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Scholarly Journal Publishing

Resources for journal editors whose journals are hosted by the University of Calgary.

How To: Login to a Journal

To login to a journal hosted through the University of Calgary, users should use their account username and password.

Please note, your account email address is not a recognised login credential, only your account's username. If you do not know your username, please connect with the journal to request that information.

Screenshot of login webpage for journal with "insert your username" entered in "Username" field and "Password" field

Author Submissions: Accepted File Formats

All journals hosted through the University of Calgary run on Open Journal System (OJS) software, provided by the Public Knowledge Project (PKP).

To improve security protection within the OJS platform, we have implemented plugins to dictate a broad range of acceptable file formats for uploading within each journal related to article submissions, the editorial workflow, journal information settings, and user profile settings.

The accepted file formats are:

  • Text: DOC, DOCX, PDF, TEXT, TXT, ODP, MD, PPT, PPTX, TEX, RTF, WPD
  • Tabular Data: CSV, XML, XLSX, XLS, TSV, ODS
  • Programming: HTML, HTM, JSON, BAS, JS, JAVA, PY, CPP, C, YAMP, YML, RDF
  • Still Images: PNG, JPG, JPEG, TIFF, TIF, GIF, BMP, WEBP, ICO, DJVU
  • Vector Images: SVG
  • Audio: WAV, MP3, MP4, AIFF, OGG, ACC
  • Moving Images: MOV, MPEG, AVI