Free access to polar research

Abstract

[From the press release]
Polar Research, the respected international peer-reviewed journal of the Norwegian Polar Institute, will become an open-access journal starting January 1st 2011. Now readers around the world will have free access to the latest scientific articles on climate, biodiversity, polar history and other diverse topics that are investigated in the polar regions.

Aiming to promote the exchange of scientific knowledge about the Arctic and Antarctic across disciplinary boundaries, Polar Research has served an international community of researchers since 1982, and will continue to be edited by Helle V. Goldman of the Norwegian Polar Institute and an international board of Subject Editors, with support from an international Editorial Advisory Panel.

Publishing in Polar Research will not entail author fees, and there will be no charges for colour illustrations or multi-media supplemental material. The journal will be published under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial license, allowing authors to distribute and post the final version of their work for any non-commercial purpose, under the condition that the original source is credited. As such, publishing in Polar Research will make it convenient for contributors and their institutions to comply with mandates on open access to publicly funded research. At the same time, authors will benefit from the same rigorous standards of peer review and the same high quality of editorial service for which the journal is known.

The new URL for the journal as of January 1st 2011 is www.polarresearch.net .

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The Norwegian Polar Institute (www.npolar.no) is Norway’s central institution for research, environmental monitoring and mapping of the polar regions. The Institute is the Norwegian authorities’ adviser and supplier of knowledge regarding the Norwegian polar areas, and contributes to the best possible administration of these areas.

Press Contacts Gunn Sissel Jaklin Communications Director, Norwegian Polar Institute jaklin@npolar.no