Antarctic Science

ISSN 0954-1020 · Cambridge University Press · United Kingdom · active 1989–2026

Metrics

Best Scimago quartile (2025)
Q1
Cites per paper (2y)
1.7
SJR
0.687
h-index
98

“Cites per paper” is a two-year cited-by rate computed from OpenAlex. It is not a Clarivate Journal Impact Factor — we neither compute nor license that metric (how the two differ). Citation rates differ enormously between fields, so compare within a discipline. What the other figures mean: journal quartile, SJR, h-index and article processing charge.

Data as of 8 November 2026 (venue index build).

Scimago Journal Rank 2025

In the Scimago Journal Rank 2025 edition, Antarctic Science is Q1 in 2 of its 3 subject categories and Q2 in the other 1. Its best category quartile is Q1.

Scimago 2025 quartile and rank of Antarctic Science in each subject category
Subject categoryQuartileRank in category
GeologyQ1#81 of 334
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsQ1#182 of 752
OceanographyQ2#51 of 154
Cites per document (2 years, Scopus)
2.08
Documents indexed in 2025 (Scopus)
67

The quartile is the one Scimago prints for each category. Rank is the journal's position by SJR among the journals Scimago lists in that category (#1 is the highest); “—” means we hold no rank consistent with that quartile. The document count is what Scopus indexed that year, which can be lower than a journal's full output. Source: SCImago Journal Rank 2025 edition, from Scopus data (scimagojr.com, CC BY-NC).

Antarctic Science is Q1 in 2 of its 3 Scimago subject categories (2025 edition; best category Geology: Q1, #81 of 334), with SJR 0.687 (Scimago) and an h-index of 98 (OpenAlex). Listed in DOAJ, Scopus, Web of Science, PubMed.

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Responding time

Submission to publication
~37 wk
DOAJ self-reported

Turnaround figures are indicative, not a guarantee: DOAJ values are self-reported by the journal (average weeks, submission to publication); library estimates are medians of the received/accepted dates printed in papers we hold. Editorial times vary by article type and season — confirm on the journal’s own site.

Indexing & access

Indexed in
DOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
Access status:
gold. Where this comes from publisher-level signals rather than works-level data it is a heuristic — confirm on the journal’s own site, especially regarding any article processing charge.

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Scope

polarecologycryosphericobservationsatmosphericgeologypaleoclimatologymarinebiologyoceanographyanimaloverview

Frequently asked

Is Antarctic Science a predatory journal?

Our screening does not flag Antarctic Science. That is not a guarantee of quality — it means the venue is not on Beall's archive (frozen since 2017) and does not match our name-pattern heuristic. It is listed in DOAJ, Scopus, Web of Science, PubMed, which is a positive signal.

Is Antarctic Science indexed in Scopus or Web of Science?

Per our venue index, Antarctic Science appears in: DOAJ, Scopus, Web of Science, PubMed. Index membership changes over time — confirm on the index's own site before relying on it.

What is the impact factor of Antarctic Science?

Papers in Antarctic Science are cited about 1.7 times each within two years of publication, and Scimago places it in Q1, with an h-index of 98. Those are the open equivalents: the Clarivate Journal Impact Factor is a proprietary metric we neither compute nor license, so we show the two-year citation rate and Scimago quartile instead — they answer the same question of how heavily the journal is cited. A citation rate is a property of a field as much as of a journal.

What Scimago quartile is Antarctic Science (Q1, Q2, Q3, or Q4)?

In the Scimago Journal Rank 2025 edition, Antarctic Science is Q1 in 2 of its 3 subject categories and Q2 in the other 1. By category: Geology: Q1, #81 of 334; Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: Q1, #182 of 752; Oceanography: Q2, #51 of 154. Its best category quartile is Q1. Quartiles split the journals in a subject category into four equal groups by SJR, so Q1 is the most-cited quarter and Q4 the least; Antarctic Science is cited about 1.7 times per paper over two years, with an h-index of 98.

What is the Web of Science (JCR) quartile of Antarctic Science?

The Web of Science quartile comes from Clarivate's Journal Citation Reports (JCR), a proprietary product we neither license nor compute — so we cannot state a JCR quartile for Antarctic Science. The open equivalent is its best Scimago quartile, Q1 in Geology and 1 other category, derived from Scopus citation data. Because JCR ranks against Web of Science and Scimago against Scopus, the two can differ, so check Clarivate's site directly if you need the JCR quartile specifically.

Is Antarctic Science open access?

Our index records its access status as "gold". Where this is derived from publisher-level signals rather than works-level data it is a heuristic, so confirm on the journal's own site — particularly if an article processing charge matters to you.

How long does Antarctic Science take to publish a paper?

Submission to publication for Antarctic Science takes about ~37 wk — DOAJ self-reported. Treat it as indicative rather than a guarantee: editorial times vary by article type, reviewer availability and season, and a self-reported figure is the journal's own. We do not hold a peer-review acceptance rate for Antarctic Science.

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