EDITORIAL VOL. 11 2026 – TECHNOLOGICAL EVOLUTION IN THE SERVICE OF SCIENTIFIC COMMUNICATION: MOJP 4.0 AND A NEW STAGE IN EDITORIAL DEVELOPMENT
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Diamond Open Access, Editorial policy, Metadata, Editorial sustainability, MOJP 4.0, scientific communication, editorial infrastructure, scholarly metadata, interoperability, persistent identifiers, OAI-PMH, XMP, Custom Head Injector, OJSAbstract
This editorial presents MOJP 4.0, a technological evolution of the editorial infrastructure of the Peer-Reviewed Scientific Journal of the MenteClara Foundation, developed by Oscar R. Gómez and his engineering team on the basis of OJS 3.5.0.5. It describes its main innovations: optimization of the metadata architecture, implementation of interoperable semantic schemas, improved identification of authors and institutions through persistent identifiers, expansion of OAI-PMH services, and integration of XMP metadata into PDF documents. It also presents Custom Head Injector, a native MOJP 4.0 module compatible with OJS 3.5.0.5 and later versions, which expands the possibilities for customizing and integrating metadata, semantic schemas, and external services into the HTML header of editorial platforms. The editorial also introduces the XMP-PDF Module, a technology designed to enrich scientific documents with structured information about their bibliographic identity, editorial provenance, rights, and other relevant data. These developments are part of an institutional trajectory of innovation, technological autonomy, and commitment to the principles of openness, interoperability, and the circulation of scientific information.
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