《極地科學》是一份國際同行評議的季刊。它致力于發表有關地球極地和其他行星科學的原創研究文章。極地科學的目標是涵蓋以下列出的15個學科;它們涵蓋了物理科學、地球科學和生命科學的大多數方面，以及工程學和社會科學。文章應該引起廣泛的極地科學界的興趣，而不應局限于那些在特定研究課題下工作的人的興趣。空間和上層大氣物理學大氣科學/氣候學冰川學海洋和海冰研究地質學、巖石學固體地球物理/地震學海洋地球科學形態/新生代-第四紀地質流星學陸地上的生物海洋生物學動物生態學環境極地工程人文社會科學

Polar Science is an international, peer-reviewed quarterly journal. It is dedicated to publishing original research articles for sciences relating to the polar regions of the Earth and other planets. Polar Science aims to cover 15 disciplines which are listed below; they cover most aspects of physical sciences, geosciences and life sciences, together with engineering and social sciences. Articles should attract the interest of broad polar science communities, and not be limited to the interests of those who work under specific research subjects. Space and upper atmosphere physicsAtmospheric science/climatologyGlaciologyOceanography/sea ice studiesGeology/petrologySolid earth geophysics/seismologyMarine Earth scienceGeomorphology/Cenozoic-Quaternary geologyMeteoriticsTerrestrial biologyMarine biologyAnimal ecologyEnvironmentPolar Engineering Humanities and social sciences