Aims & Scope

MEPS is international and interdisciplinary.

It presents rigorously refereed and carefully selected Research Articles, Reviews and Notes, as well as Comments/Reply Comments (for details see MEPS 228:1), Theme Sections and Opinion Pieces.

For details consult Guidelines for Authors.

Papers may be concerned with: -Environmental factors: Tolerances and responses of marine organisms (microorganisms, autotrophic plants and animals) to variations in abiotic and biotic components of their environment; radioecology. -Physiological-ecological mechanisms: Auto- and heterotrophy; thermo-, ion-, osmo- and volume-regulation; stress resistance; population genetics and ecological genome research; orientation in space and time; migrations; behavior; chemical ecology. -Molecular Marine Ecology: Molecular basis of ecological processes. -Cultivation: Maintenance and rearing of, as well as experimentation with, marine organisms under environmental and nutritional conditions which are, to a considerable degree, controlled; analysis of the physiological and ecological potential of individuals, populations and species; determination of nutritional requirements; ecological aspects of aquaculture; water-quality management; culture technology. -Dynamics: Marine ecosystems; flow patterns of energy and matter as these pass through organisms, populations and ecosystems; biodiversity; trophic interrelations; production, transformation and decomposition of organic matter; plankton ecology; benthos ecology; estuarine and coastal ecology; wadden-sea ecology; coral-reef ecology; deep-sea ecology; open-ocean ecology; polar ecology; theoretical ecology; ecological methodology and technology; ecological modelling and computer simulation. -Ocean management[...]

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year Value
2025 2.1
2024 2.20

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year Value
2024 0.804

Quartile

Year Value
2024 Q1

h-index

Year Value
2024 223

Journal Rank

Year Value
2024 6740

Journal Citation Indicator

Year Value
2024 1905

Impact Factor Trend


Abstracting & Indexing

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


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.


Quick Facts

Current Factor
2.1
First Published: 2025

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

SJR
0.804
First Published: 2024

Quartile

Current Quartile
Q1
First Published: 2024

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