The journal is in English and is refereed and distributed internationally. The journal is sent to all major agricultural university libraries and is since 2009 it is listed as an ISI journal in the Thomson database.The 5-year ISI Impact Factor is 0.757. From 2015 all articles published in IAS will have a doi number from CrossRef. It is also indexed in the CAB Abstracts, the BIOSIS database, the SCOPUS database and Google-Scholar search engine, and as such it is internationally established.IAS publishes Original articles, Reviews, Short communications and Letters to the Editor written by researchers throughout the world on any aspect of applied life sciences that are relevant under boreal, alpine, arctic or subarctic conditions. Relevant subjects include e.g. any kind of environmental research, farming, breeding and diseases of plants and animals, hunting and fisheries, food science, forestry, soil conservation, ecology of managed and natural ecosystems, geothermal ecology, etc.Original research articles must cover new and original research that has not been published before in a medium with peer reviewing and after publication in IAS will not be republished elsewhere. They should generally not exceed 12 printed pages, or ca. 5.000 words + tables and figures.Short communications focus on studies with more limited coverage than original articles, unique observations or research techniques. The absolute maximum length is 4 printed pages, or ca. 2000 words. Short communications do not need an abstract.Review articles should generally not exceed 15 printed pages or ca. 7.000 words + tables and figures. Letters to the Editor are reserved for comments on articles published in the journal and are not reviewed except for necessary language corrections. They should not exceed one printed page or ca. 450 words.

該雜志是英文的，并在國際上發表。該期刊被發送到所有主要的農業大學圖書館，自2009年起被列入湯姆森數據庫的ISI期刊。5年ISI影響因子為0.757。從2015年起，所有在IAS上發表的文章都將有一個來自CrossRef的doi編號。它也在CAB摘要、生物數據庫、SCOPUS數據庫和Google-Scholar搜索引擎中被索引，因此它是國際上建立的。IAS出版來自世界各地的研究人員撰寫的關于應用生命科學的任何方面的原創文章、評論、短通信和給編輯的信件，這些方面與北極、阿爾卑斯、北極或亞北極條件有關。相關學科包括:任何種類的環境研究、農業、動植物育種和病害、狩獵和漁業、食品科學、林業、土壤保護、管理和自然生態系統生態學、地熱生態學等。原創性研究論文必須涵蓋以前沒有在同行評審的媒體上發表過的新研究和原創性研究，以及在國際會計準則上發表后，將不會在其他地方重新發表。一般不應超過12頁印刷，或約5000字+表和數字。短時間交流關注的是比原始文章、獨特的觀察或研究技術覆蓋面更小的研究。絕對最大長度是4頁印刷，或約2000字。短通信不需要摘要。評論文章一般不應超過15頁印刷或約7000字+表和數字。給編輯的信是為發表在雜志上的文章保留的評論，除了必要的語言更正外，不被審查。他們不應該超過一頁印刷或約450字。