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Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Academic Press · United States · Est. 1957

ISSN1096-0015

SJR Q1✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR

/ 100

Medium Risk

Score Breakdown

✓ WoS SCIE/SSCI+25

✓ Scopus Q1+25

Total50

Journal Impact Factor

This journal is indexed in Web of Science (JCR) and has an official Journal Impact Factor. View the current value on the journal’s page ↗

SJR Score

0.833

H-Index

197

CiteScore

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SNIP

0.962

Total Works

10,832

Total Citations

422,910

2yr Mean Citedness

2.14

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Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science is an international multidisciplinary journal devoted to the analysis of saline water phenomena. It provides a forum for the study of the oceanography of estuaries, coastal zones, and continental shelf seas. Research areas include numerical modelling of marine ecosystems, species distribution, waste disposal effects, groundwater runoff, chemical processes, circulation patterns, oceanic forcing, sea-surface and sea-bed processes, sedimentary processes, geochemistry, brackish water, lagoon phenomena, and transitional waters.

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⚡ Speed vs Prestige

How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?

SJR Rank

Top 25% in field

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1957

FrequencyMonthly

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications10,832

Publisher OrgElsevier BV

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Submission Info

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Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

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6/12 · 50%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Academic Press

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1096-0015

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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

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Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Times cited

2019

2020

2021

2022

2023

2024

2025

2026

Source: OpenAlex · Note: citations accumulate over time so older years appear higher

SJR Quartile by Discipline

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

Aquatic ScienceQ1

OceanographyQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Marine & Freshwater BiologyOceanography

Scopus Categories

OceanographyAquatic Science

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Marine Biology and Ecology ResearchMarine and coastal ecosystemsCoastal wetland ecosystem dynamicsMarine and fisheries researchMarine and coastal plant biologyCoastal and Marine DynamicsMarine Bivalve and Aquaculture StudiesOceanographic and Atmospheric ProcessesCoral and Marine Ecosystems StudiesIsotope Analysis in Ecology