Maritime Business Review

Aims & Scope

Maritime Business Review aims to provide the latest research insights and state-of-the-art of the theory and management practice to maritime researchers and practitioners on all aspects of maritime business.

MABR will serve all maritime business disciplines that include, but are not limited to: Shipping market analysis and forecasting, Customer services and marketing, Organisational behaviour in maritime business, Innovation management, Maritime security, Safety management, Shipping finance, Marine insurance, Ship chartering, Bulk shipping, Fleet management, Maritime education and training, Human resource management, Strategic alliance, Intermodal transport operations, Port management and operations, Terminal management, Green ports, Cruise operations and management, Shipping sustainability and social responsibility, Technology in maritime business, Legal aspects in maritime business

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	2.4
2024	2.00

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.587

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q2

h-index

Year	Value
2024	22

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	9897

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	184

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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 Business, Management and Accounting 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.

• Organizational motivation, employee job satisfaction and organizational performance

  Citation: 95

  Authors: Kelvin, Chin-Shan

• Berth scheduling at marine container terminals

  Citation: 67

  Authors: Masoud, Maxim A., Olumide, Junayed, Oluwatosin, Hui, Raphael, Marko

• Impact of blue economy factors on economic growth in the SAARC countries

  Citation: 58

  Authors: Majed, Imran

• Targeting the reduction of shipping emissions to air

  Citation: 53

  Authors: Anastasia, Marta, Tobias, Inge, Kevin

• A novel memetic algorithm with a deterministic parameter control for efficient berth scheduling at marine container terminals

  Citation: 50

  Authors: Maxim A.

• The global trends of automated container terminal: a systematic literature review

  Citation: 49

  Authors: W.K., Noorul Shaiful Fitri, Rudiah, Saharuddin

• Advantages and disadvantages from enforcing emission restrictions within emission control areas

  Citation: 44

  Authors: Maxim A.

• A novel continuous berth scheduling model at multiple marine container terminals with tidal considerations

  Citation: 43

  Authors: Ali, Maxim A., Mihalis M., Abdolreza

• Identifying crucial sustainability assessment criteria for container seaports

  Citation: 39

  Authors: Chin-Shan, Kuo-Chung, Chi-Chang

• Maritime autonomous surface ships (MASS): implementation and legal issues

  Citation: 37

  Authors: Stephen, K.S.

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