Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research features original research on scientific and cultural aspects of high-latitude and high-altitude environments and paleoenvironments.
In 2010, AAAR ranked 94/192 among environmental science journals and 19/42 among physical geography journals by the ISI Journal Citation Reports, with an impact factor of 1.600.
Top Articles from online access in February
"Rock Glaciers in Central Colorado, U.S.A., as Indicators of Holocene Climate Change" by Kurt A. Refsnider and Keith A. Brugger. AAAR, 39(1): 127-136. 2007. http://dx.doi.org/10.1657/1523-0430(2007)39[127:RGICCU]2.0.CO;2.
[abstract]“Carotenoid Pigmentation in Antarctic Heterotrophic Bacteria as a Strategy to Withstand Environmental Stresses” by Markus Dieser, Mark Greenwood, and Christine M. Foreman. AAAR, 42(4): 396-405. 2010. http://dx.doi.org/10.1657/1938-4246-42.4.396
[abstract]“After 33 Years, Trees More Frequent and Shrubs More Abundant in Northeast U.S. Alpine Community” by R. S. Capers and A. D. Stone. AAAR, 43(4): 495-502. 2011. http://dx.doi.org/10.1657/1938-4246-43.4.495
[abstract]“Vegetation Community, Foliar Nitrogen, and Temperature Effects on Tundra CO<sub>2</sub> Exchange across a Soil Moisture Gradient” by Jennifer Dagg and Peter Lafleur. AAAR, 43(2): 189-197. 2011. http://dx.doi.org/10.1657/1938-4246-43.2.189
[abstract]“Seasonal and Diurnal Net Methane Emissions from Organic Soils of the Eastern Alps, Austria: Effects of Soil Temperature, Water Balance, and Plant Biomass” by Oliver Koch, Dagmar Tscherko, and Ellen Kandeler. AAAR, 39(3): 438-448. 2007. http://dx.doi.org/10.1657/1523-0430(06-020)[KOCH]2.0.CO;2
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