An Open Source Model for Open Access Journal Publication

We describe an electronic journal publication infrastructure that allows a flexible publication workflow, academic exchange around different forms of user submissions, and the exchange of articles between publishers and archives using a common XML based standard. This web-based application is implemented on a freely available open source software stack. This publication demonstrates the Dermatology Online Journal's use of the platform for non-biased independent open access publication. Background Journal publication, one of the pillars of academic exchange, is going through a paradigm shift on account of the reduced overhead of publication