TransNav

Aims & Scope

The TransNav, The International Journal on Marine Navigation and Safety of Sea Transportation is addressed to scientists and professionals in order to share their experience, expert knowledge and research results, concerning all aspects of navigation and sea transportation.

The Journal is published four times a year and contains original papers contributing to the science of broadly defined navigation: from the highly technical to the descriptive and historical, over land through the sea, air and space, including those presented at the TransNav conferences, to promote young researchers, new field of maritime sciences and technologies.

The focus of TransNav is high-quality, scholarly research that addresses development, application and implications, in the field of maritime education, maritime safety management, maritime policy sciences, maritime industries, marine environment and energy technology.

Subjects of papers include electronics, astronomy, mathematics, cartography, command and control, psychology, operational research, risk analysis, theoretical physics, operation in hostile environments, instrumentation, ergonomics, financial planning and law.

Also of interest are logistics, transport and mobility.

The Journal provides a forum for transportation researchers, engineers, navigators, ergonomists, and policy-makers with an interest in maritime researches.

From contemporary issues to the scientific, technological, political, economic, cultural and social aspects of maritime shipping, transportation and navigation, the TransNav publishes innovative, interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary research on marine navigation subjects and is set to become the leading international scholarly journal specialising in debate and discussion on maritime subjects.

The TransNav is especially concerned to set maritime studies in a broad international and comparative context.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	0.6
2024	0.70

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.321

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q3

h-index

Year	Value
2024	20

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	16009

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	448

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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, Engineering and Social Sciences, designed to support cutting-edge academic discovery.

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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.

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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.

• The Autonomous Shipping Era. Operational, Regulatory, and Quality Challenges

  Citation: 76

  Authors: Aristotelis

• The Human Element and Autonomous Ships

  Citation: 74

  Authors: Sauli

• Risk Assessment for an Unmanned Merchant Ship

  Citation: 61

  Authors: Ø.J., Hans-Christoph

• Trends and Challenges in Unmanned Surface Vehicles (USV): From Survey to Shipping

  Citation: 58

  Authors: Carlos, Isidro, Felipe, Octavio, NicolÁs

• A Retrospective Analysis of Maritime Cyber Security Incidents

  Citation: 56

  Authors: Per HÁkon, Karin, Egil, Ørnulf Jan, Dag Atle

• Overview of Definitions of Maritime Safety, Safety at Sea, Navigational Safety and Safety in General

  Citation: 40

  Authors: Kamil, Tomasz, Adam

• Intelligent Autonomous Ship Navigation using Multi-Sensor Modalities

  Citation: 35

  Authors: R. Glenn

• A Taxonomy Framework for Maritime Cybersecurity: A Demonstration Using the Automatic Identification System

  Citation: 35

  Authors: Gary C., Philip, Jon C.

• The Main Challenges and Barriers to the Successful “Smart Shipping”

  Citation: 34

  Authors: Anatoli

• A Prototype of Ship Routing Decision Support System for an Operational Oceanographic Service

  Citation: 34

  Authors: Gianandrea, Giovanni, Paolo, Nadia

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