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Marine Biology

Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH · Germany

ISSN0025-3162eISSN1432-1793

SJR Q1✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR

/ 100

High Trust

PubScope credibility score from verifiable indexing & ethics signals

Score Breakdown

◆ WoS flagship (SCIE/SSCI/AHCI)78

✓ Corroboration (2 more)+12

Total90

Level data: Norwegian Register (HK-dir), NLOD 2.0. · Third-party records · how this is calculated · Report an error →

⚡ Speed vs Prestige

How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?

224

days submission → published

measured · last 20 articles · accept 179d

SJR Rank

Top 25% in field

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (SCIE) — Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor and JCR quartile for this journal.

See the official Impact Factor & quartile on the journal’s page ↗

The Impact Factor & JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date. Open metrics below: SCImago Q1. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

SJR Scorei

0.693

H-Indexi

214

CiteScore

View ↗

Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

SNIPi

0.858

Total Worksi

13,190

Total Citationsi

628,584

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.87

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Marine & Freshwater Biology; Aquatic Science; Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics; Ecology.

General Information

Country / RegionGermany

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published—

FrequencyTwelve No. A Year

StatusActive

Total Publications13,190

Publisher OrgSpringer Science+Business Media

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Submission Info

Publishing ModelHybrid

Peer Review—

Review Time—

Acceptance Rate—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

⚡ Hybrid journal — subscription model available.

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

6/12 · 50%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

0025-3162 / 1432-1793

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus

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Peer review process documented?

N/A

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Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

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APC fees clearly disclosed?

N/A

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Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

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Long-term digital preservation?

N/A

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Plagiarism detection in place?

N/A

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

N/A

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Primary language documented?

English

Based on the Think.Check.Submit framework by DOAJ, COPE & OASPA. All data from verified open sources.

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

173

3.2k

2019

182

2.9k

2020

222

2.8k

2021

152

1.4k

2022

205

1.4k

2023

220

830

2024

183

250

2025

124

2026

Source: OpenAlex · Each year’s green bar = citations earned by that year’s papers, counted to date — so recent years look lower simply because their papers haven’t had time to be cited yet.

SJR Quartile by Discipline

Scimago ranks this journal separately in each subject category — its quartile can differ by discipline.

Aquatic ScienceQ1

Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsQ1

EcologyQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Marine & Freshwater Biology

Scopus Categories

Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsAquatic ScienceEcology

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Marine Biology and Ecology ResearchMarine and fisheries researchMarine and coastal plant biologyMarine Bivalve and Aquaculture StudiesCoral and Marine Ecosystems Studies

Frequently asked questions about Marine Biology

Is Marine Biology a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Marine Biology: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Its PubScope Trust Score is 90/100. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Marine Biology?

Marine Biology is indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection, so Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor for it (since the 2023 Journal Citation Reports, every Core Collection journal — including Arts & Humanities and Emerging Sources titles — receives one). PubScope links to Clarivate's official source rather than reprinting the number, which can be out of date. Its open 2-year mean citedness is 1.87.

Is Marine Biology indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Marine Biology is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Marine Biology?