Polar Geography

Aims & Scope

Polar Geography is a quarterly publication that offers a venue for scholarly research on the physical and human aspects of the Polar Regions.

The journal seeks to address the component interplay of the natural systems, the complex historical, political, economic, cultural, diplomatic, and security issues, and the interchange amongst them.

As such, the journal welcomes comparative approaches, critical scholarship, and alternative and disparate perspectives from around the globe.

The journal offers scientists a venue for publishing longer papers such as might result from distillation of a thesis, or review papers that place in global context results from coordinated national and international efforts currently underway in both Polar Regions.

The journal also offers a section for book reviews and invites such submissions or suggestions.

Polar Geography is a quarterly publication and was first published in 1977 as a vehicle for making available English translations of important Soviet, Japanese, and west European research on the polar regions.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	1.6
2024	2.00

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.535

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q2

h-index

Year	Value
2024	39

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	10863

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	128

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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 Agricultural and Biological Sciences, Earth and Planetary Sciences 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.

• Statistics and characteristics of permafrost and ground‐ice distribution in the Northern Hemisphere¹

  Citation: 463

  Authors: T., R. G., K., J. A., J.

• The circumpolar active layer monitoring (calm) program: Research designs and initial results¹

  Citation: 414

  Authors: J., K. M., F. E.

• Statistics and characteristics of permafrost and ground-ice distribution in the Northern Hemisphere

  Citation: 235

  Authors: T., R. G., K., J. A., J.

• Commercial Arctic shipping through the Northeast Passage: routes, resources, governance, technology, and infrastructure

  Citation: 205

  Authors: Albert, Scott R., Linling, Michael, Ying, Denis, Yaroslav, Piotr, Henrik, Kathrin, Niku, Naresh, Nengye, Igor, Mari, Derek, Julia, Sachin, Edward, Andreas, Ivan, Jan, Lingling, Caroline, Vilena, Jaap, Jonathan

• Further statistics on the distribution of permafrost and ground ice in the Northern Hemisphere¹

  Citation: 194

  Authors: T., J. A., R. G., J.

• Relative Performance of Self-Organizing Maps and Principal Component Analysis in Pattern Extraction from Synthetic Climatological Data

  Citation: 169

  Authors: David B., Richard B., Bruce C.

• Evaluation of Remote Sensing Techniques for Ice-Area Classification Applied to the Tropical Quelccaya Ice Cap, Peru

  Citation: 99

  Authors: Todd H.

• Formation, Meltout Processes and Landscape Alteration of High-Arctic Ice-Cored Moraines—Examples From Nordenskiold Land, Central Spitsbergen

  Citation: 98

  Authors: Sven, Lindsey I., Fionna H., Ole

• Late Quaternary History of the Accumulation Plain North of the Chekanovsky Ridge (Lena Delta, Russia): A Multidisciplinary Approach

  Citation: 91

  Authors: L., G., G., A. A., H., V. V., T. V., M. V., E. Y., A. A., D.

• Terrain analysis and data modeling for alpine glacier mapping

  Citation: 88

  Authors: Michael P., Radoslav, Ulrich, John F.

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