent identifiers and adhere to international scholarly citation best practices.

Delivered Scope:

DOI workflow guidance and infrastructure configuration
Crossref metadata structure and schema preparation
Automated deposit pipeline setup within OJS
Reference linking and citation metadata checks
Resolution diagnostics and link maintenance
Custom pricing
Service 04

OJS Support & Maintenance

Technical troubleshooting, software updates, configuration adjustments, and operational assistance for your publishing platform.

Editorial teams need reliable human technical assistance rather than deciphering complex open-source documentation. Bincara provides ongoing support for Open Journal Systems, addressing technical glitches, software maintenance, security patches, configuration updates, and operational workflow questions.

Ideal For:

Journals with an existing OJS setup that need dependable technical support to keep operations running smoothly.

Delivered Scope:

Platform configuration and workflow adjustments
Technical troubleshooting and error diagnostics
OJS version updates and maintenance patches
User role and permission management assistance
Practical technical guidance for editors and secretaries
Custom pricing
Service 05

Journal Migration

Careful transition of historical issues and back-catalogs from fragmented websites, PDF repositories, or older systems.

For journals transitioning from outdated websites, static PDF link repositories, Google Drive collections, or obsolete publishing platforms. Bincara audits past volumes, reconstructs metadata, organizes historical archives, and preserves published scholarship without data loss.

Ideal For:

Established journals moving away from fragmented departmental pages or static PDF repositories to structured infrastructure.

Delivered Scope:

Pre-migration audit of existing publication records
Historical issue and article archive migration
Metadata reconstruction and verification
Link preservation to prevent broken references
Structured cutover with minimal disruption to submissions
Custom pricing
Service 06

Managed Infrastructure

Available and evolving technical hosting and infrastructure support tailored to the operational realities of academic journals.

Reliable digital publishing requires secure servers, active SSL, database health, and regular backups. Bincara provides managed infrastructure support designed around journal operations, ensuring your publishing platform remains accessible, protected against data loss, and technically prepared for growth.

Ideal For:

Journals seeking practical infrastructure maintenance without managing server command lines or database administration internally.

Delivered Scope:

Technical infrastructure configuration for OJS
SSL certificate management and renewal
Automated database and archive backups
Basic server health and accessibility monitoring
Assistance with institutional domain and DNS setup

Ready to establish your journal’s publishing infrastructure?

Whether launching a new journal or migrating an existing publication archive, we configure and maintain your operations from day one.