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AAAR features original research on scientific and cultural aspects of high-latitude and high-altitude environments and paleoenvironments

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Subject Matter and Format

AAAR is a quarterly journal that consists of original research papers, shorter contributions, resulting correspondence, book reviews, memoriams, and an events calendar. The journal covers any scientific or cultural aspect of Arctic, Antarctic, and alpine environments and related topics on subarctic, subantarctic, subalpine environments, and paleoenvironments. Papers may be uni- or multidisciplinary but should have interdisciplinary appeal. Special thematic issues and proceedings are published from time to time.

Publisher

Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research (AAAR) is published by the Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research (INSTAAR) at the University of Colorado, Boulder. AAAR continues Arctic and Alpine Research (AAR) from Vol. 31 (1999).

Ranking

AAAR has a 5-year (2004-2008) impact factor of 1.693. It is ranked 77/144 among environmental science journals and 21/31 among physical geography journals by the Web of Science.

Browse Abstracts

All abstracts for Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research and its predecessor Arctic and Alpine Research may be browsed and searched on this site back to the first issue in 1969.

Full-text Access

Individual and institutional subscribers have full-text access for the years 2003-present, including accepted manuscripts that are not yet published. Individual subscribers have additional access back to the first issue. Pay-per-view service is available for others.

Editorial Board

AAAR is managed by an Editorial Board made up of two Science Editors, a part-time Managing Editor, a Book Review Editor, and 15 Associate Editors. The Board is supported by a part-time Administrative Assistant.

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Did You Know?

AAAR staff also produce the INSTAAR Occasional Paper series, which is a miscellaneous collection of reports and papers on research performed by INSTAAR personnel and their associates.

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