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Ocean Management
Ocean Management is not currently indexed in Scopus. Published by Elsevier B.V..
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ISSN 0302-184XVerify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Elsevier B.V.
Cost to publish: No APC data — check the publisher
Not listed in: Web of Science, DOAJ, ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Quick answers
Is Ocean Management indexed in Scopus?
No — it was previously covered by Scopus but its coverage is now inactive/discontinued (1990 (also 1986, 1973–1984)).
What is the impact factor of Ocean Management?
Ocean Management has no Journal Impact Factor — JIF is published only for journals in the Web of Science Core Collection (SCIE, SSCI, AHCI and ESCI) — and Scopus has not published a current CiteScore for it either. Treat any "impact factor" quoted for this journal elsewhere as unofficial.
Who publishes Ocean Management and what is its ISSN?
Ocean Management is published by Elsevier B.V. Its ISSN is 0302-184X.
Is Ocean Management in Web of Science?
No — it is not currently in the Web of Science core collections (SCIE, SSCI, AHCI or ESCI).
Is Ocean Management open access?
No — it is not registered as an open-access journal in DOAJ or Scopus.
Scopus coverage history
Scopus indexed Ocean Management for 14 years, between 1973 and 1990, with 4 years in that span missing. Coverage ended in 1990, 36 years ago, and Scopus now lists the title as inactive.
Is it still publishing? OpenAlex lists 293 works and 1,958 citations for the title. Its most recent paper is from 1986, in line with the end of Scopus coverage in 1990, which suggests the journal stopped publishing around then.
How well cited is Ocean Management? — open metrics via OpenAlex
Ocean Management has an h-index of 20 and a 2-year mean of 0 citations per paper (OpenAlex).
Ocean Management published 22 papers in 1986; its busiest recent year was 1981 with 54. 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. Updated 2026-10-14.
Are there integrity warnings for Ocean Management? — indicators, not proof of misconduct
Scopus status: Inactive — coverage ended 1990. No retracted papers are recorded. The Problematic Paper Screener flags none of its papers. These are indicators to check, not findings against the journal.
- Scopus statusInactive — coverage ended 1990
- Retracted papers None recorded
- Problematic Paper Screener flags None flagged
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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