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Journal of Waterway, Port, Coastal and Ocean Engineering

American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) · United States · Est. 1983

ISSN1943-5460

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.489

H-Indexi

101

SNIPi

0.761

Total Worksi

2,367

Total Citationsi

57,150

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.46

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Engineering, Civil; Engineering, Ocean; Water Resources; Civil and Structural Engineering; Ocean Engineering; Water Science and Technology.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1983

FrequencyBimonthly

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications2,367

Publisher OrgAmerican Society of Civil Engineers

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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

thinkchecksubmit.org

6/11 · 55%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1943-5460

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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

812

2019

901

2020

640

2021

238

2022

153

2023

112

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.

Civil and Structural EngineeringQ2

Ocean EngineeringQ2

Water Science and TechnologyQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Engineering, CivilEngineering, OceanWater Resources

Scopus Categories

Ocean EngineeringWater Science and TechnologyCivil and Structural Engineering

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Coastal and Marine DynamicsOcean Waves and Remote SensingTropical and Extratropical Cyclones ResearchCoastal wetland ecosystem dynamicsWave and Wind Energy SystemsFluid Dynamics Simulations and InteractionsEarthquake and Tsunami EffectsHydrology and Sediment Transport ProcessesGeotechnical Engineering and Underground StructuresAeolian processes and effects

Frequently asked questions about Journal of Waterway, Port, Coastal and Ocean Engineering

Is Journal of Waterway, Port, Coastal and Ocean Engineering a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Journal of Waterway, Port, Coastal and Ocean Engineering: 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 Waterway, Port, Coastal and Ocean Engineering?

Journal of Waterway, Port, Coastal and Ocean Engineering 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 1.46.

Is Journal of Waterway, Port, Coastal and Ocean Engineering indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Journal of Waterway, Port, Coastal and Ocean Engineering is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Journal of Waterway, Port, Coastal and Ocean Engineering?