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Marine Environmental Research

Elsevier Ltd · United Kingdom · Est. 1955

ISSN1879-0291

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

📊 Standing in its field

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

SJR · Scopus

Top 25% in field

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

SJR Scorei

0.956

H-Indexi

139

SNIPi

0.932

Total Worksi

7,475

Total Citationsi

181,510

2yr Mean Citednessi

2.39

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Environmental Sciences; Marine & Freshwater Biology; Toxicology; Aquatic Science; Medicine (miscellaneous); Oceanography; Pollution.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1955

FrequencyTen Issues A Year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications7,475

Publisher OrgElsevier BV

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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?

Elsevier Ltd

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1879-0291

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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

189

4.9k

2019

317

7.5k

2020

242

2021

238

3.6k

2022

388

4.2k

2023

527

3.4k

2024

802

1.9k

2025

495

128

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

Medicine (miscellaneous)Q1

OceanographyQ1

PollutionQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Environmental SciencesMarine & Freshwater BiologyToxicology

Scopus Categories

OceanographyAquatic ScienceMedicine (miscellaneous)Pollution

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Environmental Toxicology and EcotoxicologyMarine Biology and Ecology ResearchMarine and coastal plant biologyMarine Bivalve and Aquaculture StudiesMarine and fisheries researchCoral and Marine Ecosystems StudiesMarine and coastal ecosystemsToxic Organic Pollutants ImpactMarine Biology and Environmental ChemistryOcean Acidification Effects and Responses

Frequently asked questions about Marine Environmental Research

Is Marine Environmental Research a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Marine Environmental Research: 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 Environmental Research?

Marine Environmental Research 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 2.39.

Is Marine Environmental Research indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Marine Environmental Research is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Marine Environmental Research?