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Revista Ciencias Marinas y Costeras

Universidad Nacional, Costa Rica · Costa Rica · Est. 2009

ISSN1659-455XeISSN1659-407X
SJR Q3WOS ESCIScopus / SJRDOAJOpen Access
Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

📊 Standing in its field
Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.
Q3
SJR · Scopus
Top 75% in field
Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ
SJR Scorei
0.227
H-Indexi
10
SNIPi
0.62
Total Worksi
217
Total Citationsi
699
2yr Mean Citednessi
0.19
Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

The purpose of this journal is to publish original papers related to marine science, including biology, geology and marine ecology, oceanography, evolution, systematics and taxonomy of marine organisms, pollution, fisheries, mariculture, marine biotechnology, conservation and integrated management of coastal and marine resources. REVMAR seeks to provide a better service to students, academics, administrators and the general public, we have sections such as file repositories, registration of interested users.

General Information

Country / RegionCosta Rica
Primary LanguageEnglish, Spanish
1st Year Published2009
Frequencysemi-annual
StatusActive (last: 2026)
Total Publications217
Publisher OrgNational University, Costa Rica
OA Since2008
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Submission Info

Peer ReviewDouble anonymous peer review
OA LicenseCC BY-NC-SA
OA Rate

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No
OASPA Member✗ No
Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes
Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes
📦 Long-term Preservation
LOCKSS

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

10/11 · 91%
Do you know the journal / publisher?
Universidad Nacional, Costa Rica
Does the journal have a website?
✓ Linked
Is the ISSN verified?
1659-455X / 1659-407X
Indexed in a trusted database?
WoS, Scopus, DOAJ
Peer review process documented?
Double anonymous peer review
Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?
N/A
Not on predatory/blacklists?
✓ Clean
Long-term digital preservation?
LOCKSS
Plagiarism detection in place?
Yes
Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?
DOAJ verified
Primary language documented?
English, Spanish

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
17
80
2019
13
40
2020
11
24
2021
11
32
2022
10
23
2023
12
7
2024
17
1
2025
8
1
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.

Animal Science and ZoologyQ3
Environmental Science (miscellaneous)Q3
Aquatic ScienceQ4
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsQ4

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Marine & Freshwater Biology

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Coral and Marine Ecosystems StudiesMarine and fisheries researchMarine Bivalve and Aquaculture StudiesMarine and coastal plant biologyCoastal and Marine ManagementFish Biology and Ecology StudiesMarine Biology and Ecology ResearchIchthyology and Marine BiologyAquaculture Nutrition and GrowthCrustacean biology and ecology

Frequently asked questions about Revista Ciencias Marinas y Costeras

Is Revista Ciencias Marinas y Costeras a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Revista Ciencias Marinas y Costeras: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ, 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 Revista Ciencias Marinas y Costeras?

Revista Ciencias Marinas y Costeras 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 0.19.

Is Revista Ciencias Marinas y Costeras indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Revista Ciencias Marinas y Costeras is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.

What is the aims and scope of Revista Ciencias Marinas y Costeras?

The purpose of this journal is to publish original papers related to marine science, including biology, geology and marine ecology, oceanography, evolution, systematics and taxonomy of marine organisms, pollution, fisheries, mariculture, marine biotechnology, conservation and integrated management of coastal and marine resources. REVMAR seeks to provide a better service to students, academics, administrators and the general public, we have sections such as file repositories, registration of interested users.

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Data updated: 2026-05-26 · Sources: SJR, DOAJ, OpenAlex, WoS, Crossref