Polar Record
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| Discipline | Polar regions |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Editedby | Dr Nikolas Sellheim, Dr Trevor McIntyre |
| Publication details | |
Former name(s) | The Polar Record |
| History | 1931–present |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Presson behalf of theScott Polar Research Institute |
| Frequency | Quarterly |
| 0.84 (2019) | |
| Standard abbreviations | |
| ISO 4 | Polar Rec. |
| Indexing | |
| CODEN | POLRAV |
| ISSN | 0032-2474(print) 1475-3057(web) |
| LCCN | 35024615 |
| OCLCno. | 52079372 |
| Links | |
Polar Recordis a quarterlypeer-reviewedacademic journalcovering all aspects ofArcticandAntarcticexploration and research. It is managed by theScott Polar Research Instituteand published byCambridge 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:
- ProQuest databases[1][2]
- 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 2019impact factorof 0.84.[7]
History[edit]
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 ofThe 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 Debenhambecame 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]
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- ^"Arctic & Antarctic Regions - Database Coverage List".EBSCOhost.Archivedfrom the original on 4 October 2012.Retrieved22 February2014.
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- ^"Scopus title list".Elsevier.Archived fromthe original(Microsoft Excel)on 2 December 2013.Retrieved8 September2014.
- ^"Impact Factor".Cambridge Core.Retrieved29 May2017.
- ^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.Retrieved22 February2014.