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Scientia Marina

CSIC Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas · Spain

ISSN1886-8134

SJR Q3✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

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High Trust

PubScope credibility score from verifiable indexing & ethics signals

Score Breakdown

◆ WoS flagship (SCIE/SSCI/AHCI)78

✓ Corroboration (3 more)+18

Total96

Level data: Norwegian Register (HK-dir), NLOD 2.0. · Third-party records · how this is calculated · Report an error →

⚡ Speed vs Prestige

How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?

weeks to publish · journal-reported

Slow · vs ~15 wk median

SJR Rank

Top 75% in field

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

SJR Scorei

0.383

H-Indexi

CiteScore

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Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

SNIPi

0.41

Total Worksi

2,489

Total Citationsi

57,335

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.04

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Marine & Freshwater Biology; Aquatic Science; Oceanography.

General Information

Country / RegionSpain

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published—

Annual Volume~ 24 articles / year

StatusActive

Total Publications2,489

Publisher OrgSpanish National Research Council

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Submission Info

APC Cost💎 Diamond OA — Free

Peer ReviewDouble-blind

Review Time~48 weeks

Acceptance Rate—

OA LicenseCC BY

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

📦 Long-term Preservation

PKP PN

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

11/12 · 92%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

CSIC Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1886-8134

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, DOAJ

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Peer review process documented?

Double-blind

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Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

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APC fees clearly disclosed?

No APC (Free)

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Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

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Long-term digital preservation?

PKP PN

✅

Plagiarism detection in place?

Yes

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

DOAJ verified

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Primary language documented?

English

Based on the Think.Check.Submit framework by DOAJ, COPE & OASPA. All data from verified open sources.

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

999

2019

293

2020

114

2021

103

2022

2023

2024

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.

Aquatic ScienceQ3

OceanographyQ3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Marine & Freshwater Biology

Scopus Categories

OceanographyAquatic Science

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Marine and fisheries researchMarine Biology and Ecology ResearchMarine Bivalve and Aquaculture StudiesCoral and Marine Ecosystems StudiesFish Biology and Ecology StudiesMarine and coastal plant biologyMarine Ecology and Invasive SpeciesCrustacean biology and ecologyCephalopods and Marine BiologyMarine and coastal ecosystems

Frequently asked questions about Scientia Marina

Is Scientia Marina a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Scientia Marina: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Its PubScope Trust Score is 96/100. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Scientia Marina?

Scientia Marina 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 1.04.

Is Scientia Marina indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Scientia Marina is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.

What is the aims and scope of Scientia Marina?