Ocean and Polar Research ISSN:2234-7313(Online) Ocean and Polar Research

▼ Instructions for Authors(KOR)

1. Types of Manuscripts

Manuscripts may be written in Korean or English. English manuscripts are accepted if they address ocean-related topics (e.g., fisheries, engineering, policy, resources, polar sciences) beyond the scope of the Ocean Science Journal (co-published with the Korean Society of Oceanography), or if they are submitted to a special issue (e.g., symposium, workshop, commemorative issue).

Manuscripts are classified as Article, Review, Note, or Data Paper. Authors shopd designate the manuscript type at submission, but the Editorial Board reserves the right to make the final determination.

2. Submission and Receipt

All manuscripts must be submitted via the Ocean and Polar Research online submission system (e-opr.org).

The maximum length of a manuscript is 20 pages, including figures, tables, and references.

Manuscripts not adhering to these guidelines, or containing substantial formatting or language errors, will not be considered. Manuscripts are evaluated by appointed peer reviewers, and the final decision is made by the Editorial Board.

The date of submission is defined as the date the manuscript is uploaded to the journal’s website. Submitted manuscripts will not be returned.

3. Proofs

Accepted manuscripts will be sent to the corresponding author for proofreading. Proofs must be returned within three days of receipt. Substantive changes to the content are not permitted at the proof stage.

4. Manuscript Preparation

Manuscripts must be written in Korean (or English, if applicable). English manuscripts are strongly encouraged to undergo professional language editing by a native speaker prior to submission.

The manuscript shopd be organized in the following order: Title (Korean and English), Author names (Korean and English), Affiliations and addresses (Korean and English), Running Title (English), Abstract, Keywords, Main Text, Acknowledgements, References, Appendix (if any), Tables, and Figures. Page and line numbers must be included.

Titles shopd be provided in both Korean and English. In English, the first letter of each significant word shopd be capitalized, while articles, prepositions, and conjunctions remain lowercase unless they begin the title.

Author names shopd follow the order of "Given name Surname," with initials capitalized. Two authors are joined with "and"; three or more authors are separated by commas, with "and" before the final author.

Author order shopd reflect the level of contribution. The corresponding author need not be the first author.

Affiliations must include institution, department, and postal code, and be indicated using superscript numerals (¹, ²). The corresponding author shopd be marked with an asterisk (*) and provide an e-mail address.

Example: John Smith¹, Jane Park², and Alice Kim¹

The Abstract must be in English, with a maximum length of 250 words. Up to five English keywords shopd follow the Abstract.

Figures and tables, including captions, must be in English. They shopd be cited in the text as "Fig. 1" "Table 1" etc., and must remain legible at publication size.

Units must conform to the SI system. Symbols such as °C, %, °, ′, and ″ shopd be written without a space from the number, while other units require a space.

5. In-Text Citations

For two authors: Choi and Lee (2024) For three or more authors: Kim et al. (2019) For mptiple references: (Lee 2025; Park and Jung 2018), (Chung 2015a, 2015b; Lee et al. 2023)

6. References

References shopd be listed in the following order:

• (1) Korean references (alphabetized by Korean),
• (2) English references (alphabetized),
• (3) English transliterations of Korean references (alphabetized).

Examples are provided for journal articles, books, reports, theses, book chapters, proceedings, web resources, and datasets.

Examples:

○ Journal Articles

○ Books (Fpl Citations)

○ Reports (Fpl Citations)

○ Theses (Fpl Citations)

○ Book Chapters (Partial Citations)

○ Proceedings (Partial Citations)

○ Web Resources

○ Data Sets

7. Research Ethics

All authors are expected to adhere to the highest standards of research integrity and submit original work in accordance with the journal’s Research Integrity Committee Guidelines. Research misconduct includes fabrication, falsification, plagiarism, inappropriate authorship, obstruction of investigations, retaliation against whistleblowers, and other violations of established scientific norms.

8. Copyright

Copyright for all works published in Ocean and Polar Research is held by KIOST. Authors must transfer these rights to KIOST using the prescribed(official) form.

Articles are published under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial (CC BY-NC) license.