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Journal of Maritime Research is Scopus-indexed (Q2, CiteScore 0.7). Published by Universidad de Cantabria.
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ISSN 1697-4840Verify ISSN ↗1697-9133Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Universidad de Cantabria
Cost to publish: No APC data — check the publisher
| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| History | 553 / 1936 | 71st | Q2 |
| Cultural Studies | 586 / 1434 | 59th | Q2 |
| Ocean Engineering | 101 / 123 | 18th | Q4 |
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–present (also 2009–2020), best quartile Q2, CiteScore 0.7.
Journal of Maritime Research is Q2 in History (rank 553 of 1936), Q2 in Cultural Studies (rank 586 of 1434) and Q4 in Ocean Engineering (rank 101 of 123), by CiteScore 2025.
Journal of Maritime 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 0.7, quartile Q2, 71st percentile. Any "impact factor" quoted elsewhere is not the Clarivate metric. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.174, quartile Q2, with an H-index of 12.
Journal of Maritime Research is published by Universidad de Cantabria. Its print ISSN is 1697-4840 and its online ISSN is 1697-9133.
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 Maritime Research has an h-index of 7 and a 2-year mean of 0.01 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 0.7, quartile Q2. On 2-year citations it ranks #1,389 of 1,704 Scopus journals in History.
Journal of Maritime Research published 4 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2014 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.
Scopus status: Active. 1 retracted paper is recorded (4.4 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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