Helgoland Marine Research

Aims & Scope

Helgoland Marine Research is an open access, peer reviewed journal, publishing original research as well as reviews on all aspects of marine and brackish water ecosystems, with a focus on how organisms survive in, and interact with, their environment.

The aim of Helgoland Marine Research is to publish work with a regional focus, but with clear global implications, or vice versa; research with global emphasis and regional ramifications.

We are particularly interested in contributions that further our general understanding of how marine ecosystems work, and that concentrate on species’ interactions.

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Metrics & Ranking

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	18799

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	13

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.245

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q3

h-index

Year	Value
2024	61

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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

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Subjects & Keywords

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

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Licensing & Copyright

This journal operates under an Open Access model. Articles are freely accessible to the public immediately upon publication. The content is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0), allowing users to share and adapt the work with proper attribution.

Copyright remains with the author(s), and no permission is required for non-commercial use, provided the original source is cited.

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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.

• The warming trend at Helgoland Roads, North Sea: phytoplankton response

  Citation: 212

  Authors: Karen H., Bryan F. J.

• Introduced Pacific oysters (Crassostrea gigas) in the northern Wadden Sea: invasion accelerated by warm summers?

  Citation: 190

  Authors: S., G., J. E. E., K.

• Ecosystem engineering and biodiversity in coastal sediments: posing hypotheses

  Citation: 143

  Authors: Tjeerd J., Sergej, Karsten, Tom

• Mytilid mussels: global habitat engineers in coastal sediments

  Citation: 135

  Authors: Christian, Sabine, Jae-Sang, In-Seo, Matthias, Martin, Nelson, San-Pil, Karsten

• Human transformations of the Wadden Sea ecosystem through time: a synthesis

  Citation: 129

  Authors: Heike K., Karsten, Boris, Justus, Mette, Anneli, Dirk, Richard C., Poul, Charlotte, Otto S., Nicole, Wietske, Manfred, Wim J.

• The biogeography of kelps (Laminariales, Phaeophyceae): a global analysis with new insights from recent advances in molecular phylogenetics

  Citation: 128

  Authors: John J.

• Are aliens threatening European aquatic coastal ecosystems?

  Citation: 127

  Authors: Karsten, Sergej, David W.

• Overview on introduced aquatic species in European navigational and adjacent waters

  Citation: 116

  Authors: Stephan

• Coast of change: habitat loss and transformations in the Wadden Sea

  Citation: 102

  Authors: Karsten

• Helgoland Roads meso- and macrozooplankton time-series 1974 to 2004: lessons from 30 years of single spot, high frequency sampling at the only off-shore island of the North Sea

  Citation: 101

  Authors: Wulf, Frank, Jutta, Sven

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