Research Management System

Table of Contents

• Introduction
• Features
• Usage
• Routes
• Database Models
• Form Descriptions
• Template Descriptions
• Technologies Used

Introduction

The Research Management System is a web application designed to manage and track journal and conference publications. It provides a user-friendly interface for users to log in, submit, view, and manage their research publications. The system also includes administrative features for managing user roles and sending notifications.

Features

• User authentication and role management
• Submission of journal and conference publications
• Viewing and editing of publication entries
• PDF generation of publication data
• Email notifications to users
• Admin dashboard for managing entries and users

Usage

To start using the application, run the following command:

python app.py

The application will start running on http://127.0.0.1:5000/.

Routes

Authentication

• /: Login page
• /login: Login form processing

User Pages

• /home: Home page
• /unauthorised: Unauthorized access page

Admin Pages

• /admin: Admin dashboard
• /admin_publication: Admin publication management page
• /entries: View all journal and conference entries

Journal Management

• /journal: Add a new journal entry
• /edit_journal/<string:journal_doi>: Edit a journal entry
• /delete_journal/<string:journal_doi>: Delete a journal entry
• /show_entry/<string:journal_doi>: Show details of a journal entry
• /generate-pdf-journal: Generate a PDF of all journal entries

Conference Management

• /conference: Add a new conference entry
• /edit_conference/<string:conf_url>: Edit a conference entry
• /delete_conference/<string:conf_url>: Delete a conference entry
• /show_conf_entry/<string:conf_url>: Show details of a conference entry
• /generate-pdf-conference: Generate a PDF of all conference entries

Notifications

• /send_mail: Send email notifications to all non-admin users

Database Models

USER_DETAIL

• email: User email (Primary Key)
• roles: User role (e.g., 'admin', 'user')

JOURNALS

• j_email: User email
• j_dop: Date of publication
• j_nat_inat: National/International
• j_ranking: Ranking
• j_broad_area: Broad area
• j_con_name: Conference name
• j_impf: Impact factor
• j_pap_tit: Paper title
• j_doi: DOI (Primary Key)
• j_authors: Authors
• j_volume: Volume
• j_issue: Issue
• j_page_n: Page numbers
• j_publisher: Publisher
• j_con_loc: Conference location

CONFERENCE

• c_email: User email
• c_date: Conference date
• c_nat: National/International
• c_corerank: Core ranking
• c_pap_tit: Paper title
• c_short_name: Short name
• c_con_location: Conference location
• c_full_name: Full name
• c_url: URL (Primary Key)
• c_authors: Authors
• c_volume: Volume
• c_issue: Issue
• c_page_n: Page numbers
• c_publisher: Publisher

Form Descriptions

LoginForm

• email: User email input
• password: User password input

Journal Form (in journal_page and edit_journal)

• publication-date: Date of publication
• national-international: National or International status
• ranking: Ranking
• broad-area: Broad area of research
• paper-title: Paper title
• conference-name: Conference name
• impact-factor: Impact factor
• conference-location: Conference location
• volume: Volume number
• issue: Issue number
• page-numbers: Page numbers
• doi: Digital Object Identifier
• publisher: Publisher name
• authors: Authors

Conference Form (in conference and edit_conference)

• conference-date: Date of the conference
• type: National or International status
• corerank: Core ranking
• title: Paper title
• shortname: Conference short name
• location: Conference location
• fullname: Conference full name
• url: Conference URL
• authors: Authors
• volume: Volume number
• issue: Issue number
• pages: Page numbers
• publisher: Publisher name

Template Descriptions

Authentication Templates

• LoginPage.html: Login form

User Templates

• HomePage.html: Home page content
• UnauthorizedAccess.html: Unauthorized access message

Admin Templates

• AdminPage.html: Admin dashboard content
• AdminPublicationPage.html: Admin publication management content
• EntriesPage.html: List of all journal and conference entries

Journal Templates

• JournalPage.html: Form for adding or editing journal entries
• ShowJournalPage.html: Details of a specific journal entry

Conference Templates

• ConferencePage.html: Form for adding or editing conference entries
• ShowConferencePage.html: Details of a specific conference entry

Technologies Used

• Flask: Web framework
• Flask-SQLAlchemy: ORM for database interactions
• SQLite: Database
• WTForms: Form handling
• smtplib: Email sending
• ReportLab: PDF generation
• HTML/CSS: Front-end templating