WoS ESCI Q1Scopus Q1SCImago #14,217CAS 2区Hybrid

Polar Journal

Country: United Kingdom•WoS SCIE Quartile: Q1•Scopus SJR: 0.399•SCImago Rank: #14,217•Identifier (ISSN):2154-896X(Print)/2154-8978(Online)•Articles / Year: 14•Estimated Publication Fee (APC): $2,823 USD

Clarivate JCR Index Advisory: Active (ESCI)

Clarivate IF (2026)Q1

1.8

– 0

Leading citation impact metric from Clarivate Journal Citation Reports

JCR Release Date: 2026-06-17

H-Index (Hirsch Index)

27 papers with at least that number of citations each

WoS: ESCIQ1

Self-Citation Rate12.5%

Safe Level (< 15%)Warning Level (> 20%)

Self-citation below 15% indicates strong scholarly independence.

Volume & Open AccessHybrid

14articles/year

29.11% Gold OA•0% Original Research

State Council for Professorship (HĐGSNN) Scoring

Quyết định số 26/QĐ-HĐGSNN ngày 11/7/2025 (Mục quốc tế)

2.00pts

Latest Max Score

Estimated (Dec 26)

Scoring Basis: WoS Q1(IF: 1.8)

HĐGSNN Score History

By article publication year

Year	Max Score	Evaluation Details	Source
2026	2.00đ	WoS Q1(IF: 1.8)	🔵 Computed
2025	2.00đ	WoS Q1(IF: 1.8)	🔵 Computed
2024	2.00đ	WoS Q1(IF: 0.8)	🔵 Computed
2023	2.00đ	WoS Q1(IF: 0)	🔵 Computed

Note: Domestic journal scores are officially collected from annual HĐGSNN decisions across councils. International journal scores are dynamically computed according to Decision 26/QĐ-HĐGSNN based on quartile and citation metrics in the publication year.

Aims & Scope

Antarctica and the Arctic are of crucial importance to global security. Their governance and the patterns of human interactions there are increasingly contentious; mining, tourism, bioprospecting, and fishing are but a few of the many issues of contention, while environmental concerns such as melting ice sheets have a global impact. The Polar Journal is a forum for the scholarly discussion of polar issues from a social science and humanities perspective and brings together the considerable number of specialists and policy makers working on these crucial regions across multiple disciplines. The journal welcomes papers on polar affairs from all fields of the social sciences and the humanities and is especially interested in publishing policy-relevant research. Each issue of the journal either features articles from different disciplines on polar affairs or is a topical theme from a range of scholarly approaches. Topics include: • Polar governance and policy • Polar history, heritage, and culture • Polar economics • Polar politics • Music, art, and literature of the polar regions • Polar tourism • Polar geography and geopolitics • Polar psychology • Polar archaeology Manuscript types accepted: • Regular articles • Research reports • Opinion pieces • Book Reviews • Conference Reports.

Topics Covered (Recognized by AI)

Political science71.9%Geography71%History61.9%Geology57.9%Biology52.6%Law51.8%Oceanography50.1%Ecology44.8%Economics37.4%Arctic33%The arctic28.3%Computer science27.5%Archaeology26%Physics25.4%Philosophy24.9%Politics22.6%Sociology22.4%Business22%

Primary Research Areas

Arts and Humanities Arts and Humanities (all)

Official Website NLM PubMed Catalog SCImago Profile

SCImago & Scopus Journal Intelligence

Global SCImago ranking, SJR prestige index, Scopus coverage, and societal policy impact

Rank #14,217Scopus Q1SCImago Profile

Scopus Coverage:2011-2026

•

Scopus Broad Areas:Arts and HumanitiesSocial Sciences

Scopus Citation Rank (SJR)Q1

0.399

Weighted prestige citation metric per document indexed in the Scopus database.

Tứ phân vị: Scopus Q1

Scopus H-Index (2025)

Measures cumulative publication volume and citation impact.

Scopus Database Indexed (2025)

Citations / Doc (2 years)

1.72

Average citations received per document published in the 2-year window.

2-Year Citation Window

Estimated Publication Fee (APC)

$2,823 USD

Estimated Article Processing Charge for Open Access publication.

Chi phí ước tính / bài báo

Scopus 3-Year Publication & Citation Window

3-Year Citations133

3-Year Documents84

Citable Documents69

Aggregated from Scopus database across the 3-year SJR evaluation window.

Societal Impact & Inclusivity (SCImago)

Policy Citations (Overton)0

Citations in government and international policy documents

Female Author Rate64.9%

Percentage of female authors published in the journal

Real-world societal policy reach and author gender diversity tracked by SCImago.

Scopus Subject Categories

Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous)Q1

Social Sciences (miscellaneous)Q2

Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) Classification

Major / minor zone classification and CAS Early Warning List history

Major Category (Broad Field):

2区 (Zone 2)Sociology

Minor Category (Specific Field):

2区AREA STUDIES

CAS Early Warning List History:

Updated annually: 2020 – 2024

2020

Not warned

2021

Not warned

2022

Not warned

2023

Not warned

2024

Not warned

Publishing & Editorial Information

Detailed publisher, peer-review turnaround, and publication cycle specifications

Publisher Review Speed

Updating

Average time to first editorial decision

Online Publication Speed

Updating

Time from acceptance to online publication

Official Acceptance Rate

Updating

Manuscript acceptance rate confirmed by the publisher

Open Access Model

Hybrid

OA publishing option or traditional subscription

Publisher

Taylor & Francis

Publication Language

English

Frequency

Periodic

Indexing & Databases

ScopusPubMed

WoS Categories & Quartiles

Detailed JCR / JCI category rankings and quartile breakdown from Clarivate

Clarivate JCR & JCI

Category	Index	Rank	Quartile
AREA STUDIES	JCRESCI	26/184	Q1
ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES	JCRESCI	152/202	Q4
GEOGRAPHY	JCRESCI	71/174	Q2
INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS	JCRESCI	71/173	Q2
AREA STUDIES	JCIESCI	60/184	Q2
ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES	JCIESCI	61/202	Q2
GEOGRAPHY	JCIESCI	36/174	Q1
INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS	JCIESCI	63/173	Q2