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Maritime Affairs

Routledge · United Kingdom · Est. 2009

ISSN1946-6609

SJR Q3✓ Scopus / SJR

/ 100

Established

PubScope credibility score from verifiable indexing & ethics signals

Score Breakdown

◆ Scopus Q354

Total54

Third-party records · how this is calculated · Report an error →

⚡ Speed vs Prestige

How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?

Publication speed: not measurable

publisher doesn’t disclose per-article submission dates — we never estimate

SJR Rank

Top 75% in field

Journal Impact Factor

Not on record at PubScope. The Journal Impact Factor is published by Clarivate for Web of Science (JCR)–indexed journals. If this journal has one, it appears on the journal’s page ↗

SJR Scorei

0.195

H-Indexi

CiteScore

View ↗

Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

Total Worksi

302

Total Citationsi

1,482

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.00

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Political Science and International Relations; Ecology; Economic Geology; Ocean Engineering; Oceanography; Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment; Transportation; Water Science and Technology.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary Language—

1st Year Published2009

Annual Volume~ 20 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2022)

Total Publications302

Publisher OrgTaylor & Francis

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Submission Info

Peer Review—

Review Time—

Acceptance Rate—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

5/12 · 42%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Routledge

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1946-6609

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Indexed in a trusted database?

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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APC fees clearly disclosed?

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?

N/A

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

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

190

2015

319

2016

211

2017

2018

2019

124

2020

2021

2022

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.

Political Science and International RelationsQ3

EcologyQ4

Economic GeologyQ4

Ocean EngineeringQ4

OceanographyQ4

Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the EnvironmentQ4

TransportationQ4

Water Science and TechnologyQ4

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

Ocean EngineeringWater Science and TechnologyTransportation

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Maritime Security and HistoryInternational Maritime Law IssuesInternational Relations and Foreign PolicyGlobal trade and economicsCoastal and Marine ManagementArctic and Russian Policy StudiesSouth Asian Studies and ConflictsGlobal Maritime and Colonial HistoriesMaritime Navigation and SafetyPolitics and Conflicts in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Middle East

Frequently asked questions about Maritime Affairs

Is Maritime Affairs a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Maritime Affairs: it is indexed in Scopus, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Its PubScope Trust Score is 54/100. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Maritime Affairs?

Maritime Affairs is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 0.195.

Is Maritime Affairs indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Maritime Affairs is indexed in Scopus.