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Coastal Studies and Society

SAGE Publications Ltd · United Kingdom · Est. 2021

ISSN2634-9817

SJR Q3✓ Scopus / SJR

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 ↗

📊 Standing in its field

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

SJR · Scopus

Top 75% in field

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

SJR Scorei

0.192

H-Indexi

Total Worksi

Total Citationsi

108

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.84

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Sociology and Political Science; Geography, Planning and Development.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary Language—

1st Year Published2021

Annual Volume~ 13 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications59

Publisher OrgSAGE Publishing

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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

5/11 · 45%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

SAGE Publications Ltd

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2634-9817

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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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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

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

2021

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.

Sociology and Political ScienceQ3

Geography, Planning and DevelopmentQ4

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

Sociology and Political ScienceGeography, Planning and Development

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Coastal and Marine ManagementGlobal Maritime and Colonial HistoriesGeographies of human-animal interactionsColonialism, slavery, and tradeClimate Change, Adaptation, MigrationCruise Tourism Development and ManagementCoral and Marine Ecosystems StudiesCoastal and Marine DynamicsEcocriticism and Environmental LiteratureMaritime and Coastal Archaeology

Frequently asked questions about Coastal Studies and Society

Is Coastal Studies and Society a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Coastal Studies and Society: it is indexed in 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 Coastal Studies and Society?

Coastal Studies and Society is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 0.192.

Is Coastal Studies and Society indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Coastal Studies and Society is indexed in Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Coastal Studies and Society?