DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION OF AN ONLINE JOURNAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM (A CASE STUDY OF SOKOTO INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF COUNSELLING PSYCHOLOGY).

Abstract

This project research titled “Design and Implementation of an Online Journal Management System which is a case study of Sokoto International Journal of Counselling Psychology (SIJCP)” is a web-based system which is aimed at using the potent ability of the Computer System to solve many of the challenges faced by the current manual system of Journal and Publication processes. It provides numerous benefits which include: Automation of the Submission process, review process, payment process and publication process. Contributors from any part of the world can submit their articles for assessment and publication, also reviewers can be assigned articles to review online without sending the hard copy to them and after the review process they can upload the reviewed article and fill the assessment form online for the contributor to view and download for corrections. Online payment was also integrated in the system using Vogue Pay Processor. With this system, Researchers, students, contributors can access all the published articles from any location in the world since the system is a web-based system. Payment options on the system and online review process need to be improved as indicated by the result of the analysis obtained after administering the usability questionnaire to some users of the system.