Journal profile · BUSINESS
Maritime Business Review
ISSN 2397-3757 · eISSN 2397-3765 · Emerald
Maritime Business Review: CAS Zone 4 · Engineering (2025 upgraded edition); fully open access; 25 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Maritime Business Review is published by Emerald and is in Zone 4 of Engineering in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Maritime Ports and Logistics, Maritime Transport Emissions and Efficiency and Maritime Navigation and Safety, together about 47.8% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Research area (LetPub): BUSINESS
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Maritime Ports and LogisticsEngineering30%
- Maritime Transport Emissions and EfficiencyEnvironmental Science10.5%
- Maritime Navigation and SafetyEngineering7.3%
- Cruise Tourism Development and ManagementSocial Sciences5.2%
- Urban and Freight Transport LogisticsEngineering4.6%
- Global trade and economicsEconomics, Econometrics and Finance4.5%
- Law, logistics, and international tradeBusiness, Management and Accounting4.3%
- Outsourcing and Supply Chain ManagementBusiness, Management and Accounting3.7%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Engineering Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Engineering | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Business | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Management | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Transportation | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Engineering Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Engineering | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Business | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Management | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Transportation | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
Database indexing
ESCIScopusLetPub
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
- 5.6LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.53LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.9LetPub ·
- h-index
- 29OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 106OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 3.27OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 10%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 100%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 24LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 250 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 15 | 15 | 7 |
| 2025 | 25 | 25 | 74 |
| 2024 | 20 | 20 | 115 |
| 2023 | 17 | 17 | 117 |
| 2022 | 19 | 19 | 188 |
| 2021 | 28 | 28 | 341 |
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.
Fees & open access
APC and open-access policy
Fully open accessOpenAlex
Every article is open access; authors usually pay an article processing charge (APC).
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.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Emerald
- ISSN
- 2397-3757
- Electronic ISSN
- 2397-3765
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Maritime Business Review
What CAS zone is Maritime Business Review in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Maritime Business Review is in Zone 4 of Engineering, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Business / Management / Transportation. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 2 of Engineering. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
Which databases index Maritime Business Review?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Maritime Business Review is indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Is Maritime Business Review open access, and what is the APC?
Maritime Business Review is a fully open-access journal. Fee information is not available yet; check the journal's website.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex; 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: .