Journal profile · HUMANITIES, MULTIDISCIPLINARY
Acta Borealia
ISSN 0800-3831 · eISSN 1503-111X · Taylor & Francis
Acta Borealia: CAS Zone 4 · Sociology (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 1 (journal website); hybrid open access; APC charged, amount not published; 4 articles in 2025; indexed in AHCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Acta Borealia is published by Taylor & Francis and is in Zone 4 of Sociology in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Indigenous Studies and Ecology, Arctic and Russian Policy Studies and Archaeology and ancient environmental studies, together about 45.3% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Acta Borealia: A Nordic Journal of Circumpolar Societies is a multi-disciplinary scientific journal for cultural studies. The journal presents results from research on northern societies, including reviews of new books about the north. The journal is edited by a group of scholars at the University of Tromsø, and is the only journal dedicated exclusively to a multi-disciplinary comparative focus on circumpolar societies. Acta Borealia publishes articles in disciplines such as history, archaeology, social anthropology, ethnography, geography, and linguistics. Topics of primary concern include: ethnic relations, indigenous people (particularly Sámi) settlement patterns economy political, cultural, and social phenomena from prehistory to the recent past Most of our authors focus on northern Fennoscandia, but we also publish papers related to other parts of the circumpolar region, such as Russia, North America, Greenland and Iceland. Please contact the editors if you are uncertain whether your manuscript falls within the scope of the journal. Articles and book reviews are published in English. Most manuscripts should not exceed 10,000 words or 70,000 characters with spaces, inclusive of tables, references and endnotes. However, we are now able to publish somewhat longer articles on occasion; please contact the editors if you wish to submit a longer than normal manuscript. Acta Borealia has occasionally published theme numbers featuring a series of closely related papers. These issues generally consist of 4-5 papers and a short introduction by the guest editors. Potential theme numbers must be relevant to the stated scope of the journal. If you are thinking of a possible theme number, please contact the editors at least a year in advance to ensure that the topic fits with the journal and that a viable peer review and publication schedule can be established. Peer Review Statement: All submitted manuscripts are subject to initial appraisal by the editors. If found suitable for further consideration, manuscripts are submitted to independent anonymous expert referees. All peer review is double anonymized.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): HUMANITIES, MULTIDISCIPLINARY
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named Norway 2, Russia 1 (3 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Indigenous Studies and EcologyHealth Professions27.3%
- Arctic and Russian Policy StudiesSocial Sciences10.3%
- Archaeology and ancient environmental studiesEarth and Planetary Sciences7.8%
- Historical and Archaeological StudiesArts and Humanities7.4%
- Human auditory perception and evaluationEngineering5.8%
- Educational Robotics and EngineeringComputer Science5.4%
- Diverse Scientific and Economic StudiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance5.2%
- Polar Research and EcologyEnvironmental Science3.1%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Sociology Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Sociology | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Humanities, Multidisciplinary | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Sociology Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Sociology | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Humanities, Multidisciplinary | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Sociology Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Sociology | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Humanities, Multidisciplinary | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
JCR / CiteScore quartiles on the journal's website
- CiteScore Q1 · 2025
Publisher-reported: JCR figures are Clarivate's and CiteScore figures Scopus's to confirm; both are a different system from the CAS zones.Publisher website
Database indexing
AHCIScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
ProQuest, Lapponica database of Rovaniemi Public Library, ProQuest Sociology Collection, Scott Polar Research Institute Library, Cambridge, Social Science Database (ProQuest), Social Science Premium Collection (ProQuest), Sociology Database (ProQuest)Publisher website
As the journal's website lists them, not checked against each database; for Web of Science editions the records above apply.
Editions, and major and minor categories, are shown separately and never merged into one zone; check which edition your institution uses before you submit or report.
Metrics
Impact metrics and publication volume
Impact
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 1Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 1Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 2.2LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 2.2Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.22LetPub ·
- SJR (publisher) 2025
- 0.22Publisher website ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.6LetPub ·
- SNIP (publisher) 2025
- 0.6Publisher website ·
- h-index
- 27OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 109OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 3.24OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 10%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 63.64%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 4LetPub ·
- Downloads per year (publisher)
- 39,000Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 494 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 4 | 3 | 0 |
| 2025 | 4 | 4 | 3 |
| 2024 | 13 | 11 | 65 |
| 2023 | 8 | 5 | 17 |
| 2022 | 8 | 2 | 33 |
| 2021 | 9 | 6 | 51 |
Sources count differently and were observed at different times, so each source's own value is kept; "publisher" marks figures from the journal's website.
Review & acceptance
Review time and acceptance
Review time from article dates manuscript dates registered with Crossref · to
Too few articlesOnly 7 articles from the last 24 months carry both submission and acceptance dates, too few for a median
Only articles that were accepted and published are counted, not the time spent on rejected manuscripts, so this usually runs longer than a publisher's "time to first decision".
Other sources
- Peer review
- Double anonymous peer reviewPublisher website
Community reports come from authors' own submissions (confidence 0.5) and are not a promise from the journal; for publisher figures, the journal's own definitions apply.
Fees & open access
APC and open-access policy
Hybrid open accessLetPub
A subscription journal in which authors can pay to publish their article open access.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Publisher website | Yes, amount not published | — | — |
A hybrid journal charges the APC only when the author chooses open access; publishing under the subscription model is usually free.
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Submission
Article types and submission policies (journal website)
Article types accepted3
- articlesActa Borealia publishes articles in disciplines such as history, archaeology, social anthropology, ethnography, geography, and linguistics.Length not stated
- book reviewsThe journal presents results from research on northern societies, including reviews of new books about the north.Length not stated
- research articleResearch Article | Published online: 4 Apr 2026Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteOpen access, Peer review
- Open access Open access
Acta Borealia is a hybrid open access journal that is part of the Taylor & Francis Open Select publishing program, giving you the option to publish open access. Publishing open access means that your article will be free to access online immediately on publication, increasing the visibility, readership, and impact of your research. Why choose open access? Increase the discoverability and readershi…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review
Initial editor appraisal, then independent anonymous expert referees Model summary
All submitted manuscripts are subject to initial appraisal by the editors. If found suitable for further consideration, manuscripts are submitted to independent anonymous expert referees.
Source ↗Publisher website ·
Excerpts are quoted from the journal's website; "model summary" lines are written by Workers AI and checked against the text. The journal's website is authoritative.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis
- ISSN
- 0800-3831
- Electronic ISSN
- 1503-111X
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 43, Issue 1 (2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Acta Borealia
What CAS zone is Acta Borealia in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Acta Borealia is in Zone 4 of Sociology, and in Zone 3 of the minor category Humanities, Multidisciplinary. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 4 of Sociology. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Acta Borealia?
The journal's website gives an impact factor of 1 (2025); this is the journal's own figure, as LetPub lists none for it; CiteScore 2.2, h-index 27.
Where are the editorial board members of Acta Borealia based?
Of the 3 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Norway (2) and Russia (1). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Acta Borealia?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Acta Borealia is indexed in AHCI and Scopus.
Is Acta Borealia open access, and what is the APC?
Acta Borealia is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC charged, amount not published.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, Publisher website; every figure is tagged with its source and the date it was observed, and conflicting values are kept per source. LetPub source page: view ↗ (archived 2026-08-26). Last updated: .