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Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Academic Press · United States · Est. 1957

ISSN1096-0015

SJR Q1✓ 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

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⚡ Speed vs Prestige

How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?

Publication speed: not measurable

publisher doesn’t disclose per-article submission dates — we never estimate

SJR Rank

Top 25% 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q1. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

SJR Scorei

0.83

H-Indexi

197

CiteScore

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Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

SNIPi

0.962

Total Worksi

10,832

Total Citationsi

422,910

2yr Mean Citednessi

2.14

Open Impact Factor alternative

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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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

Peer Review—

Review Time—

Acceptance Rate—

OA License—

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Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

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

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

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

464

11k

2019

476

9.3k

2020

417

6.4k

2021

359

2022

301

2.4k

2023

400

1.9k

2024

462

783

2025

315

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

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

Frequently asked questions about Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Is Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science: 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 Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science?

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 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 2.14.

Is Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.