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Chinese Journal of Polar Research is Scopus-indexed (Q4, CiteScore 0.5). Published by Editorial Office of Polar Research.
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ISSN 1007-7073Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Editorial Office of Polar Research
Cost to publish: No APC data — check the publisher
| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Atmospheric Science | 151 / 160 | 5th | Q4 |
| Geology | 317 / 333 | 4th | Q4 |
| Ecology | 470 / 491 | 4th | 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 2019–2025, best quartile Q4, CiteScore 0.5.
Chinese Journal of Polar Research is Q4 in Atmospheric Science (rank 151 of 160), Q4 in Geology (rank 317 of 333) and Q4 in Ecology (rank 470 of 491), by CiteScore 2025.
Chinese Journal of Polar Research 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 0.5, quartile Q4, 5th percentile. Any "impact factor" quoted elsewhere is not the Clarivate metric. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.131, quartile Q4, with an H-index of 5.
Chinese Journal of Polar Research is published by Editorial Office of Polar Research. Its ISSN is 1007-7073.
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.
Chinese Journal of Polar Research has an h-index of 6 and a 2-year mean of 0 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 0.5, quartile Q4. On 2-year citations it ranks #137 of 157 Scopus journals in Atmospheric Science.
Chinese Journal of Polar Research published 8 papers in 2021; its busiest recent year was 2013 with 57. 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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