Arctic

Arctic Institute of North America · Canada · Est. 1948

ISSN1923-1245

SJR Q3✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR

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.

See the official Impact Factor & quartile on the journal’s page ↗

The Impact Factor & JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date. Open metrics below: SCImago Q3. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 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

0.35

H-Indexi

100

SNIPi

0.427

Total Worksi

4,956

Total Citationsi

69,473

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.34

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Environmental Sciences; Geography, Physical; Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics.

General Information

Country / RegionCanada

Primary Language—

1st Year Published1948

Annual Volume~ 30 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications4,956

Publisher OrgArctic Institute of North America

OA Since2018

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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

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5/11 · 45%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Arctic Institute of North America

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1923-1245

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, 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

375

2019

342

2020

237

2021

257

2022

2023

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.

Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsQ3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Environmental SciencesGeography, Physical

Scopus Categories

Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Indigenous Studies and EcologyArctic and Russian Policy StudiesClimate change and permafrostPolar Research and EcologyHistory of Science and MedicineArctic and Antarctic ice dynamicsDiverse Historical and Scientific StudiesMarine animal studies overviewGeology and Paleoclimatology ResearchCryospheric studies and observations

Frequently asked questions about Arctic

Is Arctic a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Arctic: it is indexed in Web of Science, 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 Arctic?

Arctic 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 0.34.

Is Arctic indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Arctic is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Arctic?