The Polar Journal
Last updated ISSN 2154-896X
The Polar Journal is published by Taylor & Francis in social sciences. It is a subscription journal. Its article processing charge is not published.
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What it publishes
Recent work in The Polar Journal concentrates on these topics, taken from its published record rather than from its own description:
- Arctic and Russian Policy Studies
- Polar Research and Ecology
- Indigenous Studies and Ecology
- International Maritime Law Issues
- Adventure Sports and Sensation Seeking
- History of Science and Natural History
- Space exploration and regulation
- Human auditory perception and evaluation
- Coastal and Marine Management
- Educational Robotics and Engineering
Key facts
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis |
|---|---|
| ISSN | 2154-896X, 2154-8978 |
| Subject area | Social Sciences |
| Access | Subscription |
| Article processing charge | Not published |
| Indexed in | Scopus |
| Articles published | 605 |
| Publishing since | 2011 |
| Journal website | www.tandfonline.com/toc/rpol20/current |
Facts come from OpenAlex, DOAJ and Wikidata and may lag the journal’s own pages. Check the publisher’s site before submitting. Indexing shown here is what is recorded, not a complete picture — about a third of journals have no indexing recorded anywhere we can read, so “not recorded” does not mean a journal is absent from Scopus or Web of Science.
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