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WMU Journal of Maritime Affairs

Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH · Germany · Est. 2002

ISSN1654-1642
SJR Q2WOS ESCIScopus / SJR
Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (ESCI) — Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor and JCR quartile for this journal.

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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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q2. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field
Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.
Q2
SJR · Scopus
Top 50% in field
Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ
SJR Scorei
0.473
H-Indexi
40
SNIPi
1.495
Total Worksi
567
Total Citationsi
7,334
2yr Mean Citednessi
1.82
Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

The WMU Journal of Maritime Affairs (JOMA) is an internationally peer-reviewed journal that covers a wide range of maritime-related subject areas, such as ‘maritime administration and management’, ‘maritime safety and sustainability’, ‘maritime law and regulations’, ‘maritime education and human resources’, ‘maritime business and economics’, and ‘marine environment protection’, and gives special attention to human factors, impacts of technology, and policy-making in those subject contexts. JOMA is for academics, researchers and professionals in the maritime industry. It aims at serving the international maritime community by presenting current thinking and evidence-based arguments on those subjects of topical interest, reporting on relevant research findings and addressing inter-relationships among those subjects in a multi-disciplinary manner to improve the efficacy of maritime transport.

General Information

Country / RegionGermany
Primary LanguageEnglish
1st Year Published2002
Annual Volume~ 34 articles / year
StatusActive (last: 2026)
Total Publications567
Publisher OrgSpringer Science+Business Media
Visit Journal Website

Submission Info

Peer Reviewpeer-reviewed
OA License
OA Rate

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No
OASPA Member✗ No
Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

7/11 · 64%
Do you know the journal / publisher?
Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH
Does the journal have a website?
✓ Linked
Is the ISSN verified?
1654-1642
Indexed in a trusted database?
WoS, Scopus
Peer review process documented?
peer-reviewed
Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?
N/A
Not on predatory/blacklists?
✓ Clean
Long-term digital preservation?
N/A
Plagiarism detection in place?
N/A
Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?
N/A
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
28
607
2019
30
390
2020
37
576
2021
37
401
2022
32
324
2023
27
161
2024
44
105
2025
39
3
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.

Ocean EngineeringQ2
Safety ResearchQ2
Human Factors and ErgonomicsQ3
Management, Monitoring, Policy and LawQ3
TransportationQ3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Transportation

Scopus Categories

Ocean EngineeringTransportationManagement, Monitoring, Policy and LawSafety ResearchHuman Factors and Ergonomics

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Maritime Navigation and SafetyMaritime Ports and LogisticsMaritime Transport Emissions and EfficiencyMaritime Security and HistoryRisk and Safety AnalysisLaw, logistics, and international tradeInternational Maritime Law IssuesOccupational Health and Safety ResearchHuman-Automation Interaction and SafetyCruise Tourism Development and Management

Frequently asked questions about WMU Journal of Maritime Affairs

Is WMU Journal of Maritime Affairs a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for WMU Journal of Maritime Affairs: 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 WMU Journal of Maritime Affairs?

WMU Journal of Maritime Affairs 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 1.82.

Is WMU Journal of Maritime Affairs indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

WMU Journal of Maritime Affairs is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of WMU Journal of Maritime Affairs?

The WMU Journal of Maritime Affairs (JOMA) is an internationally peer-reviewed journal that covers a wide range of maritime-related subject areas, such as ‘maritime administration and management’, ‘maritime safety and sustainability’, ‘maritime law and regulations’, ‘maritime education and human resources’, ‘maritime business and economics’, and ‘marine environment protection’, and gives special attention to human factors, impacts of technology, and policy-making in those subject contexts. JOMA is for academics, researchers and professionals in the maritime industry. It aims at serving the int

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Data updated: 2026-05-22 · Sources: SJR, DOAJ, OpenAlex, WoS, Crossref