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Thalassas

Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH · Germany · Est. 1983

ISSN0212-5919eISSN2366-1674

SJR Q3✓ 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?

126

days submission → published

measured · last 19 articles · accept 110d

SJR Rank

Top 75% 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q3. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

SJR Scorei

0.266

H-Indexi

CiteScore

View ↗

Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

SNIPi

0.581

Total Worksi

1,282

Total Citationsi

4,487

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.83

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Thalassas is an international journal devoted to multidisciplinary studies in marine sciences. Established in 1983, the journal covers a broad range of locales, from the deep sea to coastal environments and includes papers on marine and coastal biology, chemistry, geology and physics, with a particular emphasis on multidisciplinary work.

General Information

Country / RegionGermany

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1983

Annual Volume~ 167 articles / year

StatusActive

Total Publications1,282

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?

0212-5919 / 2366-1674

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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

543

2019

526

2020

103

475

2021

136

484

2022

130

334

2023

140

276

2024

230

194

2025

164

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 ScienceQ3

OceanographyQ3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Marine & Freshwater BiologyOceanography

Scopus Categories

OceanographyAquatic Science

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Fish Biology and Ecology StudiesMarine and fisheries researchIdentification and Quantification in FoodMarine Biology and Ecology ResearchIchthyology and Marine Biology

Frequently asked questions about Thalassas

Is Thalassas a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Thalassas: 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 Thalassas?

Thalassas 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 0.83.

Is Thalassas indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Thalassas is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.