Aims & Scope
Marine Policy is the leading journal of ocean policy studies.
Submissions to Marine Policy must contribute to the formulation and understanding of marine policy, and must be of interest to a broad audience of academics, stakeholders and officials.
Marine Policy offers researchers, analysts, stakeholders and policy-makers a unique combination of analyses in the principal social science disciplines relevant to the formulation of marine policy.
Articles represent perspectives from fields such as marine affairs, marine economics and resource management, political science, marine science, human ecology, international law, geography, normative theory, anthropology and similar disciplines.
Focal areas include, but are not limited to: international, regional and national marine policies; institutional arrangements for the management and regulation of marine activities; conflict resolution; marine pollution and environment; conservation and use of marine resources.
We are not a technical journal and will recommend that overly-technical papers are transferred to other more relevant journals.
We will consider policy papers that do include a technical analysis, but only if this directly informs a policy analysis or discussion.
We request that authors minimise the inclusion of formulas and model details needed to explain the methods and analysis in the main text.
Detailed formulae and calculations should be included in an appendix or supplementary materials, and summarised in the main text.
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Impact Factor
| Year | Value |
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| 2025 | 3.7 |
h-index
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| 2024 | 133 |
Journal Rank
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| 2024 | 3717 |
Journal Citation Indicator
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| 2024 | 6469 |
SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)
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| 2024 | 1.169 |
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| 2024 | Q1 |
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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, Economics, Econometrics and Finance, Environmental Science and Social Sciences, designed to support cutting-edge academic discovery.
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.
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The livelihoods approach and management of small-scale fisheries
Citation: 856
Authors: Edward H, Frank
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Marine invasive alien species: a threat to global biodiversity
Citation: 790
Authors: Nicholas, Angela, Max, Exequiel, Warren
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The importance of marine spatial planning in advancing ecosystem-based sea use management
Citation: 778
Authors: Fanny
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Why local people do not support conservation: Community perceptions of marine protected area livelihood impacts, governance and management in Thailand
Citation: 634
Authors: Nathan James, Philip
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Mind the gap: Addressing the shortcomings of marine protected areas through large scale marine spatial planning
Citation: 539
Authors: Tundi, Giuseppe Notarbartolo, Patrick
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Global catches, exploitation rates, and rebuilding options for sharks
Citation: 512
Authors: Boris, Brendal, Lisa, Christine A., Demian, Michael R., Steven T., Samuel H.
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Mapping the global value and distribution of coral reef tourism
Citation: 474
Authors: Mark, Lauretta, Spencer A., Joscelyne, James, Philine
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Guiding ecological principles for marine spatial planning
Citation: 447
Authors: Melissa M., Benjamin S., Fiorenza, Matthew H., Margaret R., Caitlin M., Erin, Nicole, Deborah, Michael W., Mark H., Larry B., J., Sally D., Karen L., Stephen R., Charles H., Helen M., Mary H., Paul A., Robert S.