Marine Ecology Progress Series

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

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Abstracting & Indexing

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

• Scopus
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• 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.

• The Ecological Role of Water-Column Microbes in the Sea

  Citation: 3868

  Authors: F, T, JG, JS, LA, F

• Our evolving conceptual model of the coastal eutrophication problem

  Citation: 2148

  Authors: JE

• A method of linking multivariate community structure to environmental variables

  Citation: 1720

  Authors: KR, M

• Chemistry and composition of fish otoliths:pathways, mechanisms and applications

  Citation: 1667

  Authors: SE

• Statistical design and analysis for a 'biological effects' study

  Citation: 1262

  Authors: KR, RH

• Eutrophication of Chesapeake Bay: historical trends and ecological interactions

  Citation: 1195

  Authors: WM, WR, JE, DF, WC, G, JC, TR, PM, JD, LW, ED, DG, WD, RIE, MR, EM, JC

• Protein content and protein synthesis rates of planktonic marine bacteria

  Citation: 1181

  Authors: M, F

• Biological effects within no-take marine reserves: a global synthesis

  Citation: 1159

  Authors: SE, BS, K, J, BI, SD, S, RR

• A Practical Strategy for Analysing Multispecies Distribution Patterns

  Citation: 1144

  Authors: JG, KR, RM

• CHEMTAX - a program for estimating class abundances from chemical markers:application to HPLC measurements of phytoplankton

  Citation: 1141

  Authors: MD, DJ, HW, SW

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