Journal profile · Engineering-Ocean Engineering
Maritime Affairs
ISSN 1946-6609 · Taylor & Francis
Maritime Affairs: subscription journal; 0 articles in 2025; indexed in Scopus.
The latest issue on the journal's website is from 2022 (Volume 18, Issue 2): the journal may have stopped publishing or moved platform in the last two years. Check its website before submitting.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Maritime Affairs is published by Taylor & Francis. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Maritime Security and History, International Relations and Foreign Policy and Global Maritime and Colonial Histories, together about 54.7% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Published by National Maritime Foundation from 2023. Maritime Affairs publishes well researched and informative articles on issues related to the sea. Each issue presents studies and research material from across the globe on issues contextual to oceanic activity like ship-building, maritime security, port modernisation, disaster management, laws of the sea etc. Maritime Affairs aims to promote awareness and informed public debate on how important the oceans are and provide constructive inputs for policy formulation. It includes studies on international relations and geo-political factors of strategic importance so as to suggest confidence building measures for enhancing maritime cooperation amongst the sea faring nations for achieving a stable security environment in South Asia and the Asia Pacific. Maritime Affairs would be of immense interest to the entire spectrum of the maritime and strategic community. Peer review All submitted commentaries and papers, after an initial appraisal by the editorial board, undergo a double blind peer review by independent, anonymous expert referees. All other submissions including perspectives, opinion pieces and book reviews undergo an internal review.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Engineering-Ocean Engineering
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Maritime Security and HistorySocial Sciences28.3%
- International Relations and Foreign PolicySocial Sciences16.4%
- Global Maritime and Colonial HistoriesSocial Sciences10%
- International Maritime Law IssuesEnvironmental Science9.4%
- Coastal and Marine ManagementEnvironmental Science5.6%
- Defense, Military, and Policy StudiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance4.8%
- Military Technology and StrategiesEngineering3%
- Belt and Road InitiativeEconomics, Econometrics and Finance2.6%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Not covered
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CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Not covered
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CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
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CiteScore quartiles (Scopus, June 2026 release)
| Subject | Quartile | Rank | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ocean Engineering | Q3 | 71/105 | 32nd |
| Water Science and Technology | Q3 | 193/261 | 26th |
| Transportation | Q4 | 108/141 | 23rd |
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
ScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
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
- 1.4LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2021
- 0.4Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.15LetPub ·
- SJR (publisher) 2021
- 0.14Publisher website ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.22LetPub ·
- SNIP (publisher) 2021
- 0.04Publisher website ·
- h-index
- 18OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 37OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Volume
- Downloads per year (publisher)
- 17,000Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 302 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 0 | 0 | 87 |
| 2025 | 0 | 0 | 179 |
| 2024 | 0 | 0 | 185 |
| 2023 | 0 | 0 | 252 |
| 2022 | 17 | 4 | 203 |
| 2021 | 23 | 1 | 163 |
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
- Peer review
- Double anonymous peer reviewPublisher website
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
Subscription journalLetPub
A subscription journal: articles are read by subscription or purchase, and authors usually pay no publication charge.
No source has fee information yet; check the journal's website.
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)
Article types accepted3
- book reviewBook Review | Published online: 9 Mar 2023Length not stated
- editorialEditorial | Published online: 2 Apr 2023Length not stated
- research articleResearch Article | Published online: 28 Sep 2022Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteOpen access, Peer review
- Open access Open access
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Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review
Double blind peer review for commentaries and papers; internal review for other submissions. Model summary
All submitted commentaries and papers, after an initial appraisal by the editorial board, undergo a double blind peer review by independent, anonymous expert referees. All other submissions including perspectives, opinion pieces and book reviews undergo an internal review.
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
- Taylor & Francis
- ISSN
- 1946-6609
- Print ISSN
- 0973-3159
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 18, Issue 2 (2022)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Maritime Affairs
Which databases index Maritime Affairs?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Maritime Affairs is indexed in Scopus.
Is Maritime Affairs open access, and what is the APC?
Maritime Affairs is a subscription journal. Fee information is not available yet; check the journal's website.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, 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: .