Authors: Weina Hua Yu Li Shunbo Yuan
Publish Date: 2013/12/05
Volume: 100, Issue: 1, Pages: 273-286
Abstract
To demonstrate the importance and the actual research situation of Antarctic studies in the humanities and social sciences we collected data from the SSCI and AHCI covering a period of over 100 years and focused on the number of articles published each year major journals types of document authors and their countries publishing the most articles collaboration the major research subjects covered and citations Comparisons were also made with the Arctic studies to show some similarities and differences The results suggest that the research in the fields of humanities and social sciences has been in the longrun developing without interruption over 100 years With regard to the number of articles in highcapacity journals Geographical Journal performs best followed by the Petermanns Geographische Mitteilungen and Scottish Geographical Magazine The documentation is rather scattered without a strong cohesion while book review and article are the two most common types of document There haven’t many stable collaborated teams on Antarctic topics Joyner Savours and Beck are the three authors having the highest number of publications USA is the most active country while the most active research institute is University of Tasmania in Australia The Antarctic expedition has been the main theme lasted for centuries In addition the research in the fields of humanities and social sciences has generated a lot of highimpact articles among which the article entitled “Chemical concentrations of pollutant lead aerosols terrestrial dusts and sea salts in Greenland and Antarctic snow strata” enjoys the highest citation countsThis research is funded by the National Social Science Foundation of China Grant No 13BTQ043 and Chinese Arctic and Antarctic Administration Grant No CHINARE2013040503 The authors are grateful for the valuable comments and suggestions of anonymous reviewers and the editors which significantly improved the article
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