Antarctic Science is an international journal, published online by Cambridge University Press on behalf of Antarctic Science Ltd, for the whole Antarctic science community. Original papers are accepted from scientists of any nation, subject to peer review by at least two expert referees (only one in the case of Short Notes). Papers must present scientific results or interpretations that are new, or describe major advances in technology and their application, and have not been published elsewhere. Submissions may relate to any field of science, except medical research. Authors should state, when submitting, if the paper has originally been submitted elsewhere. Failure to do this may result in immediate rejection.
Papers should focus on Antarctica, the sub-Antarctic and the Southern Ocean. Papers making comparisons with other regions will also be acceptable.
Antarctic Science is published only in English. The Editors particularly welcome papers with a multidisciplinary approach. There are no page charges, though an Open Access option is available.
Antarctic Science publishes guest editorials (limited to one page), opinions, data, synthesis and research papers (no fixed length), short notes and stratigraphical notes on technical developments and recent discoveries (up to two pages) and book reviews. Taxonomic papers are not acceptable unless they deal with broader interdisciplinary questions of biogeography or evolution.
We accept the following types of articles:
- Research Article* (Biological, Earth, Physical and Social Sciences)
- Short Note* (Biological, Earth, Physical and Social Sciences)
- Synthesis Paper*
- Book Review
- Noticeboard
- Opinion Paper
- Editorial and Guest Editorial
* If publishing Gold Open Access, all or part of the publication costs for these article types may be covered by one of the agreements Cambridge University Press has made to support open access.
An entire issue of the journal may be devoted to publishing the proceedings of an Antarctic meeting or to an edited compilation of papers on a specific topic. These issues, listed by the Journal as 'Special Collections', will be advertised on the Journal's website, and will require the proposers to provide a short descriptive text, and a list of proposed editors to handle submissions for the issue. Organizers interested in this should contact the Editors immediately after the meeting programme is finalized. A financial contribution towards the costs of publication may be required and all papers will be subject to normal refereeing and editing.
The Antarctic Treaty requires that data and information from Antarctic research is made freely available. The journal requests that authors deposit their data in an open repository and make a clear statement at the end of the paper of its location and accessibility. The Editors assume that those authors who publish in the journal will be happy to review submissions in their own field.