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Journal of Ocean Engineering and Science is Scopus-indexed (Q1, CiteScore 14.7), WoS SCIE, DOAJ. It is covered by India's One Nation One Subscription scheme, which pays the article processing charge for authors at eligible institutions. Published by Shanghai Jiaotong University.
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ISSN 2468-0133Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Shanghai Jiaotong University
Cost to publish: APC covered for authors at ONOS-subscribed Indian institutions
| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oceanography | 3 / 154 | 98th | Q1 |
| Ocean Engineering | 3 / 123 | 97th | Q1 |
| Environmental Engineering | 18 / 241 | 92nd | Q1 |
Not listed in: ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2016–present, best quartile Q1, CiteScore 14.7.
Journal of Ocean Engineering and Science is Q1 in Oceanography (rank 3 of 154), Q1 in Ocean Engineering (rank 3 of 123) and Q1 in Environmental Engineering (rank 18 of 241), by CiteScore 2025.
Journal of Ocean Engineering and Science is indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded, so it may have a Journal Impact Factor in Clarivate's Journal Citation Reports. JCR is paid, so check it for the current value. The closest free measure is its Scopus CiteScore 14.7, which places it in quartile Q1 at the 98th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.737, quartile Q1, with an H-index of 44.
For authors at Indian institutions covered by One Nation One Subscription (ONOS), the article processing charge is paid by the scheme. No article processing charge is recorded for it (source: OpenAlex). Confirm on the journal's own website, since some journals charge for extras such as colour figures.
Journal of Ocean Engineering and Science is published by Shanghai Jiaotong University. Its ISSN is 2468-0133.
Yes. ONOS also covers its article processing charge for authors at eligible institutions.
Yes — indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded.
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
Journal of Ocean Engineering and Science has an h-index of 50 and a 2-year mean of 1.82 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 14.7, quartile Q1. On 2-year citations it ranks #59 of 143 Scopus journals in Oceanography.
Journal of Ocean Engineering and Science published 82 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2022 with 181. 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 78 research articles (2026), authors are most often from China (87.6%), United Kingdom (2.4%) and Sweden (1.9%). More than half of recent authorship comes from one country.
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Scopus status: Active. 4 retracted papers are recorded (5.2 per 1,000 papers). The Problematic Paper Screener flags 3 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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