Aquatic Mammals

Aims & Scope

Aquatic Mammals is a peer-reviewed journal sponsored by the European Association for Aquatic Mammals (EAAM), the Alliance of Marine Mammal Parks and Aquariums (AMMPA), and the International Marine Animal Trainers’ Association (IMATA).

Aquatic Mammals publishes articles related to marine mammals (whales, dolphins, seals, fur seals, sea lions, walrus, dugongs, manatees, sea otters, and polar bears).

Topics of publication on both captive animals and wild marine mammals include aspects of husbandry; behavior; conservation; veterinary medicine; anatomy; physiology; training; population trends; and the effects of pollution, climate change, and noise.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	0.9

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.286

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q3

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	17084

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	182

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Abstracting & Indexing

Journal is indexed in leading academic databases, ensuring global visibility and accessibility of our peer-reviewed research.

• Scopus
• Google Scholar
• Web of Science

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Subjects & Keywords

Journal’s research areas, covering key disciplines and specialized sub-topics in Agricultural and Biological Sciences and Environmental Science, designed to support cutting-edge academic discovery.

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Most Cited Articles

The Most Cited Articles section features the journal's most impactful research, based on citation counts. These articles have been referenced frequently by other researchers, indicating their significant contribution to their respective fields.

• Overview

  Citation: 579

  Authors: Brandon L., Ann E., William T., James J., Roger L., Charles R., David, Darlene R., James H., Paul E., W. John, Jeanette A., Peter L.

• Marine Mammal Noise Exposure Criteria: Updated Scientific Recommendations for Residual Hearing Effects

  Citation: 352

  Authors: Brandon L., James J., Colleen, Paul E., Darlene R., Ann E., William T., Douglas P., Peter L.

• A Decade of Live California Sea Lion (<I>Zalophus californianus</I>) Strandings Along the Central California Coast: Causes and Trends, 1991-2000

  Citation: 143

  Authors: Denise J., Frances M. D., Christine

• A review of social recognition in pinnipeds

  Citation: 138

  Authors: Stephen J., Alana V., Isabelle

• Beaked Whale Strandings and Naval Exercises

  Citation: 130

  Authors: Angela, Robert C., Darlene R., Jennifer A., Chip, Peter L., James

• A Review and Inventory of Fixed Autonomous Recorders for Passive Acoustic Monitoring of Marine Mammals

  Citation: 115

  Authors: Renata

• A Review of the Status of the Indo-Pacific Humpback Dolphin (<I>Sousa chinensis</I>) in Chinese Waters

  Citation: 113

  Authors: Thomas A., Samuel K.

• Feeding Habits of Indo-Pacific Humpback Dolphins (<I>Sousa chinensis</I>) Stranded in Hong Kong

  Citation: 103

  Authors: Nélio B., Thomas A., E.C.M.

• Pathological features of the Florida manatee cold stress syndrome

  Citation: 94

  Authors: Gregory D., René A., S. A., Shin-Je, A. Bennett

• The Severity of Behavioral Changes Observed During Experimental Exposures of Killer (Orcinus orca), Long-Finned Pilot (Globicephala melas), and Sperm (Physeter macrocephalus) Whales to Naval Sonar

  Citation: 90

  Authors: Patrick

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