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OJS Usage

I built an interactive 3D globe to showcase the Public Knowledge Project's longitudinal research on how countries use OJS, the largest scholarly publishing software in the world.

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Screenshot of a globe with national data about OJS usage..

I adapted an existing Blender script to transform the national boundaries of a Geojson file into a curved globe, and then remove back faces to create the appearance of a flat, digital projection.

Screenshot of the 3D globe produced in Blender.

Zoomed in screenshot of the country heatmap.

Zoomed in screenshot of a visible country label in the heatmap.

Zoomed in screenshot of the country autocomplete.

Users can click on the globe, search with autocomplete, or select from the heatmap to view national data.

Scholarly Publishing Software

I worked with the Public Knowledge Project for nearly a decade, where I was a co-lead developer on OJS.

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