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Maritime Policy and Management

Taylor and Francis Ltd. · United Kingdom

ISSN0308-8839eISSN1464-5254

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

1.054

H-Indexi

SNIPi

1.524

Total Worksi

2,624

Total Citationsi

51,821

2yr Mean Citednessi

3.33

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

Maritime Policy and Management is a multi-disciplinary and international refereed journal that expands the discussion of research in port operations, operations research, international trade, operations management, and container management. The journal brings together papers on different topics that concern the maritime industry.

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General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published—

Frequency8 Times A Year, 2015-

StatusActive

Total Publications2,624

Publisher OrgTaylor & Francis

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?

Taylor and Francis Ltd.

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

0308-8839 / 1464-5254

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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

1.6k

2019

2020

2.2k

2021

1.3k

2022

758

2023

400

2024

328

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.

Geography, Planning and DevelopmentQ1

Management, Monitoring, Policy and LawQ1

Ocean EngineeringQ1

TransportationQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Transportation

Scopus Categories

Ocean EngineeringTransportationManagement, Monitoring, Policy and LawGeography, Planning and Development

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Maritime Ports and LogisticsLaw, logistics, and international tradeMaritime Transport Emissions and EfficiencyGlobal trade and economicsMaritime Navigation and Safety

Frequently asked questions about Maritime Policy and Management

Is Maritime Policy and Management a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Maritime Policy and Management: 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 Maritime Policy and Management?

Maritime Policy and Management 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 3.33.

Is Maritime Policy and Management indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Maritime Policy and Management is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.