POLAR SCIENCE AUTHOR INFORMATION PACK TABLE OF CONTENTS XXX . • Description p.1 • Impact Factor p.2 • Abstracting and Indexing p.2 • Editorial Board p.2 • Guide for Authors p.4 ISSN: 1873-9652 DESCRIPTION . Polar Science is an international, peer-reviewed quarterly journal. It is dedicated to publishing original research articles for sciences relating to the polar regions of the Earth and other planets. Polar Science aims to cover 15 disciplines which are listed below; they cover most aspects of physical sciences, geosciences and life sciences, together with engineering and social sciences. Articles should attract the interest of broad polar science communities, and not be limited to the interests of those who work under specific research subjects. Polar Science also has an Open Archive whereby published articles are made freely available from ScienceDirect after an embargo period of 24 months from the date of publication. - Space and upper atmosphere physics - Atmospheric science/climatology - Glaciology - Oceanography/sea ice studies - Geology/petrology - Solid earth geophysics/seismology - Marine Earth science - Geomorphology/Cenozoic-Quaternary geology - Meteoritics - Terrestrial biology - Marine biology - Animal ecology - Environment - Polar Engineering - Humanities and social sciences Benefits to authors We also provide many author benefits, such as free PDFs, a liberal copyright policy, special discounts on Elsevier publications and much more. Please click here for more information on our author services. Please see our Guide for Authors for information on article submission. If you require any further information or help, please visit our support pages: https://service.elsevier.com Editor-in-Chief: T. Yamanouchi AUTHOR INFORMATION PACK 24 Sep 2021 www.elsevier.com/locate/polar 1 IMPACT FACTOR . 2020: 1.927 © Clarivate Analytics Journal Citation Reports 2021 ABSTRACTING AND INDEXING . GeoRef EBSCOhost Engineering Village - GEOBASE Scopus ProQuest Referativnyi Zhurnal VINTI-RAN (Russian Academy of Sciences) INSPEC EDITORIAL BOARD . Editor-in-Chief Takashi Yamanouchi, National Institute of Polar Research, Tachikawa, Japan Associate Editors Space and upper atmosphere physics Brian James Fraser, University of Newcastle, NSW, Australia, Australia Shigeru Fujita, Research Organization of Information and Systems, Minato-Ku, Japan Masaki Tsutsumi, National Institute of Polar Research, Tachikawa, Japan Atmospheric science / climatology Jun Inoue, National Institute of Polar Research, Tokyo, Japan; JCAR Young Jun Yoon, Korea Polar Research Institute, Incheon, South Korea Glaciology Elisabeth Isaksson, Norwegian Polar Institute, Tromsø, Norway Hideaki Motoyama, National Institute of Polar Research, Tokyo, Japan Oceanography / sea ice Yasushi Fukamachi, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan; JCAR Hiroyasu Hasumi, University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Japan; JCAR Takeshi Tamura, National Institute of Polar Research, Tokyo, Japan Shuki Ushio, National Institute of Polar Research, Tokyo, Japan Geology / petrology Tomokazu Hokada, National Institute of Polar Research, Tokyo, Japan Madhusoodhan Satish-Kumar, Niigata University, Niigata, Japan Solid Earth geophysics / seismology Yoichi Fukuda, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan Dapeng Zhao, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan Marine earth science Robert D. Larter, British Antarctic Survey, Cambridge, UK Yoshifumi Nogi, National Institute of Polar Research, Tokyo, Japan Geomorphology / Cenozoic-Quaternary Geology Joseph Levy, Colgate University, Hamilton, United States of America Hideki Miura, National Institute of Polar Research, Tachikawa, Japan Meteoritics Kevin Righter, NASA Johnson Space Center, Houston, TX, USA Akira Yamaguchi, National Institute of Polar Research, Tokyo, Japan Terrestrial biology Peter Convey, British Antarctic Survey, Cambridge, UK Takeshi Ise, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan; JCAR Sakae Kudoh, National Institute of Polar Research, Tokyo, Japan AUTHOR INFORMATION PACK 24 Sep 2021 www.elsevier.com/locate/polar 2 Marine biology Toru Hirawake, National Institute of Polar Research, Tokyo, Japan Kerrie Swadling, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Australia Environment Hiroyuki Enomoto, National Institute of Polar Research, Tachikawa, Japan Animal ecology Yoko Mitani, Hokkaido University, Hakodate, Japan; JCAR Yoshihiro Iijima, Mie University, Tsu, Japan; JCAR Akinori Takahashi, National Institute of Polar Research, Tokyo, Japan; JCAR William Berry Lyons, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA Yutaka Watanuki, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan; JCAR Polar engineering Kenji Ishizawa, National Institute of Polar Research, Tokyo, Japan Natsuhiko Otsuka, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan; JCAR Humanities and social sciences Lassi Heininen, University of Lapland, Rovaniemi, Finland Shinichiro Tabata, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan; JCAR Hiroki Takakura, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan; JCAR JCAR: Japan Consortium for Arctic Environmental Research Technical Support Journal Manager of Polar Science Advisory Board Asgeir Brekke, University of Tromsø, Norway Ian Allison, University of Tasmania, Australia Rob Massom, University of Tasmania, Australia Simon L. Harley, University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom Junmeng Zhao, Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research, China Jong Ik Lee, Korean Ocean and Polar Research Institute, South Korea Peter Barrett, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand Timothy Fagan, Waseda University, Japan Dana Bergstrom, Australian Antarctic Division, Australia Harvey Marchant, Australian National University, Australia Phil Trathan, British Antarctic Survey, UK Kazuo Shibuya, National Institute of Polar Research, Japan AUTHOR INFORMATION PACK 24 Sep 2021 www.elsevier.com/locate/polar 3 GUIDE FOR AUTHORS . INTRODUCTION Editorial Policy Polar Science is an international, peer-reviewed quarterly journal published jointly by the National Institute of Polar Research (NIPR), Japan, and Elsevier, Netherlands. Polar Science publishes original research articles relating to the polar regions of the Earth and other planets. Young scientists and scientists from countries which recently started polar research, are especially encouraged to submit manuscripts. Papers presented at one of the symposiums organized by NIPR are also welcome. Authors may specify the category of the paper as either a full length article or a research note, where full length articles are of high originality and research notes are describing preliminary results of immediate concern. There is also a review paper category, however authorship is by invitation only. Submission and publication are free of charge. This journal has an Open Archive whereby published articles are made freely available from ScienceDirect after an embargo period of 24 months from the date of publication of the article. Submission checklist You can use this list to carry out a final check of your submission before you send it to the journal for review. Please check the relevant section in this Guide for Authors for more details. 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