Author Guidelines
The journal publishes only original articles on research topics pertaining to the polar regions, research reports of a theoretical, methodological, experimental and applied nature and thematic reviews (in agreement with the editors) presenting results in oceanology, meteorology, climatology, hydrology, glaciology, hydrochemistry, paleogeography. The journal also welcomes papers on the biology and ecology of the polar regions, and on the problems of economic and social security in the Arctic.
The texts of the articles must be in Russian or English.
The editorial board considers only those articles that have not been previously published and that are not under consideration in other publications.
All materials are sent to the editor in electronic form online through the author’s personal electronic account on the journal’s website https://www.aaresearch.science.
The authors must submit the text of the article with the figures inserted, as well as separately the original files with the figures (see requirements for figures) and a file with full information about the authors: last name, first name and patronymic (in full), affiliation and its full address, academic degree, position, email address and contact telephone number of one of the authors.
The recommended length of the articles is from 8 to 20 pages of text (1.5 spacing), including tables and bibliography; no more than 6 figures, no more than 6 tables. The text is typed in Microsoft Word format. Typesetting parameters: font Times New Roman, point size 12, spacing 1.5. The pages in the article are numbered.
All incoming papers are checked for absence of borrowings in accordance with the ethical rules of publications using the ANTIPLAGIAT system. The article will be rejected if the text contains inappropriate borrowing (without a reference), the amount of original text is below 90%, in the case of duplicating publication or inadequate attribution of authorship.
All the articles are submitted to double peer reviewing.
Publishing in our journal is completely free.
Article structure. The articles are formatted as follows. First comes the title of the article; then the initials and surnames of all the authors followed by the full name of the institute(s) where the work was performed, its (their) address and the email address of the author responsible for communication with the editors. Then a brief summary (7–10 lines) and the key words in the alphabetical order (no more than 10). The title of the article should not exceed two lines.
The Abstract should summarize the entire study and be clear without reference to the publication itself as a source of information independent of the article. The abstract must meet the following criteria: it should be informative (should not contain too many general words); it should reflect the main content of the article: objectives of the work, research methods, main results; it should be well-structured and logical. We recommend including a sentence or two about the report’s aim and relevance, a sentence or two about your methods, a few sentences that present the main findings, and a sentence or two about the implications of the findings.
The main text is divided into sections in accordance with IMRaD format: an Introduction describing the current state of research in the field, a research problem or gap, the aim of the research/manuscript, then the Methods section including information about the samples, methods, and equipment that should enable readers to duplicate the study. In the Results section, the author presents their findings. It is recommended that the Results section contain only the findings, not any explanation of or comments on the findings. All the tables and figures are labeled and numbered separately. The captions are placed above the tables and beneath the figures. In the Discussion section, the author summarizes the main findings, comments on these findings, relates them to other research, discusses the limitations of the study, and uses these limitations as reasons for suggesting additional, future research.
At the end of the article the author needs to provide the following information in two languages: Competing interests; Funding; Acknowledgments. It is also advisable to indicate the authors’ contribution to the work - Authors contribution. In the Funding section, it is necessary to indicate the source of financial support that contributed to the implementation of this work (grants from foundations, programs, etc.); in the Acknowledgments, you can express gratitude to the persons who assisted in the preparation of the article.
Also, it is necessary to provide an extended Russian abstract (1–1.5 pages), and in the captions to the figures and tables, provide their translation into Russian. If the authors do not speak Russian, the editors will help translate the texts.
Captions under the figures are given for each figure in accordance with its location in the text. In the captions, it is necessary to separate the actual title of the figure from the explanations to it (explication), which must be given in a new line. Drawings and photographs are placed in separate files: for raster images in JPEG/TIFF/PNG/PSD raster formats, for vector images - CDR, AI, EPS and in XLS format (drawings made using Word tools are not allowed). The resolution of raster images in grayscale and color must be 300 dpi. At this resolution, the image size must be at least 1200 pixels. The maximum width of the pattern for normal placement is no more than 125 mm. With the specified picture parameters, the font size of the inscriptions in the picture is 8 pt. For articles in English, inscriptions are given only in English. All symbols are indicated by numbers (italics) with mandatory decoding in the captions, where they are also indicated in italics. Numbers can also be placed on graph lines. In the graphs, all the scales must be signed and the dimensions of the values indicated.
Tables. For large tables, use landscape page layout. The number and name of the table (two separate paragraphs) are given in Russian and English. The table header should not exceed two lines. All the necessary additional information is included in the Note to the table, or, if possible, placed in the table header. Tables and columns must have headings; abbreviations of words in tables are not allowed. Tables are typed, like text, in Word format with a 9-point font. If the table has a note, it is also provided in two languages. No notes are given within the table. Footnotes are used for the entire table or its individual indicators.
The text should provide references to all the figures and tables. At the first link - Fig. 1, table. 1; for repeated ones - see Fig. 1, see table. 1. If the text contains one table or one figure, then the links in the text are given as follows: with the first link - (table), (figure); for repeated reference - (see table), (see figure). It is recommended to type mathematical notations, symbols and simple formulae in the main font of the article, complex formulae - in the MathType program (or in versions of Word up to 2007 inclusive). Only those formulae that are referenced in the text are numbered. Greek letters in the formulae and text, as well as chemical elements, are typed in the Roman font, Latin letters - in italics. Abbreviations in the text, except the generally accepted ones, are not allowed.
When submitting an article to the journal, the author must check the accuracy and correctness of the list of references. The editors may refuse to accept the author's manuscript for further consideration if the quality of the bibliography is poor, in particular:
– with a predominance of references to little-known sources that are not in the IDB, to inaccessible sources, to one’s own works (more than 30%);
– if there are errors in the description: omission of the author or incorrect spelling of their full name, inaccurate title of the article/book, incomplete or incorrect imprint information (volume, number, pages, year of publication, not indicated by DOI). All the quotations given in the article must be verified against primary sources indicating the page (for example, [17, p. 37]). All bibliographic data must also be carefully verified (full name of the author/s, title of the article/book, volume, journal number, pages, publisher, year of publication, DOI, full Internet address where the text of the article/book is available (URL), date access to the site). Full Internet addresses (URLs) should be provided for all links where possible. For original research articles, at least 10 and, preferably, no more than 25–30 sources are required, for a research review - at least 50 sources. It is recommended to use sources from the last 10–15 years. In accordance with the ethics of scientific publications, it is recommended that in the bibliography, references to one’s own works should not exceed 30% of the total number of sources. The reference lists include only peer-reviewed sources (articles from research journals and monographs) used in preparing the article.
In keeping with the new practices for calculating ratings of research journals, it is not recommended to include in the References:
– candidate and doctoral dissertations, their abstracts (you must cite articles published in the process of preparing the dissertation and including material from it);
– conference materials;
– articles from non-peer-reviewed journals;
– links to hard-to-reach, unpublished, short-circulation, as well as local, popular and educational sources:
- undigitized, old textbooks not available on the Internet, collections of works, monographs;
- methodological manuals, technical documentation, GOST standards;
- short-lived WEB pages;
- links to an article in print media, texts on a website or in blogs.
If necessary, for the above categories, you can use in-text full bibliographic references (written in parentheses in the style of a bibliography), no more than three per publication. Subsequently, if technically possible, they can be replaced in the layout with footnotes.
The journal adopts the Vancouver citation style (reference in the text in square brackets, full bibliographic description of the source in the list of references in the order of mention in the text of the article).
Reference design examples:
Article in Russian
Nesterova N.B., Khomutov A.V., Leibman M.O., Safonov T.A., Belova N.G. The inventory of retrogressive thaw slumps (thermocirques) in the north of West Siberia based on 2016–2018 satellite imagery mosaic. Kriosfera Zemli = Earth's Cryosphere. 2021;25(6):41–50. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.15372/KZ20210604
Article in English
Nitze I., Heidler K., Barth S., Grosse G. Developing and testing a deep learning approach for mapping retrogressive thaw slumps. Remote Sensing. 2021;13(21):4294. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs13214294
Monograph in Russian
Leibman M.O., Kizyakov A.I. Cryogenic landslides of Yamal and the Yugra Peninsula. M.: Institute of the Earth's Cryosphere SB RAS; 2007. 206 p. (In Russ.)
Monograph in English
Kelley M. C. The Earth’s ionosphere: Plasma Physics and Electrodynamics. San Diego, CA, USA: Academic Press; 1989. 556 p.
Chapter from a monograph
Leibman M., Khomutov A., Kizyakov A. Cryogenic landslides in the West-Siberian plain of Russia: classification, mechanisms, and landforms. In: W. Shan et al. (eds.). Landslides in cold regions in the context of climate change. Environmental Science and Engineering. Springer International Publishing, Switzerland; 2014. P. 143–162.
Monographs without authors
Kokhanovsky A., Tomasi C., editors. Physics and Chemistry of the Arctic Atmosphere. Springer Polar Sciences series. Cham: Springer; 2020. 717 p. https:// doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-33566-3
Links to Internet resources
Global Modeling and Assimilation Office (GMAO). MERRA-2 tavg1_2d_aer_Nx: 2d, 1-Hourly, Time-averaged, Single-Level, Assimilation, Aerosol Diagnostics V5.12.4, Greenbelt, MD, USA, Goddard Earth Sciences Data and Information Services Center (GES DISC). 2015. URL: https://10.5067/KLICLTZ8EM9D (accessed 04/15/2023)
For articles from our journal, we note that since 2018, the name of the journal in English is Arctic and Antarctic Research. Until 2018, the name in English was Problemy Arktiki i Antarctiki.
Articles that do not meet these requirements will not be considered.When working on a manuscript, the editors, in agreement with the author, have the right to shorten it.
The author, by signing the article and sending it to the editor, thereby transfers the copyright for the publication of this article to the journal “Arctic and Antarctic Research”.
The editorial board does not enter into discussions with authors regarding its decisions.
