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Marine Ecology Progress Series

Inter-Research · Germany

ISSN0171-8630eISSN1616-1599

SJR Q1✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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.

📊 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

0.734

H-Indexi

293

SNIPi

0.838

Total Worksi

18,166

Total Citationsi

1,078,692

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.68

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

Marine Ecology Progress Series is a journal covering all aspects of marine, coastal, and estuarine ecology. It publishes research on marine ecosystems, biodiversity, plankton and benthos ecology, and theoretical ecology. The journal also addresses ocean management, conservation, and resource management.

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General Information

Country / RegionGermany

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published—

FrequencyEight Issues A Year, 1980-

StatusActive

Total Publications18,166

Publisher OrgInter-Research

Visit Journal Website

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?

Inter-Research

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

0171-8630 / 1616-1599

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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

372

8.1k

2019

396

7.3k

2020

371

4.8k

2021

256

2.6k

2022

284

2023

278

1.2k

2024

312

387

2025

223

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

EcologyMarine & Freshwater BiologyOceanography

Scopus Categories

Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsAquatic ScienceEcology

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Marine and fisheries researchMarine Biology and Ecology ResearchMarine and coastal plant biologyCoral and Marine Ecosystems StudiesMarine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies

Frequently asked questions about Marine Ecology Progress Series

Is Marine Ecology Progress Series a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Marine Ecology Progress Series: 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 Marine Ecology Progress Series?

Marine Ecology Progress Series 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 1.68.

Is Marine Ecology Progress Series indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Marine Ecology Progress Series is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.