Issue
Builder
Assemble Every Issue with Precision and Publish with Confidence
Building a journal issue is more than selecting articles. Editors must ensure every issue meets its planned page budget, article composition, publication policies, and production requirements while maintaining a logical reading sequence. PageMajik Issue Builder transforms this traditionally manual process into a guided, intelligent workflow by bringing together publication-ready articles, issue planning, and automated validation within a single workspace.
From article selection to final sequencing, PageMajik helps publishers assemble balanced, compliant, and publication-ready issues while significantly reducing manual effort and eliminating common production errors.
FAQ
How can IssueBuilder Help you?
Issue assembly should be accurate, efficient, and fully aligned with the journal's publishing plan. PageMajik Issue Builder automatically presents eligible articles, validates issue composition, highlights publication constraints, and generates a publication-ready issue, allowing production teams to focus on editorial quality rather than manual administration.
Issue Builder automatically presents articles that have reached the configured workflow stage and are ready for publication. Editors no longer need to manually identify eligible articles, enabling faster issue assembly while ensuring only publication-ready content is considered.
Every issue should comply with the journal's planned page allocation and article mix. PageMajik continuously compares the assembled issue against the planned issue specification, highlighting deviations in page count, article count, and article-type distribution, allowing editors to make informed adjustments before publication.
Search and locate articles using virtually any metadata, including title, author, corresponding author, article type, keywords, manuscript ID, DOI, subject area, or publication metadata. Editors can review article information before adding it to an issue, making issue assembly significantly faster and more accurate.
Articles can be reordered within the issue to achieve the desired publication sequence. The sequencing interface provides drag-and-drop functionality or list-based reordering to arrange articles according to editorial preferences. You can organize content by article type, thematic grouping, or any custom order that serves the journal publication strategy. The system maintains the sequence settings and applies them during PDF generation.
Once an issue is complete, PageMajik automatically sequences articles, assigns continuous page numbers, generates the table of contents, and combines the articles into a publication-ready PDF, significantly reducing manual production effort while ensuring a consistent publishing output.
Getting Started
Issue Builder transforms publication-ready articles into a complete journal issue through an intelligent, guided assembly process. Editors simply select the issue and PageMajik assists throughout article selection, validation, sequencing, and final publication preparation.
Benefits & Capabilities
IssueBuilder supports regular journal releases, special editions, and continuous publishing models. The system handles diverse article types and ensures consistent issue assembly regardless of publication frequency or content variety.
Make Better Editorial Decisions During Issue Assembly
Issue Builder provides rich article information throughout the assembly process. Editors can search using any article metadata, preview article details, identify embargoed content, recognise linked or companion articles, and make informed decisions without leaving the issue assembly workspace.
Keep Every Issue Aligned with the Publishing Plan
Issue quality depends on more than selecting articles. PageMajik continuously validates the assembled issue against its planned specification, monitoring page allocation, article capacity, and article-type distribution. Editors receive immediate feedback whenever the issue deviates from its publishing plan, helping maintain consistency across every published issue.
Features
Issue Assembly
  • Publication-ready article selection
  • Automatic article retrieval
  • Issue assembly workspace
  • Manual article selection
  • Remove articles
  • Replace articles
  • Article preview
  • Metadata preview
Intelligent Search
  • Search by title
  • Search by author
  • Search by corresponding author
  • Search by manuscript ID
  • Search by DOI
  • Search by article type
  • Search by keywords
  • Search using article metadata
  • Advanced filtering
Issue Validation
  • Planned page validation
  • Planned article count validation
  • Article-type validation
  • Capacity monitoring
  • Deviation notifications
  • Publication readiness checks
Editorial Intelligence
  • Embargo article identification
  • Linked article identification
  • Companion article identification
  • Publication dependency indicators
  • Editorial alerts
Sequencing & Publishing
  • Article sequencing
  • Drag-and-drop ordering
  • Automatic page numbering
  • Continuous pagination
  • Table of contents generation
  • Issue PDF generation
  • Publication-ready output
Enterprise
  • Multi-journal issue management
  • Workflow integration
  • Volume Planning integration
  • Reporting
  • Dashboards
  • REST APIs
  • Role-based security
  • Audit trail
  • Microservices architecture
  • Enterprise scalability
Produce Publication-Ready Issues Automatically
Once issue assembly is complete, PageMajik automates the final production steps. Articles are sequenced, continuous page numbers are assigned, the table of contents is generated, and the complete issue PDF is produced automatically, significantly reducing manual production effort and improving publishing accuracy.
Scale Issue Production Across Every Journal
Whether publishing monthly journals or managing hundreds of issues across multiple titles, Issue Builder provides a consistent, repeatable, and enterprise-ready issue assembly process. Integrated workflows, automated validations, reusable publishing rules, dashboards, APIs, and scalable microservices enable publishers to deliver high-quality issues efficiently at scale.
Architecture
IssueBuilder is built on the PageMajik platform with integrated workflow management and file handling systems. The platform uses automated file collection processes to gather articles and assets from multiple locations. The version control system ensures file integrity during assembly, while the workflow engine coordinates the compilation process across editorial and production stages.
Frequently Asked Questions
Issue Builder automatically retrieves articles that have reached the configured workflow stage defined by the publisher as ready for issue assembly.
Yes. Editors have complete control over article selection and can add or remove eligible articles during issue assembly.
Yes. Editors can preview article metadata to make informed selection decisions.
Yes. Articles can be searched using title, author, manuscript ID, DOI, article type, keywords, and other configured metadata.
Yes. Embargoed articles are clearly highlighted during issue assembly.
Yes. Linked articles and publication dependencies are presented to assist editorial decision-making.
Issue Builder continuously compares the assembled issue against the planned issue specification, notifying editors of deviations in page count, article count, and article-type distribution.
Yes. Planned page allocation and article composition are inherited from Volume Planning.
Yes. Once article sequencing is complete, continuous page numbering is generated automatically.
Yes. Issue Builder automatically combines the sequenced articles into a publication-ready issue PDF.
Yes. The table of contents is generated automatically based on the final article sequence.
Yes. Issue Builder uses the planned issue specifications created in Volume Planning to validate issue composition during assembly.
Yes. The platform supports concurrent issue assembly across multiple journals and publishing programmes.
Yes. Article selection, sequencing, validation, pagination, and publication preparation activities are fully audit trailed for governance and traceability.
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