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Frontiers in Marine Science

Frontiers Media SA · Switzerland · Est. 2014

ISSN2296-7745eISSN2296-7745

SJR Q1✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.959

H-Indexi

162

SNIPi

0.986

Total Worksi

15,435

Total Citationsi

270,228

2yr Mean Citednessi

2.93

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

Frontiers in Marine Science is a peer-reviewed, open access journal that publishes research on marine biology, oceanography, aquatic ecology & conservation. It investigates ocean systems, biodiversity, ecology, and global ocean health, including research on ocean observations and their role in a changing environment. The journal also covers new records of behavior, unique natural phenomena, and new species distributions.

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General Information

Country / RegionSwitzerland

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2014

Annual Volume~ 1,796 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications15,435

Publisher OrgFrontiers Media

OA Since2013

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewSingle-blind

OA LicenseCC BY

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

📦 Long-term Preservation

CLOCKSS

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

10/11 · 91%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Frontiers Media SA

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2296-7745 / 2296-7745

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, DOAJ

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Peer review process documented?

Single-blind

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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?

CLOCKSS

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Plagiarism detection in place?

Yes

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

DOAJ verified

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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

1.2k

45k

2019

1.2k

41k

2020

48k

2021

2.9k

42k

2022

2.2k

24k

2023

1.7k

11k

2024

1.5k

4.5k

2025

979

259

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

Environmental Science (miscellaneous)Q1

Ocean EngineeringQ1

OceanographyQ1

Water Science and TechnologyQ1

Global and Planetary ChangeQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Marine & Freshwater BiologyOceanography

Scopus Categories

OceanographyOcean EngineeringEnvironmental Science (miscellaneous)Water Science and TechnologyAquatic ScienceGlobal and Planetary Change

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Marine and fisheries researchCoral and Marine Ecosystems StudiesMarine and coastal ecosystemsMarine Biology and Ecology ResearchMarine and coastal plant biologyMarine Bivalve and Aquaculture StudiesOceanographic and Atmospheric ProcessesMarine animal studies overviewCoastal and Marine ManagementMicrobial Community Ecology and Physiology

Frequently asked questions about Frontiers in Marine Science

Is Frontiers in Marine Science a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Frontiers in Marine Science: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ, 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 Frontiers in Marine Science?

Frontiers in Marine Science 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 2.93.

Is Frontiers in Marine Science indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Frontiers in Marine Science is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.