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
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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
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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.
