Maritime Studies
Published by Springer Nature
ISSN : 1872-7859 eISSN : 2212-9790
Abbreviation : Marit. Stud.
Aims & Scope
Maritime Studies is an international peer-reviewed journal on the social dimensions of coastal and marine issues throughout the world.
The journal is a venue for theoretical and empirical research relevant to a wide range of academic social science disciplines, including anthropology, sociology, geography, history and political science.
Space is especially given to develop academic concepts and debate.
We invite original research papers, reviews and viewpoints and welcome proposals for special issues that make a distinctive contribution to contemporary discussion around maritime and coastal use, development and governance.
The journal provides a rigorous but constructive review process and rapid publication, and is accessible to new researchers, including postgraduate students and early career academics.
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Impact Factor
| Year | Value |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 2.3 |
| 2024 | 2.20 |
SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)
| Year | Value |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 0.567 |
Quartile
| Year | Value |
|---|---|
| 2024 | Q2 |
h-index
| Year | Value |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 31 |
Journal Rank
| Year | Value |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 10264 |
Journal Citation Indicator
| Year | Value |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 301 |
Impact Factor Trend
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, Environmental Science and Social Sciences, designed to support cutting-edge academic discovery.
Licensing & Copyright
This journal operates under an Open Access model. Articles are freely accessible to the public immediately upon publication. The content is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0), allowing users to share and adapt the work with proper attribution.
Copyright remains with the author(s), and no permission is required for non-commercial use, provided the original source is cited.