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Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research

Taylor and Francis Ltd. · United States · Est. 1998

ISSN1523-0430eISSN1938-4246

SJR Q2✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (SCIE) — Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor and JCR quartile for this journal.

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📊 Standing in its field

Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.

SJR · Scopus

Top 50% in field

Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ

SJR Scorei

0.593

H-Indexi

100

SNIPi

0.734

Total Worksi

2,069

Total Citationsi

56,985

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.33

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Environmental Sciences; Geography, Physical; Earth-Surface Processes; Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics; Global and Planetary Change.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1998

FrequencyQuarterly

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications2,069

Publisher OrgInstitute of Arctic and Alpine Research

OA Since2017

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewSingle-blind

OA LicenseCC BY, CC BY-NC

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

📦 Long-term Preservation

LOCKSSPorticoCLOCKSS

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

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10/11 · 91%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Taylor and Francis Ltd.

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1523-0430 / 1938-4246

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, DOAJ

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Peer review process documented?

Single-blind

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Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

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Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

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Long-term digital preservation?

LOCKSS, Portico, CLOCKSS

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Plagiarism detection in place?

Yes

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

DOAJ verified

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Primary language documented?

English

A twelfth criterion — whether APC fees are clearly disclosed — is not scored here; it is left out of the total rather than counted as a failure. Publication charges appear in the metrics card above.

Based on the Think.Check.Submit framework by DOAJ, COPE & OASPA. All data from verified open sources.

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

805

2019

598

2020

296

2021

334

2022

273

2023

158

2024

2025

2026

Source: OpenAlex · Each year’s green bar = citations earned by that year’s papers, counted to date — so recent years look lower simply because their papers haven’t had time to be cited yet.

SJR Quartile by Discipline

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

Earth-Surface ProcessesQ2

Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsQ2

Global and Planetary ChangeQ3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Environmental SciencesGeography, Physical

Scopus Categories

Earth-Surface ProcessesEcology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsGlobal and Planetary Change

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Climate change and permafrostCryospheric studies and observationsGeology and Paleoclimatology ResearchEcology and Vegetation Dynamics StudiesTree-ring climate responsesPolar Research and EcologyPlant Water Relations and Carbon DynamicsArctic and Antarctic ice dynamicsPeatlands and Wetlands EcologyLandslides and related hazards

Frequently asked questions about Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research

Is Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research?

Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research is indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection, so Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor for it (since the 2023 Journal Citation Reports, every Core Collection journal — including Arts & Humanities and Emerging Sources titles — receives one). PubScope links to Clarivate's official source rather than reprinting the number, which can be out of date. Its open 2-year mean citedness is 1.33.

Is Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.

What is the aims and scope of Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research?