September 2025 | Oceanography
VIDEOS
• We recommend that videos not exceed a few minutes in length
• Videos must be in mp4 format and no larger than 100 MB
ANIMATED GIFS
• GIFS must be no larger than 5 MB
AUDIO
• Audio files must be in mp3 format and no larger than 100 MB
PHOTO GALLERIES
• Photos for a photo gallery must be in jpg or png format and no
larger than 5 MB per photo
• For best results, all photos should have the same dimensions
I look forward to sharing with readers even more media-
enhanced Oceanography articles in the future. I hope you will share
these articles broadly as well.
ENRICHING READERS’ EXPERIENCE THROUGH
OCEANOGRAPHY FLIPBOOKS
In my fall 2023 Quarterdeck column,
I introduced the digital flipbook ver-
sion of Oceanography to our readers.
These web-based publications make it
possible to page through entire issues
rather than click on individual arti-
cles from our table of contents pages.
Importantly, for the flipbook versions
of articles, authors can embed videos,
animations, audio files, and photo gal-
leries, enhancing the reader experi-
ence. I highlight these flipbooks again
because the slow adoption of these
multimedia assets by authors, which
can enhance articles’ appeal and reach
to a broader audience, has been sur-
prising. Wouldn’t it be more interest-
ing and informative to display clips of
simulations in the flipbook version of
your article rather than the same series
of static images that appear in the article PDF? An animation of
time series in addition to the stack of static plots? An animation
of a tsunami flooding forecast that shows a progression through
time much better than a series of screenshots? An interesting crit-
ter moving about or a video of data integration rather than the only
the frame grabs? Or even a video or a gallery of photos of fieldwork
taken by people on board the research vessel using their smart-
phones? We have already experimented with using a video for an
issue cover (see the flipbook version of the June 2025 issue) while
the static PDF cover was a merge of screenshots of a black smoker.
We at Oceanography do the work for you. When you submit
your article through our Scholastica portal you can upload addi-
tional media assets along with your manuscript and static figures.
If the video/audio files are too large to upload through Scholastica,
please provide a way for us to access them. Note that all additional
assets must be directly associated with a figure in the article—we
will embed the media within the figure when developing the flip-
book version of your article.
We have updated our Author Guidelines since I last wrote about
our flipbooks. The following are the most current parameters
regarding file type and size. Before submitting your media assets,
please double-check the Author Guidelines to confirm there have
been no further updates.
QUARTERDECK
Ellen S. Kappel, Editor
ARTICLE DOI. https://doi.org/10.5670/oceanog.2025.e311
If a picture is worth a thousand words, what is a video worth? Compare this video to the static screenshot
embedded in the pdf version of this column. Credit iStock.com/BlackBoxGuild