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Overview
Polar Biology is a hub for biologists researching the diverse ecosystems of polar and subpolar regions.
- Publishes diverse content including research papers, reviews, brief reports, and correspondence.
- Welcomes original research focused on the Arctic and Antarctic regions.
- Facilitates studies on plants, animals, and micro-organisms of ocean, land, and freshwater habitats.
- Features an international editorial board with representation across many research sub-specialties.
- Editor-in-Chief
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- Dieter Piepenburg
- Journal Impact Factor
- 1.5 (2023)
- 5-year Journal Impact Factor
- 1.9 (2023)
- Submission to first decision (median)
- 15 days
- Downloads
- 450,318 (2023)
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Journal updates
Journal information
- Electronic ISSN
- 1432-2056
- Print ISSN
- 0722-4060
- Abstracted and indexed in
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- AGRICOLA
- Astrophysics Data System (ADS)
- BFI List
- BIOSIS
- Baidu
- Biological Abstracts
- CAB Abstracts
- CLOCKSS
- CNKI
- CNPIEC
- Current Contents/Agriculture, Biology & Environmental Sciences
- Dimensions
- EBSCO
- EMBiology
- Engineering Village – GEOBASE
- Google Scholar
- Japanese Science and Technology Agency (JST)
- Meta
- Naver
- Norwegian Register for Scientific Journals and Series
- OCLC WorldCat Discovery Service
- Portico
- ProQuest
- SCImago
- SCOPUS
- Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE)
- TD Net Discovery Service
- UGC-CARE List (India)
- Wanfang
- Zoological Record
- Copyright information