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Polar Research
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Polar Research

0800-0395

Published by: Norwegian Polar Institute

https://polarresearch.net/

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Earth Science 432 21 16 7
Ecology and Evolution 448 29 28 8
Environmental Sciences 566 15 16 8

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 77
Documents by Best Scientists*: 59
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 0
SCIMAGO H-index: 62
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.474
Impact Factor: 1.3

Overview

Top Research Topics at Polar Research?

The journal primarily focuses on research topics in Oceanography, Arctic, Ecology, Paleontology and Sea ice. The Oceanography works featured in it incorporate elements from Glacier and Glacial period. Research on Glacier featured in the journal is anchored on the understanding of topics like Geomorphology and Physical geography.

Topics in Arctic were tackled in line with various other fields like Fjord and Climate change. It links adjacent topics like Ecology with Zoology. Presentations on Paleontology include those discussing Quaternary, Sedimentary rock and Mesozoic.

The presentations focused mostly on Sea ice in an attempt to further explore topics in Climatology. The work on Climatology tackled in it brings together disciplines like Snow and Atmospheric sciences. Arctic ice pack studies presented include Antarctic sea ice and Arctic sea ice decline.

  • Oceanography (30.13%)
  • Arctic (23.24%)
  • Ecology (19.94%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • The physical environment of Kongsfjorden–Krossfjorden, an Arctic fjord system in Svalbard (623 citations)
  • Features of the physical oceanographic conditions of the Barents Sea (578 citations)
  • The marine ecosystem of Kongsfjorden, Svalbard (480 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Polar Research:

The journal publications facilitate discussions on Oceanography, Arctic, Glacier, Sea ice and Ecology. The Oceanography research presented in the published articles focuses mostly on Phytoplankton and, on occasion, topics in Polar front and Plankton. The journal papers tackle studies in Climate change and the interrelated subject of Environmental protection to gain insights into Arctic.

What topics the last edition of the journal is best known for?

  • Ecology
  • World War II
  • Genus

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The journal primarily tackles Arctic, Beluga, Oceanography, Fishery and Fjord. The Arctic study which was featured in the journal aims to expound on the research in Ecology. Ecology research featured in Polar Research incorporates concerns from various other topics such as Circumpolar star and Plasticity.

The close relationship between Cystophora cristata and Ursus maritimus and Archipelago is one of the points of interest dissected in Oceanography research. The studies in Estuary under the umbrella field of Fishery overlap with concepts in Stressor. The journal explores topics in Fjord which can be helpful for research in disciplines like Biomass (ecology), Sea ice, Boreogadus saida, Predation and Glacier.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Minimally invasive physiological correlates of social behaviour in belugas ( Delphinapterus leucas ) under human care (1 citations)
  • Can you hear me? Impacts of underwater noise on communication space of adult, sub-adult and calf contact calls of endangered St. Lawrence belugas (Delphinapterus leucas) (1 citations)
  • Seasonality of social behaviour among immature belugas ( Delphinapterus leucas ) in managed care (1 citations)

Papers citation over time

A key indicator for each journal is its effectiveness in reaching other researchers with the papers published at that venue.

The chart below presents the interquartile range (first quartile 25%, median 50% and third quartile 75%) of the number of citations of articles over time.

The top authors publishing in Polar Research (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Helle V. Goldman (27 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
  • Otto Salvigsen (20 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Yoshihide Ohta (16 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Christian Lydersen (16 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 2 more than at the previous edition,
  • Kit M. Kovacs (14 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition.

The overall trend for top authors publishing in this journal is outlined below. The chart shows the number of publications at each edition of the journal for top authors.

Only papers with recognized affiliations are considered

The top affiliations publishing in Polar Research (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Norwegian Polar Institute (171 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
  • University of Oslo (66 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • University of Tromsø (51 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Polish Academy of Sciences (41 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research (41 papers) absent at the last edition.

The overall trend for top affiliations publishing in this journal is outlined below. The chart shows the number of publications at each edition of the journal for top affiliations.

Publication chance based on affiliation

The publication chance index shows the ratio of articles published by the best research institutions in the journal edition to all articles published within that journal. The best research institutions were selected based on the largest number of articles published during all editions of the journal.

The chart below presents the percentage ratio of articles from top institutions (based on their ranking of total papers).Top affiliations were grouped by their rank into the following tiers: top 1-10, top 11-20, top 21-50, and top 51+. Only articles with a recognized affiliation are considered.

During the most recent 2021 edition, 28.00% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 33.33% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 5.56% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 22.22% of all publications and 38.89% were from other institutions.

Returning Authors Index

A very common phenomenon observed among researchers publishing scientific articles is the intentional selection of journals they have already attended in the past. In particular, it is worth analyzing the case when the authors participate in the same journal from year to year.

The Returning Authors Index presented below illustrates the ratio of authors who participated in both a given as well as the previous edition of the journal in relation to all participants in a given year.

Returning Institution Index

The graph below shows the Returning Institution Index, illustrating the ratio of institutions that participated in both a given and the previous edition of the conference in relation to all affiliations present in a given year.

The experience to innovation index

Our experience to innovation index was created to show a cross-section of the experience level of authors publishing in a journal. The index includes the authors publishing at the last edition of a journal, grouped by total number of publications throughout their academic career (P) and the total number of citations of these publications ever received (C).

The group intervals were selected empirically to best show the diversity of the authors' experiences, their labels were selected as a convenience, not as judgment. The authors were divided into the following groups:

  • Novice - P < 5 or C < 25 (the number of publications less than 5 or the number of citations less than 25),
  • Competent - P < 10 or C < 100 (the number of publications less than 10 or the number of citations less than 100),
  • Experienced - P < 25 or C < 625 (the number of publications less than 25 or the number of citations less than 625),
  • Master - P < 50 or C < 2500 (the number of publications less than 50 or the number of citations less than 2500),
  • Star - P ≥ 50 and C ≥ 2500 (both the number of publications greater than 50 and the number of citations greater than 2500).

The chart below illustrates experience levels of first authors in cases of publications with multiple authors.

Top Publications

  • Revisiting the extended Svalbard Airport monthly temperature series, and the compiled corresponding daily series 1898–2018

    Øyvind Nordli;Przemysław Wyszyński;Herdis M. Gjelten;Ketil Isaksen

    (2020)
    97 Citations
  • Five decades of terrestrial and freshwater research at Ny-Ålesund, Svalbard

    (2022)
    47 Citations
  • Smoking guns and volcanic ash: The importance of sparse tephras in Greenland ice cores

    Gill Plunkett;Michael Sigl;Jonathan R. Pilcher;Joseph R. McConnell

    (2020)
    31 Citations
  • Ice-out and Freshet Fluxes of CO2 and CH4 Across the Air–water Interface of the Channel Network of a Great Arctic Delta, the Mackenzie

    Jolie A.L. Gareis;Lance F.W. Lesack

    (2020)
    18 Citations
  • Cetacean spatial trends from 2005 to 2019 in Svalbard, Norway

    (2022)
    16 Citations
  • Beluga whale stewardship and collaborative research practices among Indigenous peoples in the Arctic

    Kaitlin Breton-Honeyman;Henry P. Huntington;Mark Basterfield;Kiyo Campbell

    (2021)
    16 Citations
  • Case studies of the wind field around Ny-Ålesund, Svalbard, using unmanned aircraft

    (2022)
    13 Citations
  • Eurasian winter temperature change in recent decades and its association with Arctic sea ice loss

    Hye-Jin Kim;Seok-Woo Son

    (2020)
    13 Citations

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