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Polar Record
DisciplinePolar regions
LanguageEnglish
Edited byDr Nikolas Sellheim, Dr Trevor McIntyre
Publication details

Former name(s)

The Polar Record

History1931–present
Publisher

Cambridge University Press on behalf of the Scott Polar Research Institute

FrequencyQuarterly

Impact factor

0.84 (2019)
Standard abbreviations
ISO 4Polar Rec.
Indexing
CODENPOLRAV
ISSN0032-2474 (print)
1475-3057 (web)
LCCN35024615
OCLC no.52079372
Links

Polar Record is a quarterly peer-reviewed academic journal covering all aspects of Arctic and Antarctic exploration and research. It is managed by the Scott Polar Research Institute and published by Cambridge University Press. The journal was established in 1931 and the Co-editors-in-chief are Dr Nikolas Sellheim (University of Helsinki) and Dr Trevor McIntyre (University of South Africa).

Abstracting and indexing[edit]

The journal is abstracted and indexed in:

  • Science Citation Index Expanded[3]
  • Current Contents/Agriculture, Biology & Environmental Sciences[3]
  • The Zoological Record[3]
  • BIOSIS Previews[3]
  • EBSCOhost[4]
  • CABI[5]
  • Scopus[6]
  • The journal had a 2019 impact factor of 0.84.[7]

    History[edit]

    Volume 1, first published in 1931

    The journal was established in 1931, by The Scott Polar Research Institute which itself was founded in 1926. The foreword of the first issue in the first volume stated that the journal was created to address the challenge of "so much exploration and exploitation in the polar regions, the news of which appear in so many forms and languages", and that "in the first place an attempt will be made merely to record the chief polar events of the preceding six months; but it is hoped that the scope of the journal will gradually be expanded. The main body of The Polar Record, therefore, is a resume of polar news extracted from the best available sources.." The Committee of Management decided that the director of the Scott Polar Research Institute also be the editor. Therefore, the at-the-time director of the institute, Frank Debenham became the founding editor of the journal.[8]

    From its inception in 1931 to 1953, each volume was triennial, with issues published every six months. Between years 1954 and 1987 the volumes became biennial, with three issues published every year starting in 1955. In 1988 each volume became annual, with quarterly publication of issues.[9]

    References[edit]

    1. ^ "CSA Factsheet". Archived from the original on 2 October 2013. Retrieved 22 February 2014.
  • ^ "Active Journals Monitored for the Zoological Record Plus Database - Volume 136 (1999/2000)". Archived from the original on 2 October 2013. Retrieved 22 February 2014.
  • ^ a b c d "Master Journal List". Intellectual Property & Science. Thomson Reuters. Archived from the original on 26 September 2017. Retrieved 8 September 2014.
  • ^ "Arctic & Antarctic Regions - Database Coverage List". EBSCOhost. Archived from the original on 4 October 2012. Retrieved 22 February 2014.
  • ^ "Animal Science Database". Archived from the original on 24 February 2014. Retrieved 22 February 2014.
  • ^ "Scopus title list". Elsevier. Archived from the original (Microsoft Excel) on 2 December 2013. Retrieved 8 September 2014.
  • ^ "Impact Factor". Cambridge Core. Retrieved 29 May 2017.
  • ^ Debenham, Frank, ed. (January 1931). "The Polar Record - Foreword". Polar Record. 1 (1). Cambridge University Press: 1. doi:10.1017/S0032247400028941.
  • ^ "Back Issues". Cambridge University Press. Retrieved 22 February 2014.
  • External links[edit]


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