Journal Publishing Guide

As of July 2026, we are currently updating our publishing guide to be more comprehensive, accessible, and useful! Stay tuned for more details.

If you have any questions, feel free to get in touch with our team at press@uvic.ca.

Tutorials for setting up your journal:

• Online Tutorials
• OJS Online Guide
• Designing your Journal
• Principles of Transparency and Best Practice in Scholarly Publishing (DOAJ)

Other important pieces for setup:

• Applying for an ISSN
• Advice for peer reviewers (Dr. Laurie Waye, Director, Writing Centre, UVic)
• How to peer review - sample statement from Arbutus Review
• Journal publishing tag set
• Publishing agreements - Creative Commons License
• Student Publishing Agreement (.docx)
• Faculty/Researcher Publishing Agreement
• Full journal issue template (.doc)
• Sample journal cover template(.doc)
  • Spine forumula: x=a+by
  • x= spine width
  • a= cover thickness (0.327")
  • b= paper thickness (0.0019")
  • y= number of sheets of paper in book block