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Ocean Development and International Law

Taylor and Francis Ltd. · United Kingdom

ISSN0090-8320eISSN1521-0642

SJR Q1✓ WOS SSCI✓ Scopus / SJR

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (SSCI) — 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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.

📊 Standing in its field

Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.

SJR · Scopus

Top 25% in field

Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ

SJR Scorei

0.548

H-Indexi

Total Worksi

1,187

Total Citationsi

11,973

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.10

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: International Relations; Law; Development; Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law; Political Science and International Relations.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published—

Annual Volume~ 29 articles / year

StatusActive

Total Publications1,187

Publisher OrgTaylor & Francis

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Submission Info

Publishing ModelSubscription

Peer Review—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

6/11 · 55%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Taylor and Francis Ltd.

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

0090-8320 / 1521-0642

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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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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

A twelfth criterion — whether APC fees are clearly disclosed — is not scored here; it is left out of the total rather than counted as a failure. Publication charges appear in the metrics card above.

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

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

425

2019

2020

181

2021

122

2022

2023

2024

2025

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.

LawQ1

DevelopmentQ2

Management, Monitoring, Policy and LawQ2

Political Science and International RelationsQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

International RelationsLaw

Scopus Categories

LawManagement, Monitoring, Policy and LawDevelopmentPolitical Science and International Relations

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

International Maritime Law IssuesArctic and Russian Policy StudiesCoastal and Marine ManagementMaritime Security and HistoryLaw, logistics, and international trade

Frequently asked questions about Ocean Development and International Law

Is Ocean Development and International Law a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Ocean Development and International Law: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Ocean Development and International Law?

Ocean Development and International Law 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 1.10.

Is Ocean Development and International Law indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Ocean Development and International Law is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Ocean Development and International Law?