Marine Life Science and Technology

Aims & Scope

Marine Life Science & Technology (MLST) provides a platform that introduces new discoveries and theories associated with basic biology, bioresources and environmental biology in both marine and aquatic habitats, food science and biotechnology.

The journal is intended for biological scientists, biological oceanographers, ecologists, aquaculture researchers, marine technologists.

Accordingly, the journal will publish original research papers across a broad range of life sciences and technologies with an emphasis on synergistic interactions of multiple disciplines mentioned above.

Moreover, as the journal's aim is to foster multidisciplinary approaches to sciences, authors will be encouraged to emphasise the relevance of their work in relation across our key-disciplines.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	5.3
2024	5.80

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	3899

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	779

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	1.139

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q1

h-index

Year	Value
2024	28

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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, Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology and Earth and Planetary Sciences, 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.

• Vibrio harveyi: a serious pathogen of fish and invertebrates in mariculture

  Citation: 258

  Authors: Xiao-Hua, Xinxin, Brian

• Microbial assembly, interaction, functioning, activity and diversification: a review derived from community compositional data

  Citation: 143

  Authors: Jiwen, Zhe, Xiaoyue, Xiao-Hua

• Metabolites from marine invertebrates and their symbiotic microorganisms: molecular diversity discovery, mining, and application

  Citation: 101

  Authors: Lu, Yao-Yao, Chang-Lun, Chang-Yun

• The intriguing chemistry and biology of sulfur-containing natural products from marine microorganisms (1987–2020)

  Citation: 96

  Authors: Yang, Mei-Yan, Chang-Yun, Yu-Cheng, Chang-Lun

• Viable but nonculturable bacteria and their resuscitation: implications for cultivating uncultured marine microorganisms

  Citation: 80

  Authors: Xiao-Hua, Waqar, Xiao-Yu, Jixiang, Brian

• Co-culture: stimulate the metabolic potential and explore the molecular diversity of natural products from microorganisms

  Citation: 78

  Authors: Xiao-Yue, Jin-Tao, Chang-Lun, Zhi-Yong, Min, Chang-Yun

• Microorganisms from deep-sea hydrothermal vents

  Citation: 69

  Authors: Xiang, Karine, Zongze

• Environmental perspectives of microplastic pollution in the aquatic environment: a review

  Citation: 67

  Authors: Manzoor, Jia-Ling, Pan-Deng, Wael N., Wen-Jun

• Recent progress in the understanding of the gut microbiota of marine fishes

  Citation: 61

  Authors: Weihao, Guijuan, Yanjiao, Kangsen

• Impacts of ocean acidification under multiple stressors on typical organisms and ecological processes

  Citation: 60

  Authors: Kunshan, Guang, Youji, Sam

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