Editorial

Journal of ETA Maritime Science (JEMS), published by UCTEA Chamber of Marine Engineers, started its academic career in 2013. It first indexed in the DOAJ in 2014 and proved its quality. Later in 2016, it entered into the “Index Copernicus” citation index. In the same year, it was entitled to enter into TUBITAK TR indexes. Finally, we are pleased to inform you that “Journal of ETA Maritime Science (JEMS)”, published by UCTEA Chamber of Marine Engineers, has been selected for coverage in Clarivate Analytics products and services of WoS. JEMS will be indexed and abstracted in Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI). There is an Editorial Board behind this short story of JEMS's full of success. This board members consist of highly qualified academics from different nationalities and fields, working with great devotions all around the world. In addition, the Associate Editors of JEMS, consisting of young academicians who prepare JEMS for publication four times in a year, are voluntary servants of the JEMS. Besides, the Authors who generate the journal's intellectual capital by sharing their valuable researches in JEMS have a great share in these successes. The entry of JEMS into the Web of Science Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI) has welcomed by the Board of UCTEA Chamber of Marine Engineers. This success will increase the attractiveness of JEMS and enable the selection of the best quality articles among many more quality articles. In this issue, we present to your attention two remarkable articles highlighting the issue of“women and sea”. In addition, we present an impressive article about the scope and academic perspective of polar research prepared by Prof. Dr. Ersan Basar in the academic perspective section of our journal. We also thank him for the cover photo of this issue.