The Youth Geoscience Forum, initiated by young Chinese geoscientists, has been established as an open, equal, and vigorous platform for exchange, with eminent scientists serving as advisors and young scholars and graduate students as the main participants. Since its inception in 2014, the forum has been held in Lanzhou (2014), Urumqi (2015), Xi'an (2016), Chengdu (2017), Nanjing (2018), Xining (2019), Guiyang (2021), and Wuhan (2023), gradually evolving into a feast of academic exchange and ideological collision for young geoscientists in China.
The 9th Youth Geoscience Forum is scheduled to be held in Xiamen, Fujian Province, from May 17 to 20, 2024. It plans to feature twenty themes and is currently inviting geoscientists nationwide to participate in this forum and propose topics for the various sub-forums.
Special Issue Information
In order to broaden the research horizons of young scientists of geoscience, track the frontier trends, and realize interdisciplinary integration and innovation, a special issue was organized. The theme of this issue is 'Publishing frontier and innovative achievements in geoscience scientific research'. Young geoscientists are warmly invited to contribute to this Special Issue.
Submission Deadline：December 30, 2024
Journal Introduction
Research in Cold and Arid Regions (RCAR) is a bimonthly journal that publishes the latest research achievements in processes and the patterns of the Earth surface system in cold and arid regions in English. Researches in cold regions emphasize particularly on the cold-region-characterized physical, chemical and biological processes and their interactions, and on the response of cryosphere to global change and human activities as well as their effects on environment and the acclimatizable strategies; focus on the objects of glacier, snow, river, lake, sea ice, permafrost and seasonal frozen ground, and periglacial geomorphology, etc.; and think much of cold regions engineering and technology. Researches in arid regions emphasize particularly on the arid-region-characterized physical, chemical and biological processes and their interactions, and on the response of arid regions to global change and human activities as well as their effects on environment and the acclimatizable strategies; focus on the objects of desert, oasis, loess, and aeolian landforms, etc.; and support integrated studies on mountain-desert-oasis system in arid watershed with water resources as masterstroke, so as to provide reliable technological support for water safety, ecology safety and food safety in arid regions.
Special Issue Guest Editors
Dr. Benli Liu, Northwest Institute of eco-environment and resources, CAS, liubenli@lzb.ac.cn
Dr. Yunfa Miao, Northwest Institute of eco-environment and resources, CAS, miaoyunfa@lzb.ac.cn
Dr. Zhuolun Li, Lanzhou University, lizhuolunlzl@163.com
Dr. Linshan Yang, Northwest Institute of eco-environment and resources, CAS, yanglsh08@lzb.ac.cn
Dr. Yongyong Zhang, Northwest Institute of eco-environment and resources, CAS, zhangxyz23@126.com
Dr. Lupeng Yu, Linyi University, yulupeng319@126.com
Theme Scope of the Special Issue
1. Global change and extreme ecological responses
2. Carbon cycle and ecological effects in cold and arid regions
3. Remote sensing monitoring, simulation, and big data integration in cold and arid regions
4. Vulnerable ecosystem protection and restoration
5. Geomorphology and disaster prevention in cold and arid regions
6. Ecohydrology and Water Resources in Cold and Arid Regions
Manuscript Submission Information
Research in Cold and Arid Regions operates an online submission and rigorous peer review system. To submit a manuscript, please visit journal’s Homepage, www.scar.ac.cn or directly enter https://www.keaipublishing.com/en/journals/research-in-cold-and-arid-regions/, viewing Guideline to get more submission details. The Submission Column “9th Youth Geoscience Forum” should be chosen for getting quick publishing access. The signed Copyright Transfer Form (Download on Journal's Home Page) should be scanned and uploaded as 'Supplementary files not for review' with the online submission of your article. Authors are encouraged to suggest the names and full contacting details of potential referees on the understanding that the Chief-Editor has the final decision on the referees' selection. As a double-blind peer review journal, the manuscript files without personal information is demanded to be uploaded to 'main documents', manuscript with personal information is demanded to be uploaded to 'title page'. Submission of a manuscript will be held to imply that it contains original unpublished work and not yet submitted to elsewhere.
