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Advances in Polar Science is Scopus-indexed (Q4, CiteScore 1.1). Published by Editorial Office of Advances in Polar Science.
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ISSN 1674-9928Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Editorial Office of Advances in Polar Science
Cost to publish: No APC data — check the publisher
| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Geology | 251 / 333 | 24th | Q4 |
| Ecology | 388 / 491 | 21st | Q4 |
| Oceanography | 125 / 154 | 19th | Q4 |
| Atmospheric Science | 139 / 160 | 13th | Q4 |
Not listed in: Web of Science, DOAJ, ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2019–present, best quartile Q4, CiteScore 1.1.
Advances in Polar Science is Q4 in Geology (rank 251 of 333), Q4 in Ecology (rank 388 of 491) and Q4 in Oceanography (rank 125 of 154), by CiteScore 2025. It is ranked in 4 subject areas in all.
Advances in Polar Science is not in the Web of Science Core Collection (SCIE, SSCI, AHCI or ESCI), so Clarivate publishes no Journal Impact Factor for it. Its Scopus CiteScore is 1.1, quartile Q4, 24th percentile. Any "impact factor" quoted elsewhere is not the Clarivate metric. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.268, quartile Q3, with an H-index of 10.
Advances in Polar Science is published by Editorial Office of Advances in Polar Science. Its ISSN is 1674-9928.
No — it is not currently in the Web of Science core collections (SCIE, SSCI, AHCI or ESCI).
No — it is not registered as an open-access journal in DOAJ or Scopus.
Advances in Polar Science has an h-index of 15 and a 2-year mean of 0 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 1.1, quartile Q4. On 2-year citations it ranks #252 of 303 Scopus journals in Geology.
Advances in Polar Science published 20 papers in 2021; its busiest recent year was 2013 with 41. 2026* is the year so far.
h-index, i10-index and 2-year mean citedness are open, licence-clear metrics from OpenAlex — not a proprietary impact factor. The subject rank counts only journals that OpenAlex has a figure for; it is not a Scopus or Clarivate ranking. Updated 2026-10-14.
Scopus status: Active. No retracted papers are recorded. The Problematic Paper Screener flags none of its papers. These are indicators to check, not findings against the journal.
Retractions from OpenAlex; flags from the Problematic Paper Screener (Cabanac, Labbé & Magazinov, CC BY), 2026-09-21 export. A flag marks a paper for a closer look; it is not a finding against the journal.
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