Dear Colleagues,

Advances in Polar Science (APS) is an international, English-language, peer-reviewed journal that publishes scientific research results concerning the Arctic and Antarctic regions across a broad range of disciplines. It is sponsored by the Polar Research Institute of China. APS is a true open-access journal, with no publication fees and all articles are freely accessible as soon as they are released.

APS is a quarterly journal published in March, June, September and December by the China Science Press and circulated both nationally and internationally (ISSN 1674-9928, CN 31-2050/P). Formerly known as the Chinese Journal of Polar Science (English Edition), founded in 1990, this journal is known as Advances in Polar Science from Volume 22 (2011).

In the next few years, APS is planning to publish several special issues. We would like to invite you to submit manuscripts to two special issues: “Geology and palaeontology of the James Ross Basin, Antarctic Peninsula” or “Polar or high-latitude sea ice observations and modeling in China and Norway” to be published in June or September of 2019,respectively. For more details, please visit the APS's websites: www.aps-polar.org .

The schedule for the special issue “Geology and palaeontology of the James Ross Basin, Antarctic Peninsula” is:

·Paper submission deadline: 30 December 2018

·Final acceptance deadline: 15 March 2019

·Publication: June 2019

The schedule for the special issue “Polar or high-latitude sea ice observations and modeling in China and Norway”is:

·Paper submission deadline: 28 February 2019

·Final acceptance deadline: 31 July 2019

·Publication: September or October 2019

Submitted manuscripts, except for review papers or Opinion Editorial, should be complete and adequately supported by original investigation; they should not be versions of communications submitted or published elsewhere.All manuscripts, except for Opinion Editorial, will undergo regular review by members of the Editorial Board and other appropriate experts.

We thank you in advance for your consideration to submit manuscripts to APS, and we encourage you to share this announcement broadly with interested colleagues. Any queries should be addressed to journal@pric.org.cn.

Editorial Office of Advances in Polar Science

December 2018