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Journal of Marine Sciences is Scopus-indexed (Q2, CiteScore 3.2). Published by John Wiley and Sons Ltd.
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ISSN 2633-4666Verify ISSN ↗2633-4674Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Cost to publish: About US$820 to publish open access (publisher list price, via OpenAlex) — subscription publishing may be free
| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Animal Science and Zoology | 145 / 520 | 72nd | Q2 |
| Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics | 270 / 736 | 63rd | Q2 |
| Aquatic Science | 110 / 259 | 57th | Q2 |
| Oceanography | 74 / 154 | 52nd | Q2 |
| Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law | 220 / 432 | 49th | Q3 |
| Water Science and Technology | 152 / 279 | 45th | Q3 |
Not listed in: Web of Science, DOAJ, ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2022–2024 (also 2020), best quartile Q2, CiteScore 3.2.
Journal of Marine Sciences is Q2 in Animal Science and Zoology (rank 145 of 520), Q2 in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics (rank 270 of 736) and Q2 in Aquatic Science (rank 110 of 259), by CiteScore 2025. It is ranked in 6 subject areas in all.
Journal of Marine Sciences 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 3.2, quartile Q2, 72nd percentile. Any "impact factor" quoted elsewhere is not the Clarivate metric. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.219, quartile Q3, with an H-index of 18.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$820 for open access (source: OpenAlex). Many journals also publish by the subscription route at no cost to the author, so confirm on the journal's own website.
Journal of Marine Sciences is published by John Wiley and Sons Ltd. Its print ISSN is 2633-4666 and its online ISSN is 2633-4674.
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.
Journal of Marine Sciences has an h-index of 5 and a 2-year mean of 1.25 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 3.2, quartile Q2. On 2-year citations it ranks #207 of 502 Scopus journals in Animal Science and Zoology.
Journal of Marine Sciences published 4 papers in 2024; its busiest recent year was 2023 with 6. 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 10 research articles (2022–2024), authors are most often from United States (20%), Bangladesh (20%) and United Arab Emirates (10%).
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
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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