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Journal of Coastal Conservation

Springer Science and Business Media B.V. · Netherlands · Est. 1995

ISSN1874-7841

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.598

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.773

Total Worksi

1,527

Total Citationsi

26,917

2yr Mean Citednessi

2.13

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Environmental Sciences; Marine & Freshwater Biology; Ecology; Nature and Landscape Conservation; Oceanography.

General Information

Country / RegionNetherlands

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1995

FrequencyQuarterly, 2007-

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications1,527

Publisher OrgSpringer Science+Business Media

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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?

Springer Science and Business Media B.V.

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1874-7841

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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

640

2019

1.2k

2020

873

2021

828

2022

601

2023

351

2024

216

2025

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.

EcologyQ2

Nature and Landscape ConservationQ2

OceanographyQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Environmental SciencesMarine & Freshwater Biology

Scopus Categories

OceanographyNature and Landscape ConservationEcology

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Coastal and Marine DynamicsCoastal wetland ecosystem dynamicsCoastal and Marine ManagementAeolian processes and effectsCoral and Marine Ecosystems StudiesMarine and coastal plant biologyMarine and fisheries researchFlood Risk Assessment and ManagementTropical and Extratropical Cyclones ResearchLand Use and Ecosystem Services

Frequently asked questions about Journal of Coastal Conservation

Is Journal of Coastal Conservation a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Journal of Coastal Conservation: 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 Journal of Coastal Conservation?

Journal of Coastal Conservation 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 2.13.

Is Journal of Coastal Conservation indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Journal of Coastal Conservation is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Journal of Coastal Conservation?