Marine Resource Economics

Aims & Scope

Marine Resource Economics (MRE) publishes creative and scholarly economic analyses of a range of issues related to natural resource use in the global marine environment.

The scope of the journal includes conceptual and empirical investigations aimed at addressing real-world oceans and coastal policy problems.

Examples include studies of fisheries, aquaculture, seafood marketing and trade, marine biodiversity, marine and coastal recreation, marine pollution, offshore oil and gas, seabed mining, renewable ocean energy sources, marine transportation, coastal land use and climate adaptation, and management of estuaries and watersheds.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	1.7
2024	2.00

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.325

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q3

h-index

Year	Value
2024	52

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	15888

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	103

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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 Earth and Planetary Sciences, Economics, Econometrics and Finance, Environmental Science and Social 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.

• Farming the Sea

  Citation: 278

  Authors: FRANK

• The Cost of Lice: Quantifying the Impacts of Parasitic Sea Lice on Farmed Salmon

  Citation: 266

  Authors: Jay, Frank, James E.

• The Salmon Disease Crisis in Chile

  Citation: 176

  Authors: FRANK, HÅVARD, RAGNAR, SIGBJØRN

• Marine Resources Management in the Context of Customary Tenure

  Citation: 152

  Authors: K., E., R. E.

• Marine Reserves for Fisheries Management

  Citation: 151

  Authors: DANIEL S., RICHARD J.

• Aquaculture and the Future: Why Fisheries Economists Should Care

  Citation: 142

  Authors: JAMES L.

• Social, Economic, and Regulatory Drivers of the Shark Fin Trade

  Citation: 140

  Authors: SHELLEY, E.J., TROND

• What Determines Willingness to Pay per Fish? A Meta-Analysis of Recreational Fishing Values

  Citation: 138

  Authors: ROBERT J., MATTHEW H., ELENA Y., ERIK C.

• Marine Reserves: What Would They Accomplish?

  Citation: 132

  Authors: RÖGNVALDUR

• Fish Price Volatility

  Citation: 128

  Authors: Roy Endre, Atle

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