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Chinese Journal of Ship Research is Scopus-indexed (Q3, CiteScore 2.1), DOAJ. Published by Editorial Department of Chinese Journal of Ship Research.
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ISSN 1673-3185Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Editorial Department of Chinese Journal of Ship Research
Cost to publish: Checking DOAJ for article charges…
| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mechanical Engineering | 443 / 740 | 40th | Q3 |
| Ocean Engineering | 75 / 123 | 39th | Q3 |
Not listed in: Web of Science, ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2019–present, best quartile Q3, CiteScore 2.1.
Chinese Journal of Ship Research is Q3 in Mechanical Engineering (rank 443 of 740) and Q3 in Ocean Engineering (rank 75 of 123), by CiteScore 2025.
Chinese Journal of Ship Research 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 2.1, quartile Q3, 40th percentile. Any "impact factor" quoted elsewhere is not the Clarivate metric. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.319, quartile Q3, with an H-index of 18.
Chinese Journal of Ship Research is published by Editorial Department of Chinese Journal of Ship Research. Its ISSN is 1673-3185.
No — it is not currently in the Web of Science core collections (SCIE, SSCI, AHCI or ESCI).
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
Chinese Journal of Ship Research has an h-index of 5 and a 2-year mean of 0 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 2.1, quartile Q3. On 2-year citations it ranks #582 of 641 Scopus journals in Mechanical Engineering.
Chinese Journal of Ship Research published 39 papers in 2015; its busiest recent year was 2013 with 90. 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.
Scopus status: Active. No retracted papers are recorded. 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.
Index data is curated from public sources (Scopus, Web of Science, ABDC, FT50, UT Dallas, DOAJ). CiteScore and quartiles reflect the latest available Scopus release. Always verify a journal's current status on its official source before submitting.
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