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Arctic Science

Canadian Science Publishing · Canada · Est. 2015

ISSN2368-7460eISSN2368-7460

SJR Q1✓ 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.

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q1. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

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

SJR · Scopus

Top 25% in field

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

SJR Scorei

1.18

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.873

Total Worksi

498

Total Citationsi

5,715

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.57

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Ecology; Environmental Sciences; Agricultural and Biological Sciences (miscellaneous); Earth and Planetary Sciences (miscellaneous); Environmental Science (miscellaneous).

General Information

Country / RegionCanada

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2015

FrequencyQuarterly

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications498

Publisher OrgCanadian Science Publishing

OA Since2016

Visit Journal Website

Submission Info

Peer ReviewSingle-blind

OA LicenseCC BY

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

📦 Long-term Preservation

Scholars PortalCLOCKSS

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

10/11 · 91%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Canadian Science Publishing

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2368-7460 / 2368-7460

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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?

Scholars Portal, 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

393

2019

715

2020

680

2021

1.1k

2022

279

2023

267

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.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences (miscellaneous)Q1

Earth and Planetary Sciences (miscellaneous)Q1

Environmental Science (miscellaneous)Q1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

EcologyEnvironmental Sciences

Scopus Categories

Agricultural and Biological Sciences (miscellaneous)Environmental Science (miscellaneous)Earth and Planetary Sciences (miscellaneous)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Climate change and permafrostCryospheric studies and observationsArctic and Antarctic ice dynamicsIndigenous Studies and EcologyMarine animal studies overviewGeology and Paleoclimatology ResearchArctic and Russian Policy StudiesMarine and fisheries researchPeatlands and Wetlands EcologyMethane Hydrates and Related Phenomena

Frequently asked questions about Arctic Science

Is Arctic Science a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Arctic Science: 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 Science?

Arctic Science 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 1.57.

Is Arctic Science indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Arctic Science is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.

What is the aims and scope of Arctic Science?