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Acta Borealia

Routledge · United Kingdom

ISSN0800-3831eISSN1503-111X

SJR Q2✓ WOS A&HCI✓ Scopus / SJR

/ 100

High Risk

Score Breakdown

✓ Scopus Q2+18

Total18

Journal Impact Factor

This journal is indexed in Web of Science (JCR) and has an official Journal Impact Factor. View the current value on the journal’s page ↗

SJR Score

0.166

H-Index

CiteScore

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Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

SNIP

0.425

Total Works

491

Total Citations

3,338

2yr Mean Citedness

1.94

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Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

Acta Borealia is a multi-disciplinary scientific journal for cultural studies, dedicated exclusively to a multi-disciplinary comparative focus on circumpolar societies. It publishes articles in disciplines such as history, archaeology, social anthropology, ethnography, geography, and linguistics, and presents results from research on northern societies, including reviews of new books about the north.

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⚡ Speed vs Prestige

How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?

SJR Rank

Top 50% in field

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published—

Annual Volume~ 8 articles / year

StatusActive

Total Publications491

Publisher OrgRoutledge

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Submission Info

Publishing ModelSubscription

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Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

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6/12 · 50%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Routledge

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

0800-3831 / 1503-111X

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Indexed in a trusted database?

Scopus

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Peer review process documented?

N/A

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Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

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APC fees clearly disclosed?

N/A

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Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

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Long-term digital preservation?

N/A

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Plagiarism detection in place?

N/A

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

N/A

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Primary language documented?

English

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Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Times cited

2019

2020

2021

2022

2023

2024

2025

2026

Source: OpenAlex · Note: citations accumulate over time so older years appear higher

SJR Quartile by Discipline

Scimago ranks this journal separately in each subject category — its quartile can differ by discipline.

Cultural StudiesQ2

HistoryQ2

AnthropologyQ3

Sociology and Political ScienceQ3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Humanities, Multidisciplinary

Scopus Categories

AnthropologySociology and Political ScienceHistoryCultural Studies

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Indigenous Studies and EcologyArctic and Russian Policy StudiesArchaeology and ancient environmental studiesHistorical and Archaeological StudiesHuman auditory perception and evaluation