The Association of Early Career Scientists for the sea and the Poles (APECS-Brazil) and the Journal of Integrated Coastal Zone Management (JICZM) are preparing a thematic issue dedicated to the subject “Coasts, Oceans and the Cryosphere: Polar Science and the 25-years of the Madrid Protocol”.
The Protocol on Environmental Protection to the Antarctic Treaty - the Madrid Protocol - reached 25 years in 2016. This is an opportunity for the scientific community to discuss polar science in broad areas according the context of this important document. We particularly encourage polar early career scientists to submit manuscripts to this issue.
The JICZM is an open access peer-reviewed international journal indexed in several international databases, including Scopus. The special issue will include research papers, review articles and case studies addressing all aspects related to polar science on past and present coasts, oceans and the wider cryosphere, including Earth, Life, Human and Physical Sciences. Where appropriate we encourage the inclusion of a short section relating the paper main subject with Madrid Protocol relevant aspects.
Submitted manuscripts must be in English, in order to reach the international audience of the polar community. Manuscripts will be peer reviewed and, if accepted by the Editorial board, published online in a formal specific journal issue. Each paper will have a DOI in order to increase visibility. The papers will be available in electronic, open access, version. This thematic issue is expected to be published in 2017.
Submission guidelines are available at http://www.aprh.pt/rgci/manuscripts-Subm.html.
Submission deadlines:
One–page expressions of interest: August 31, 2016.
Full article submissions: December 31, 2016
The editorial board warmly invites you to be part of this exciting thematic issue!
Guest editors:
Fernanda Quaglio, Juliana Assunção Ivar do Sul and Erli Schneider Costa (Brazil); Peter Convey and José Carlos Caetano Xavier (United Kingdom); Ceridwen Fraser (Australia).
Editors RGCI / JICZM:
João Alveirinho Dias, Ulisses Azeiteiro, Monica Costa, Tomasz Boski, Helenice Vital , Marcus Polette
