Journal profile · Economics, Econometrics and Finance-General Economics, Econometrics and Finance
Journal of Shipping and Trade
ISSN 2364-4575 · SpringerOpen · United Kingdom
Journal of Shipping and Trade: fully open access; APC about USD 1,690; median 211 days to acceptance (71 articles, last 24 months); 31 articles in 2025; indexed in Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Journal of Shipping and Trade is published by SpringerOpen. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Maritime Ports and Logistics, Maritime Transport Emissions and Efficiency and Transport and Logistics Innovations, together about 50.7% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Journal of Shipping and Trade (JST) is an open access, multi-disciplinary publication that focuses both on business & management, as well as transportation-related fields. JST aims to promote practices in shipping and to improve the management of global trade activities. Towards achieving these objectives, JST provides a vehicle to facilitate professionals, academics, researchers, and policy makers in the field to disseminate information and to learn from one another’s work. As a scholarly journal emphasizing shipping and trade related studies and research, JST plays a key role in establishing communication links among global shipping and trade researchers. JST also aims to contribute to current and emerging issues in shipping and trade as raised by global and regional public bodies (such as the World Bank and OECD) and major market players. JST considers papers covering shipping economics, trade and economic development, transportation management, global port management, regional studies, environmental management in shipping and trade, business model development, as well as other related topics.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Economics, Econometrics and Finance-General Economics, Econometrics and Finance
Editor-in-chief Kee-Hung LaiPublisher website
Editorial board by country: 6 in mainland China (about 7%); most named United Kingdom 10, Mainland China 6, Greece 5, Hong Kong, China 4, Taiwan, China 4 (86 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Maritime Ports and LogisticsEngineering27.6%
- Maritime Transport Emissions and EfficiencyEnvironmental Science12.6%
- Transport and Logistics InnovationsEngineering10.6%
- transportation and logistics systemsSocial Sciences9.1%
- Global trade and economicsEconomics, Econometrics and Finance4%
- Maritime Navigation and SafetyEngineering4%
- Marine and Offshore Engineering StudiesEngineering3.5%
- Law, logistics, and international tradeBusiness, Management and Accounting3.5%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CiteScore quartiles (Scopus, June 2026 release)
| Subject | Quartile | Rank | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| General Economics, Econometrics and Finance | Q1 | 54/289 | 81st |
| General Business, Management and Accounting | Q2 | 90/235 | 61st |
| Transportation | Q2 | 69/169 | 59th |
Scopus ranks journals by CiteScore within each subject: the 75th percentile and above is Q1, then a quartile every 25 points. A different system from the CAS zones.LetPub
Database indexing
ScopusDOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
Google Scholar, EBSCO, ProQuest, Dimensions, CNKI, Baidu, Naver, OCLC, Portico, CLOCKSSPublisher website
As the journal's website lists them, not checked against each database; for Web of Science editions the records above apply.
Editions, and major and minor categories, are shown separately and never merged into one zone; check which edition your institution uses before you submit or report.
Metrics
Impact metrics and publication volume
Impact
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 4.6LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.61LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.73LetPub ·
- h-index
- 30OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 105OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 5.43OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Volume
- Downloads per year (publisher) 2025
- 390,400Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 250 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 35 | 35 | 732 |
| 2025 | 31 | 31 | 768 |
| 2024 | 31 | 31 | 640 |
| 2023 | 29 | 29 | 507 |
| 2022 | 28 | 28 | 351 |
| 2021 | 20 | 20 | 288 |
Sources count differently and were observed at different times, so each source's own value is kept; "publisher" marks figures from the journal's website.
Review & acceptance
Review time and acceptance
Review time from article dates manuscript dates registered with Crossref · to
199 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 118 days – 288 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 39 days (71 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 231 days
- Sample
- 71 articles with submission and acceptance dates (72 in the window); the latest was accepted on
Only articles that were accepted and published are counted, not the time spent on rejected manuscripts, so this usually runs longer than a publisher's "time to first decision".
Other sources
- Average review time (community reports)
- about 5 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to first decision
- 14 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 5 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Double anonymous peer reviewDOAJ
Community reports come from authors' own submissions (confidence 0.5) and are not a promise from the journal; for publisher figures, the journal's own definitions apply.
Fees & open access
APC and open-access policy
Fully open accessDOAJ
Every article is open access; authors usually pay an article processing charge (APC).
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOAJ | EUR 1,240 / USD 1,690 / GBP 1,140 | Yes | CC BY | |
| OpenAlex | USD 1,790 / EUR 1,290 / GBP 1,190 | — | — | |
| LetPub | GBP 1,130 / USD 1,645 / EUR 1,230 | Yes | — | |
| Publisher website | GBP 1,140 / USD 1,690 / EUR 1,240 | — | — |
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Submission
Article types and submission policies (journal website)
Open calls for papers1, by deadline
Publisher websiteWhat to prepare2 items from the author guidelines
- Reference style
- Author–date
- Templates
- LaTeX and Word
Article types accepted6
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- case studyOriginal Articles Commentaries Review Articles Short Reports Book review Case StudyLength not stated
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Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteData availability, License & copyright, Open access, Peer review
- Data availability Formatting the 'Availability of data and materials' section of your manuscript
Data availability strongly encouraged or required; deposit in public repositories or include in paper/supporting files. Model summary
The following format for the 'Availability of data and materials section of your manuscript should be used:
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright Licensing and copyright
Open access under CC BY-NC-ND or CC BY licence. Model summary
Creative Commons licences Open access articles in Springer Nature journals are published under Creative Commons licences. These provide an industry-standard framework to support easy re-use of open access material. Under Creative Commons licences, authors retain copyright of their articles. Journal of Shipping and Trade articles are published open access under a CC BY-NC-ND (Creative Commons Attri…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Benefits of open access
Publishing open access (OA) offers a number of benefits, including greater reach and readership for your work: Cited more 1.6x more citations of OA articles than non-OA articles across all subjects Downloaded more 4x more downloads of OA articles than non-OA articles Greater impact 2.5x more Altmetric attention. OA articles attracted 1.9x more news mentions and 1.2x more policy mentions Open acces…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Peer review policy
Peer review is the process used to evaluate the quality of a manuscript before publication. Independent researchers in the relevant field assess submitted manuscripts to check their validity and robustness. Their feedback guides editors in making publication decisions. Typically, two or more experts evaluate each manuscript based on three main criteria: scientific robustness: is the research metho…
Source ↗Publisher website ·
Excerpts are quoted from the journal's website; "model summary" lines are written by Workers AI and checked against the text. The journal's website is authoritative.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- SpringerOpen
- Country or region
- United Kingdom
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2364-4575
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Fee waivers ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
- Plagiarism policy ↗DOAJ
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Journal of Shipping and Trade
How long does peer review take at Journal of Shipping and Trade?
Based on the dates recorded on 71 articles published between November 2024 and November 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 211 days (interquartile range 118–299 days); authors report an average review time of about 5 weeks. Article statistics cover accepted papers only, publisher figures follow the journal's own definitions, and community reports come from authors' own submissions; none is a promise from the journal.
What are the manuscript requirements of Journal of Shipping and Trade?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Reference style: Author–date; Templates: LaTeX and Word. A model extracted these from the author guidelines and each was checked against the text; check the latest version on the journal's website before submitting.
Where are the editorial board members of Journal of Shipping and Trade based?
Of the 86 board members whose country the journal's board page names, 6 (about 7%) are in mainland China; the countries named most often are United Kingdom (10), Mainland China (6) and Greece (5). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Journal of Shipping and Trade?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Journal of Shipping and Trade is indexed in Scopus and DOAJ.
Is Journal of Shipping and Trade open access, and what is the APC?
Journal of Shipping and Trade is a fully open-access journal. APC about USD 1,690.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, DOAJ, Publisher website; every figure is tagged with its source and the date it was observed, and conflicting values are kept per source. LetPub source page: view ↗ (archived 2026-08-26). Last updated: .