''Polar Research'' is a biannual

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covering natural and

social scientific Social science is one of the branches of science, devoted to the study of societies and the relationships among individuals within those societies. The term was formerly used to refer to the field of sociology, the original "science of soc ...

research on the polar regions. It is published by the

Norwegian Polar Institute The Norwegian Polar Institute (NPI; no, Norsk Polarinstitutt) is Norway's central governmental institution for scientific research, mapping and environmental monitoring in the Arctic and the Antarctic. The NPI is a directorate under Norway's Min ...

. It covers a wide range of fields from biology to

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, including socio-economic and management topics. According to the '' Journal Citation Reports'', the journal has a 2014 impact factor of 1.141.

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* Biology journals Ecology journals Geography journals Publications established in 1982 Biannual journals English-language journals 1982 establishments in Norway Antarctic research Glaciology journals {{glaciology-stub