The special issue entitled “Emerging Technologies and Their Application in the Polar Regions” will be published in December 2022 as general issue (Vol. 33, No. 4), the theme of which focuses on autonomous profiling floats; under-ice gliders (AUV and ROV); deep-ocean rovers; automatic weather stations; unmanned aerial vehicles;robotic camera systems; in situ sensors and methods for collecting autonomous observations. We are so honored to invite Prof. Pavel G. Talalay from Institute of Polar Science and Engineering, Jilin University, China, as lead Guest Editor to organize this special issue.

We sincerely invite you to contribute to this special issue or other general issues in 2022 and beyond.Submissions deadline for this issue is May 31, 2022. Submission website: https://mc03.manuscriptcentral.com/apsci

Advances in Polar Science

(APS) is an international, peer-reviewed and open-access journal sponsored by the Polar Research Institute of China (PRIC) and Chinese Society for Oceanography. Since 2015, APS has become more truly international, and been improving, with its inclusion in Elsevier’s Scopus, the largest abstract and citation database of peer-reviewed literature in May of 2020. Articles published on APS are free of charge with generous funding from PRIC.

From 1 May 2021, Dr. Ad Huiskes, a biologist from the Netherlands and an Associate Editor of APS since 2015, replaced Prof. Ian Allison as the co-Editor-in-Chief. The Editorial Board renewed in 2021, consists of 38 disciplinary Editors (20 international Editors and 18 Chinese Editors). In 2020, APS celebrated its 30th anniversary since foundation. By the end of 2020, APS had published 81 issues (including 19 special/thematic issues), and the authors of these papers come from 30 nations.

Opinion Editorial (Op-Ed) was introduced in 2017 as a new category, and is attracting the attention of the international polar community. One scientist from School of Environment, Education and Development, the University of Manchester gave the comments that this is a most welcome initiative. Op-Ed can be a statement of the opinion of a named author or authors, with a maximum of 1500 words (a maximum length of 2 printed pages). It will provide a forum for comment on the status and/or deficiencies on any aspect of polar science, reflect on recent innovation or progress, promote internationally collaborative polar science projects, etc. It will be directly reviewed by EICs with final decision without peer review by expert referrers. Up to now, eight Op-Eds have already been published on APS.

You can see more details on APS website: aps-polar.org.