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Advances in Polar Science

· China · Est. 1990

ISSN1674-9928

SJR Q3✓ Scopus / SJR

Journal Impact Factor

Not on record at PubScope. The Journal Impact Factor is published by Clarivate for Web of Science (JCR)–indexed journals.

📊 Standing in its field

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

SJR · Scopus

Top 75% in field

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

SJR Scorei

0.268

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.354

Total Worksi

508

Total Citationsi

1,244

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.00

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Ecology; Geology; Oceanography; Atmospheric Science.

General Information

Country / RegionChina

Primary Language—

1st Year Published1990

Annual Volume~ 21 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2021)

Total Publications508

Publisher OrgScience Press

Region🌍 Global South

Submission Info

Peer Review—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

3/11 · 27%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

N/A

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Does the journal have a website?

No URL

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Is the ISSN verified?

1674-9928

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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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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?

N/A

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

2014

104

2015

2016

2017

2018

101

2019

2020

2021

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.

EcologyQ3

GeologyQ3

OceanographyQ3

Atmospheric ScienceQ4

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

Atmospheric ScienceOceanographyGeologyEcology

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamicsPolar Research and EcologyCryospheric studies and observationsGeology and Paleoclimatology ResearchMethane Hydrates and Related PhenomenaClimate change and permafrostMarine and coastal ecosystemsIonosphere and magnetosphere dynamicsArctic and Russian Policy StudiesMicrobial Community Ecology and Physiology

Frequently asked questions about Advances in Polar Science

Is Advances in Polar Science a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Advances in Polar Science: it is indexed in Scopus, 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 Advances in Polar Science?

Advances in Polar Science is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 0.268.

Is Advances in Polar Science indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Advances in Polar Science is indexed in Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Advances in Polar Science?