John Benjamins e-Platform: a dense, scholarly article page

A content-rich platform for e-journals, e-books and book series, with an article page built around how scholars read and cite.

Role: UX and front-end developer

Home page, desktop. Live site.

A John Benjamins article page with cover image, authors, citation details, tabs for Abstract, Full-Text and References, and a Tools panel on the right. — Article page. Live site.

John Benjamins advanced search form with keyword fields, dates, sort order and collection filters. — Advanced search. Live site.

John Benjamins home page on a phone: compact header, a feature carousel and the Most read list. — Home page, mobile. Live site.

The problem

John Benjamins publishes journals, books and book series for humanities scholars. Readers need to see quickly what they can access, move around a long article, and find the tools for citing and sharing it.

What I did

Organised the main navigation by content type: e-Journals, e-Books, Book Series, Online Resources and Collections, plus Subjects.
Showed Most read and Most cited lists side by side on the home page, with open access markers, so readers can see what is popular and influential at a glance.
Built the article page around the cover image, authors, DOI, key dates and previous and next links, with tabs for Abstract, Full-Text, Figures & Tables, References, Cited By, Supplements, Metrics and Related Content.
Added a Tools panel for EPUB and PDF, favourites, alerts, citation export, recommending to a library and reprints.
Used an access key of icons for subscribed, open access, free trial and free content, so each item shows what the visitor can read.
Kept urgent notices, such as the proxy server message, prominent on the home page and in the sidebar.

The outcome

Locked in a long-term customer with a solution that meets their requirements. John Benjamins has now been with us for more than 10 years.