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SCImago
Q1
SJR
1.513
CiteScore
4.1
Years of issue
2024-2025
journal names
npj Ocean Sustainability
Publications
159
Citations
1 159
h-index
18
Publications
159
Citations
1 071
Top-3 citing journals
npj Ocean Sustainability
npj Ocean Sustainability (129 citations)
Marine Policy
Marine Policy (86 citations)
Top-3 organizations
University of British Columbia
University of British Columbia (28 publications)
Stanford University
Stanford University (19 publications)
University of Oxford
University of Oxford (14 publications)
Top-3 countries
USA (49 publications)
Canada (34 publications)
United Kingdom (33 publications)

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Citing journals

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npj Ocean Sustainability
129 citations, 11.13%
Marine Policy
86 citations, 7.42%
Frontiers in Marine Science
58 citations, 5%
Ocean and Coastal Management
39 citations, 3.36%
Frontiers in Ocean Sustainability
19 citations, 1.64%
ICES Journal of Marine Science
17 citations, 1.47%
Fish and Fisheries
12 citations, 1.04%
Journal of Environmental Management
12 citations, 1.04%
Sustainability
11 citations, 0.95%
Biological Conservation
10 citations, 0.86%
Communications Earth & Environment
9 citations, 0.78%
Journal of Marine Science and Engineering
8 citations, 0.69%
Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers
8 citations, 0.69%
Conservation Biology
8 citations, 0.69%
Science of the Total Environment
8 citations, 0.69%
Marine Pollution Bulletin
8 citations, 0.69%
Maritime Studies
8 citations, 0.69%
Science
8 citations, 0.69%
One Earth
8 citations, 0.69%
Fisheries Research
7 citations, 0.6%
Ecological Indicators
7 citations, 0.6%
Scientific Reports
7 citations, 0.6%
Nature
7 citations, 0.6%
Annual Review of Environment and Resources
6 citations, 0.52%
Environmental Research Letters
6 citations, 0.52%
Coral Reefs
6 citations, 0.52%
Science advances
6 citations, 0.52%
PLoS ONE
6 citations, 0.52%
Palgrave Studies in Maritime Politics and Security
6 citations, 0.52%
Cell Reports Sustainability
6 citations, 0.52%
Nature Reviews Biodiversity
6 citations, 0.52%
Ambio
5 citations, 0.43%
Annual Review of Marine Science
5 citations, 0.43%
Nature Climate Change
5 citations, 0.43%
Marine Environmental Research
5 citations, 0.43%
Environmental Science and Policy
5 citations, 0.43%
Nature Communications
5 citations, 0.43%
Nature Sustainability
5 citations, 0.43%
Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews
5 citations, 0.43%
Sustainability Science
5 citations, 0.43%
Environmental Challenges
5 citations, 0.43%
Tourism Recreation Research
4 citations, 0.35%
Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability
4 citations, 0.35%
Regional Environmental Change
4 citations, 0.35%
Fisheries Oceanography
4 citations, 0.35%
Ecological Informatics
4 citations, 0.35%
Energy Policy
4 citations, 0.35%
Aquaculture
4 citations, 0.35%
Restoration Ecology
4 citations, 0.35%
Resources Policy
4 citations, 0.35%
Sustainable Development
4 citations, 0.35%
Remote Sensing
4 citations, 0.35%
Ocean Engineering
4 citations, 0.35%
Energies
4 citations, 0.35%
Nature Ecology and Evolution
4 citations, 0.35%
Conservation Science and Practice
4 citations, 0.35%
Frontiers in Climate
4 citations, 0.35%
PLOS Climate
4 citations, 0.35%
Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems
3 citations, 0.26%
Trends in Ecology and Evolution
3 citations, 0.26%
Journal of Transport Geography
3 citations, 0.26%
Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries
3 citations, 0.26%
International Environmental Agreements: Politics, Law and Economics
3 citations, 0.26%
Applied Energy
3 citations, 0.26%
Ecological Modelling
3 citations, 0.26%
Current Biology
3 citations, 0.26%
Environment, Development and Sustainability
3 citations, 0.26%
Earth System Dynamics
3 citations, 0.26%
Fishes
3 citations, 0.26%
Environmental Development
3 citations, 0.26%
Environmental Management
3 citations, 0.26%
Coastal Management
3 citations, 0.26%
Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems
3 citations, 0.26%
IEEE Access
3 citations, 0.26%
SSRN Electronic Journal
3 citations, 0.26%
People and Nature
3 citations, 0.26%
Discover Sustainability
3 citations, 0.26%
Sustainable Futures
3 citations, 0.26%
Journal of Sea Research
2 citations, 0.17%
Scientific data
2 citations, 0.17%
Cryosphere
2 citations, 0.17%
PeerJ
2 citations, 0.17%
Journal of Environmental Policy and Planning
2 citations, 0.17%
The Lancet Planetary Health
2 citations, 0.17%
Advanced Science
2 citations, 0.17%
Endangered Species Research
2 citations, 0.17%
IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science
2 citations, 0.17%
iScience
2 citations, 0.17%
Biodiversity Data Journal
2 citations, 0.17%
Global Environmental Change
2 citations, 0.17%
Ecological Economics
2 citations, 0.17%
Global Ecology and Conservation
2 citations, 0.17%
Annals of the American Association of Geographers
2 citations, 0.17%
Foods
2 citations, 0.17%
Geoforum
2 citations, 0.17%
Review of International Political Economy
2 citations, 0.17%
Earth's Future
2 citations, 0.17%
Natural Resource Modelling
2 citations, 0.17%
Journal of Ocean Engineering and Marine Energy
2 citations, 0.17%
Fisheries Management and Ecology
2 citations, 0.17%
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Elsevier
376 citations, 32.44%
Springer Nature
308 citations, 26.57%
Frontiers Media S.A.
95 citations, 8.2%
Wiley
76 citations, 6.56%
MDPI
49 citations, 4.23%
Taylor & Francis
30 citations, 2.59%
Oxford University Press
21 citations, 1.81%
American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
17 citations, 1.47%
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
13 citations, 1.12%
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
13 citations, 1.12%
IOP Publishing
12 citations, 1.04%
Annual Reviews
11 citations, 0.95%
Public Library of Science (PLoS)
10 citations, 0.86%
Copernicus
9 citations, 0.78%
Walter de Gruyter
4 citations, 0.35%
American Geophysical Union
4 citations, 0.35%
Inter-Research Science Center
4 citations, 0.35%
Cambridge University Press
3 citations, 0.26%
Emerald
3 citations, 0.26%
SAGE
3 citations, 0.26%
American Chemical Society (ACS)
3 citations, 0.26%
Mary Ann Liebert
3 citations, 0.26%
The Royal Society
3 citations, 0.26%
IGI Global
3 citations, 0.26%
Research Square Platform LLC
3 citations, 0.26%
Pensoft Publishers
2 citations, 0.17%
PeerJ
2 citations, 0.17%
Society of Petroleum Engineers
2 citations, 0.17%
Science in China Press
2 citations, 0.17%
CSIRO Publishing
2 citations, 0.17%
IntechOpen
2 citations, 0.17%
EDP Sciences
1 citation, 0.09%
Pleiades Publishing
1 citation, 0.09%
Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)
1 citation, 0.09%
University of Chicago Press
1 citation, 0.09%
American Institute of Mathematical Sciences (AIMS)
1 citation, 0.09%
Index Copernicus
1 citation, 0.09%
Kiel Institute for the World Economy
1 citation, 0.09%
Canadian Science Publishing
1 citation, 0.09%
ASME International
1 citation, 0.09%
American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
1 citation, 0.09%
Social Science Electronic Publishing
1 citation, 0.09%
Academy of Science of South Africa
1 citation, 0.09%
Ubiquity Press
1 citation, 0.09%
Scientific Research Publishing
1 citation, 0.09%
CAIRN
1 citation, 0.09%
Scandinavian University Press / Universitetsforlaget AS
1 citation, 0.09%
South Florida Publishing LLC
1 citation, 0.09%
AMO Publisher
1 citation, 0.09%
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University of British Columbia
28 publications, 17.61%
Stanford University
19 publications, 11.95%
University of Oxford
14 publications, 8.81%
University of Washington
14 publications, 8.81%
University of Tasmania
11 publications, 6.92%
Simon Fraser University
11 publications, 6.92%
Dalhousie University
10 publications, 6.29%
Duke University
10 publications, 6.29%
University of Santiago de Compostela
10 publications, 6.29%
University of Lisbon
9 publications, 5.66%
University of Victoria
9 publications, 5.66%
Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization
8 publications, 5.03%
University of Wollongong
8 publications, 5.03%
James Cook University
8 publications, 5.03%
Stockholm University
7 publications, 4.4%
Australian National University
7 publications, 4.4%
University of Western Australia
7 publications, 4.4%
Nelson Mandela University
7 publications, 4.4%
University of California, Santa Cruz
7 publications, 4.4%
Wageningen University and Research Centre
7 publications, 4.4%
University of Rhode Island
7 publications, 4.4%
University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
7 publications, 4.4%
Universidade dos Açores
7 publications, 4.4%
University of Edinburgh
6 publications, 3.77%
Institute of Marine Science
6 publications, 3.77%
University of California, Santa Barbara
6 publications, 3.77%
Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research
6 publications, 3.77%
University of Exeter
6 publications, 3.77%
French Research Institute for Exploitation of the Sea
6 publications, 3.77%
King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
5 publications, 3.14%
University of Melbourne
5 publications, 3.14%
Arizona State University
5 publications, 3.14%
University of California, San Diego
5 publications, 3.14%
Federal University of Santa Catarina
5 publications, 3.14%
Scripps Institution of Oceanography
5 publications, 3.14%
University of Miami
5 publications, 3.14%
Paris Sciences et Lettres
5 publications, 3.14%
University of Cambridge
4 publications, 2.52%
University of Queensland
4 publications, 2.52%
University of Pretoria
4 publications, 2.52%
Oregon State University
4 publications, 2.52%
AZTI (Ciencia y tecnología marina y alimentaria)
4 publications, 2.52%
University of Algarve
4 publications, 2.52%
University of Geneva
3 publications, 1.89%
University of New South Wales
3 publications, 1.89%
University of Technology Sydney
3 publications, 1.89%
Autonomous University of Barcelona
3 publications, 1.89%
Queen Mary University of London
3 publications, 1.89%
Nord University
3 publications, 1.89%
University of Oslo
3 publications, 1.89%
UiT The Arctic University of Norway
3 publications, 1.89%
Sorbonne University
3 publications, 1.89%
Florida State University
3 publications, 1.89%
Norwegian Institute of Marine Research
3 publications, 1.89%
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
3 publications, 1.89%
National Institute of Water & Atmospheric Research
3 publications, 1.89%
Deakin University
3 publications, 1.89%
University of Cape Town
3 publications, 1.89%
Boston University
3 publications, 1.89%
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
3 publications, 1.89%
Newcastle University
3 publications, 1.89%
Queen's University Belfast
3 publications, 1.89%
Helmholtz Institute for Functional Marine Biodiversity
3 publications, 1.89%
Leibniz Centre for Tropical Marine Research
3 publications, 1.89%
Bedford Institute of Oceanography
3 publications, 1.89%
Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg
3 publications, 1.89%
Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte
3 publications, 1.89%
Brock University
3 publications, 1.89%
University of Alberta
3 publications, 1.89%
Spanish Institute of Oceanography
3 publications, 1.89%
University of Plymouth
3 publications, 1.89%
Plymouth Marine Laboratory
3 publications, 1.89%
University of São Paulo
3 publications, 1.89%
Ovidius University of Constanta
3 publications, 1.89%
University of Montpellier
3 publications, 1.89%
Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
3 publications, 1.89%
Memorial University of Newfoundland
3 publications, 1.89%
NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service
3 publications, 1.89%
University of Maine
3 publications, 1.89%
KTH Royal Institute of Technology
2 publications, 1.26%
Reichman University
2 publications, 1.26%
University of Gothenburg
2 publications, 1.26%
University of Nantes
2 publications, 1.26%
Delft University of Technology
2 publications, 1.26%
Finnish Environment Institute
2 publications, 1.26%
Aarhus University
2 publications, 1.26%
University of Bergen
2 publications, 1.26%
Cornell University
2 publications, 1.26%
University of Sydney
2 publications, 1.26%
University of Stavanger
2 publications, 1.26%
University of Strathclyde
2 publications, 1.26%
Griffith University
2 publications, 1.26%
University of the Witwatersrand
2 publications, 1.26%
Stellenbosch University
2 publications, 1.26%
IPB University
2 publications, 1.26%
University of Lagos
2 publications, 1.26%
Lagos State University
2 publications, 1.26%
University of California, Berkeley
2 publications, 1.26%
Harvard University
2 publications, 1.26%
University of the Philippines Los Baños
2 publications, 1.26%
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USA
49 publications, 30.82%
Canada, 34, 21.38%
Canada
34 publications, 21.38%
United Kingdom, 33, 20.75%
United Kingdom
33 publications, 20.75%
Australia, 31, 19.5%
Australia
31 publications, 19.5%
Switzerland, 14, 8.81%
Switzerland
14 publications, 8.81%
Germany, 13, 8.18%
Germany
13 publications, 8.18%
France, 12, 7.55%
France
12 publications, 7.55%
Norway, 12, 7.55%
Norway
12 publications, 7.55%
Sweden, 12, 7.55%
Sweden
12 publications, 7.55%
Spain, 11, 6.92%
Spain
11 publications, 6.92%
South Africa, 10, 6.29%
South Africa
10 publications, 6.29%
Portugal, 8, 5.03%
Portugal
8 publications, 5.03%
Brazil, 8, 5.03%
Brazil
8 publications, 5.03%
Italy, 6, 3.77%
Italy
6 publications, 3.77%
Netherlands, 6, 3.77%
Netherlands
6 publications, 3.77%
Malaysia, 5, 3.14%
Malaysia
5 publications, 3.14%
Trinidad and Tobago, 5, 3.14%
Trinidad and Tobago
5 publications, 3.14%
Fiji, 5, 3.14%
Fiji
5 publications, 3.14%
Chile, 5, 3.14%
Chile
5 publications, 3.14%
China, 4, 2.52%
China
4 publications, 2.52%
Nigeria, 4, 2.52%
Nigeria
4 publications, 2.52%
Denmark, 3, 1.89%
Denmark
3 publications, 1.89%
Ireland, 3, 1.89%
Ireland
3 publications, 1.89%
Kenya, 3, 1.89%
Kenya
3 publications, 1.89%
Monaco, 3, 1.89%
Monaco
3 publications, 1.89%
New Zealand, 3, 1.89%
New Zealand
3 publications, 1.89%
New Caledonia, 3, 1.89%
New Caledonia
3 publications, 1.89%
UAE, 3, 1.89%
UAE
3 publications, 1.89%
Saudi Arabia, 3, 1.89%
Saudi Arabia
3 publications, 1.89%
Seychelles, 3, 1.89%
Seychelles
3 publications, 1.89%
Sri Lanka, 3, 1.89%
Sri Lanka
3 publications, 1.89%
Ghana, 2, 1.26%
Ghana
2 publications, 1.26%
Israel, 2, 1.26%
Israel
2 publications, 1.26%
Costa Rica, 2, 1.26%
Costa Rica
2 publications, 1.26%
Panama, 2, 1.26%
Panama
2 publications, 1.26%
Uruguay, 2, 1.26%
Uruguay
2 publications, 1.26%
Philippines, 2, 1.26%
Philippines
2 publications, 1.26%
Falkland Islands (Malvinas), 2, 1.26%
Falkland Islands (Malvinas)
2 publications, 1.26%
Russia, 1, 0.63%
Russia
1 publication, 0.63%
Ukraine, 1, 0.63%
Ukraine
1 publication, 0.63%
Austria, 1, 0.63%
Austria
1 publication, 0.63%
Bangladesh, 1, 0.63%
Bangladesh
1 publication, 0.63%
India, 1, 0.63%
India
1 publication, 0.63%
Indonesia, 1, 0.63%
Indonesia
1 publication, 0.63%
Colombia, 1, 0.63%
Colombia
1 publication, 0.63%
Côte d'Ivoire, 1, 0.63%
Côte d'Ivoire
1 publication, 0.63%
Cuba, 1, 0.63%
Cuba
1 publication, 0.63%
Kuwait, 1, 0.63%
Kuwait
1 publication, 0.63%
Malta, 1, 0.63%
Malta
1 publication, 0.63%
Niue, 1, 0.63%
Niue
1 publication, 0.63%
Poland, 1, 0.63%
Poland
1 publication, 0.63%
Romania, 1, 0.63%
Romania
1 publication, 0.63%
Finland, 1, 0.63%
Finland
1 publication, 0.63%
Japan, 1, 0.63%
Japan
1 publication, 0.63%
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