Acta Borealia

Aims & Scope

Acta Borealia: A Nordic Journal of Circumpolar Societies is a multi-disciplinary scientific journal for cultural studies.

The journal presents results from research on northern societies, including reviews of new books about the north.

The journal publishes articles in disciplines such as history, archaeology, social anthropology, ethnography, geography, and linguistics.

Topics of primary concern include: -ethnic relations -settlement patterns -economy -political, cultural, and social phenomena from prehistory to the recent past.

Articles and book reviews are published in English.

Acta Borealia is edited by a group of scholars at the University of Tromsø, and is the only journal dedicated exclusively to a multi-disciplinary comparative focus on circumpolar societies.

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Metrics & Ranking

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	23353

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	15

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2024	0.80

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.166

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q2

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Abstracting & Indexing

Journal is indexed in leading academic databases, ensuring global visibility and accessibility of our peer-reviewed research.

• Scopus
• Google Scholar
• Web of Science

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Subjects & Keywords

Journal’s research areas, covering key disciplines and specialized sub-topics in Arts and Humanities and Social Sciences, designed to support cutting-edge academic discovery.

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Most Cited Articles

The Most Cited Articles section features the journal's most impactful research, based on citation counts. These articles have been referenced frequently by other researchers, indicating their significant contribution to their respective fields.

• Assimilation of the Sami – Implementation and Consequences¹

  Citation: 110

  Authors: Henry

• Domestication, Reindeer Husbandry and the Development of Sámi Pastoralism

  Citation: 83

  Authors: Ivar

• Soil resources and soil erosion in the Norse settlement area of østerbygden in southern Greenland

  Citation: 37

  Authors: Bjarne Holm

• Regulating Multilingualism in the North Calotte: The Case of Kven, Meänkieli and Sámi Languages

  Citation: 34

  Authors: Sari, Leena, Sirkka, Ulla, Pia

• <i>Birkarlar</i>and Sámi – inter-cultural contacts beyond state control: reconsidering the standing of external tradesmen (<i>birkarlar</i>) in medieval Sámi societies

  Citation: 29

  Authors: Ingela, Lars-Erik

• Dynamics of Arctic Urbanization

  Citation: 28

  Authors: Susanne, Jens, Ludger

• The Touristic Construction of the "Emblematic" Sámi 1

  Citation: 27

  Authors: Kjell

• Contesting the Nature Relations of Sámi Culture

  Citation: 26

  Authors: Jarno, Sanna

• Tourism as a livelihood diversification strategy among Sámi indigenous people in northern Sweden

  Citation: 25

  Authors: Traian C.

• The art of governing and everyday resistance: “rationalization” of Sámi reindeer husbandry in Norway since the 1970s

  Citation: 24

  Authors: Kathrine I., Tor A.

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