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Marine Mammal Science

Wiley-Blackwell · United States · Est. 1985

ISSN1748-7692

SJR Q2✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

📊 Standing in its field

Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.

SJR · Scopus

Top 50% in field

Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ

SJR Scorei

0.619

H-Indexi

118

SNIPi

0.842

Total Worksi

3,507

Total Citationsi

96,927

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.09

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Marine & Freshwater Biology; Zoology; Aquatic Science; Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1985

FrequencyQuarterly

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications3,507

Publisher OrgWiley

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Submission Info

Peer Review—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

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6/11 · 55%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Wiley-Blackwell

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1748-7692

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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

1.4k

2019

113

1.4k

2020

126

1.3k

2021

816

2022

112

640

2023

123

365

2024

132

208

2025

153

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 ScienceQ2

Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Marine & Freshwater BiologyZoology

Scopus Categories

Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsAquatic Science

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Marine animal studies overviewAnimal Vocal Communication and BehaviorCephalopods and Marine BiologyArctic and Antarctic ice dynamicsMarine and fisheries researchUnderwater Acoustics ResearchIchthyology and Marine BiologyMarine and coastal plant biologyAvian ecology and behaviorMarine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies

Frequently asked questions about Marine Mammal Science

Is Marine Mammal Science a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Marine Mammal Science: 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 Marine Mammal Science?

Marine Mammal 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 1.09.

Is Marine Mammal Science indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Marine Mammal Science is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Marine Mammal Science?