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Australian Journal of Maritime and Ocean Affairs is Scopus-indexed (Q1, CiteScore 3.6). It is covered by India's One Nation One Subscription scheme for reading access. Published by Routledge.
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ISSN 1836-6503Verify ISSN ↗2333-6498Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Routledge
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| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Political Science and International Relations | 157 / 745 | 78th | Q1 |
| Safety Research | 39 / 108 | 64th | Q2 |
| Ocean Engineering | 51 / 123 | 58th | Q2 |
| Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law | 202 / 432 | 53rd | Q2 |
| Transportation | 82 / 169 | 51st | Q2 |
| Water Science and Technology | 136 / 279 | 51st | Q2 |
Not listed in: Web of Science, DOAJ, ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2009–present, best quartile Q1, CiteScore 3.6.
Australian Journal of Maritime and Ocean Affairs is Q1 in Political Science and International Relations (rank 157 of 745), Q2 in Safety Research (rank 39 of 108) and Q2 in Ocean Engineering (rank 51 of 123), by CiteScore 2025. It is ranked in 6 subject areas in all.
Australian Journal of Maritime and Ocean Affairs is not in the Web of Science Core Collection (SCIE, SSCI, AHCI or ESCI), so Clarivate publishes no Journal Impact Factor for it. Its Scopus CiteScore is 3.6, quartile Q1, 78th percentile. Any "impact factor" quoted elsewhere is not the Clarivate metric. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.325, quartile Q2, with an H-index of 18.
Australian Journal of Maritime and Ocean Affairs is published by Routledge. Its print ISSN is 1836-6503 and its online ISSN is 2333-6498.
Yes. It is part of the One Nation One Subscription (ONOS) national subscription, so readers at participating Indian institutions get its full text. ONOS does not cover its article processing charge.
No — it is not currently in the Web of Science core collections (SCIE, SSCI, AHCI or ESCI).
No — it is not registered as an open-access journal in DOAJ or Scopus.
Australian Journal of Maritime and Ocean Affairs has an h-index of 25 and a 2-year mean of 1.77 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 3.6, quartile Q1. On 2-year citations it ranks #144 of 704 Scopus journals in Political Science and International Relations.
Australian Journal of Maritime and Ocean Affairs published 42 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2024 with 58. 2026* is the year so far.
h-index, i10-index and 2-year mean citedness are open, licence-clear metrics from OpenAlex — not a proprietary impact factor. The subject rank counts only journals that OpenAlex has a figure for; it is not a Scopus or Clarivate ranking. Updated 2026-10-14.
In its latest 97 research articles (2024–2026), authors are most often from Australia (21.3%), Türkiye (16.8%) and Malaysia (10.3%).
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Scopus status: Active. 2 retracted papers are recorded (3.8 per 1,000 papers). The Problematic Paper Screener flags none of its papers. These are indicators to check, not findings against the journal.
Retractions from OpenAlex; flags from the Problematic Paper Screener (Cabanac, Labbé & Magazinov, CC BY), 2026-09-21 export. A flag marks a paper for a closer look; it is not a finding against the journal.
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