WMU Journal of Maritime Affairs

Aims & Scope

The WMU Journal of Maritime Affairs (JOMA) is an internationally peer-reviewed journal that covers such subject areas as maritime safety, maritime energy, marine environment protection, and maritime management and operations and gives special attention to human factors, impacts of technology, and policy-making in this context.

JOMA is for academics, researchers and professionals in the maritime industry.

It aims at serving the international maritime community by presenting current thinking and evidence-based arguments on those subjects of topical interest, reporting on relevant research findings and addressing interrelationships between safety, environment protection and efficacy of maritime transport.

The Journal accepts articles and book reviews for publication.

Articles should be conceptually reasoned and/or empirically data-driven.

Articles reviewing relevant literature in a systematic manner are also considered for publication.

Reviewing recently published books in the field is welcomed for publication.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	2.4
2024	2.40

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.576

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q2

h-index

Year	Value
2024	31

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	10082

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	258

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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 Engineering, 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.

• CO2 emission statistics for the world commercial fleet

  Citation: 151

  Authors: Harilaos N., Christos A.

• Market-based measures for greenhouse gas emissions from ships: a review

  Citation: 113

  Authors: Harilaos N.

• From Titanic to Costa Concordia—a century of lessons not learned

  Citation: 107

  Authors: Jens-Uwe, Erik, Michael

• MaCRA: a model-based framework for maritime cyber-risk assessment

  Citation: 100

  Authors: Kimberly, Kevin

• Past, present, and future of the satellite-based automatic identification system: areas of applications (2004–2016)

  Citation: 93

  Authors: Mélanie, R., Sara, Ronald

• Shipping and COVID-19: protecting seafarers as frontline workers

  Citation: 73

  Authors: Cleopatra

• Blue growth and ocean governance—how to balance the use and the protection of the seas

  Citation: 73

  Authors: Peter

• Sustainable development in seaports: a multi-case study

  Citation: 68

  Authors: Vijay

• Modeling the risk of ship grounding—a literature review from a risk management perspective

  Citation: 66

  Authors: Arsham, Jakub, Pentti

• Maritime safety and the ISM code: a study of investigated casualties and incidents

  Citation: 66

  Authors: Bjørn-Morten, Are Kristoffer

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