The third issue of Arctic Review on Law and Politics

• Author: Øyvind Ravna
• Pages: 1-3

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The third issue of Arctic Review

on Law and Politics

Øyvind Ravna

e third issue of Arctic Review on Law and Politics ma rks one year since the jour-

nal was launched on 14 April 2010 at Akademisk kvarter in Tromsø. Over the year

the journal has passe d two key milestones. First, on 2 June the same year, shortly

aer the rst issue bec ame available to our readers, the journal was nominated as

a scientic journal by the Norwegi an Social Science Data Services (NSD), receiving

that accred itation from the Norweg ian Association of Higher Education Institutions

(UHR) on 24 Augus t 2010. is event was not entirely unexpected, but was g rate-

fully received as con rmation of the status of the journal and its thorough review

procedure. And second, late in the autumn of 2010, the journal wa s evaluated by

the Nordic Board for Periodicals in the Humanities and the Social Sciences (NOP-

HS), in connection with an application for funding. Arctic Review on Law and

Politics was subjected to peer-assessment and given an excellent eva luation, which

also assured that our eminent publisher, Gyldendal Academic, received funding

for their production costs.

is third issue of Arctic Revie w on Law and Politics is the rst comprise d en-

tirely of individual ly-submitted articles r ather than contributions from thematic

conferences. High-caliber ar ticles on law and social sciences have been oered by

prominent scholars from dierent parts of the nort hern hemisphere on their own

initiative, indicati ng that the aim of the journal – to provide new knowledge, and

a deeper understanding of issues i n legal and social sciences related to the Arctic,

and thus become a forum for academic discu ssion on sustainable development in

the North – is well on the way to being achie ved.

It also conrms that t he rather daring idea to launch a new journal of law and

social sciences amongst the large number of such periodicals already in publica-

tion has been a success. Without association other wise, I compare this issue with

the third album by a new rock band. Aer launching the two rst albums they

then face the diculty of creating more unique and expressive lyrics and music.

Arctic Review o n Law and Politics, vol. 2 , 1/2011 p. 1–3. ISSN 1891-6252