Add special issues management to OJS

[amandastevens]

Users frequently ask about how to manage special issues in OJS and it would be great to have a specific way to do this. Currently the workaround is to create a new section for a special issue or create a new journal for the special issue. Both are not ideal and create challenges. More discussion is available in these forum posts:

• https://forum.pkp.sfu.ca/t/special-editions/38315
• https://forum.pkp.sfu.ca/t/solved-submissions-for-special-issues/53233

Special issues management functionality would include the following (and please add other things):

• When an author makes a new submission, they can select whether it’s part of a special issue
• When viewing and filtering active submissions, editors can identify which submissions are part of special issues
• A submissions can be both part of a special issue and assigned to a journal section

Perhaps the Categories feature could be extended for this? Or this Github issue looks related: #4415

[xoaib4]

Yeah. I am looking for this special issue feature in OJS.

[NateWr]

Special issues should be able to identify that issue's editors and provide this information to depositing services where appropriate (DC, OAI, DOI, coins, doaj, etc.). See request on forum.

[Moradnejad]

For anyone coming to this issue, it's implemented to a great extent.
You can go to Settings->Journal-> Sections
The author will select the issue at the start of submission.
The editor can filter using these sections.
You can specify the issue's editors and section policy.