Journal profile · Environmental Sciences
ARCTIC
ISSN 0004-0843 · eISSN 1923-1245 · Arctic Institute of North America · CANADA · Quarterly · Founded 1948
ARCTIC: CAS Zone 4 · Earth Sciences (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 0.83; fully open access; review 6–12 weeks (community reports); community-reported acceptance: easy; 29 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
ARCTIC is published by Arctic Institute of North America and is in Zone 4 of Earth Sciences 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 Climate change and permafrost, together about 33.5% of its articles. Its main subfields are Atmospheric Science. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Arctic is a peer-reviewed, primary research journal that publishes the results of scientific research from all areas of Arctic scholarship. Original scholarly papers in the physical, social, and biological sciences, humanities, engineering, and technology are included, as are book reviews, commentaries, letters to the editor, and profiles of significant people, places, or events of northern interest
Source: LetPub
Research area (LetPub): Environmental Sciences
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Indigenous Studies and EcologyHealth Professions17.6%
- Arctic and Russian Policy StudiesSocial Sciences8.3%
- Climate change and permafrostEarth and Planetary Sciences7.7%
- Polar Research and EcologyEnvironmental Science6.9%
- History of Science and MedicineArts and Humanities6.3%
- Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamicsEarth and Planetary Sciences5.6%
- Diverse Historical and Scientific StudiesArts and Humanities5.5%
- Marine animal studies overviewEnvironmental Science5.4%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Earth Sciences Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Earth Sciences | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Environmental Sciences | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Geography, Physical | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Earth Sciences Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Earth Sciences | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Environmental Sciences | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Geography, Physical | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Earth Sciences Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Earth Sciences | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Environmental Sciences | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Geography, Physical | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SCIEScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
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
- 0.83LetPub ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 2.1LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.35LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.49LetPub ·
- h-index
- 53LetPub ·
- h-index
- 102OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 1,653OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.33OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 93.85%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 13LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 4,990 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 39 | 39 | 3 |
| 2025 | 29 | 29 | 6 |
| 2024 | 24 | 24 | 21 |
| 2023 | 36 | 36 | 82 |
| 2022 | 64 | 64 | 278 |
| 2021 | 46 | 46 | 240 |
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
- Average review time (community reports)
- 6–12 weeksLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- EasyLetPub ·
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
Fully open accessOpenAlex
Every article is open access; authors usually pay an article processing charge (APC).
No source has fee information yet; check the journal's website.
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Arctic Institute of North America
- Country or region
- CANADA
- Language
- Multi-Language
- Frequency
- Quarterly
- Founded
- 1948
- ISSN
- 0004-0843
- Electronic ISSN
- 1923-1245
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about ARCTIC
What CAS zone is ARCTIC in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, ARCTIC is in Zone 4 of Earth Sciences, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Environmental Sciences / Geography, Physical. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 4 of Earth Sciences. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of ARCTIC?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 0.83; CiteScore 2.1, h-index 102.
How long does peer review take at ARCTIC?
Authors report an average review time of 6–12 weeks; the community-reported acceptance is “Easy”. Article statistics cover accepted papers only, publisher figures follow the journal's own definitions, and community reports come from authors' own submissions; none is a promise from the journal.
Which databases index ARCTIC?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, ARCTIC is indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Is ARCTIC open access, and what is the APC?
ARCTIC is a fully open-access journal. Fee information is not available yet; check the journal's website.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex; 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: .