Journal profile · Engineering, Ocean
Sea technology
ISSN 0093-3651 · Compass Publications Inc. · UNITED STATES · Monthly
Sea technology: CAS Zone 4 · Engineering (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 0.02; subscription journal; review 6–12 weeks (community reports); community-reported acceptance: easy; 21 articles a year; indexed in Scopus; flagged on an early-warning list or for an indexing change: check before submitting; the journal's website says it has ceased publication.
The journal's website says it has ceased publication: Sea Technology will cease publication permanently. Source ↗Publisher website ·
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Sea technology is published by Compass Publications Inc. 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 Underwater Vehicles and Communication Systems, Offshore Engineering and Technologies and Maritime Navigation and Safety, together about 27.2% of its articles. Its main subfields are Ocean Engineering. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
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From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Engineering, Ocean
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Underwater Vehicles and Communication SystemsEngineering10%
- Offshore Engineering and TechnologiesEngineering9.1%
- Maritime Navigation and SafetyEngineering8.1%
- Underwater Acoustics ResearchEarth and Planetary Sciences6.7%
- Marine and Offshore Engineering StudiesEngineering6.7%
- Reservoir Engineering and Simulation MethodsEngineering6.2%
- Coastal and Marine ManagementEnvironmental Science5.2%
- Maritime Transport Emissions and EfficiencyEnvironmental Science4.3%
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 | Engineering, Ocean | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Engineering Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Engineering | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Engineering, Ocean | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
ScopusLetPub
Early warning / risk: Marked as ceased in SCIE on 16 February 2026. CAS Early Warning Journal List: not listed in any of 6 editions.LetPub
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
- Impact factor
- 0.02LetPub ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 0LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.1LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0LetPub ·
- h-index
- 19LetPub ·
- h-index
- 11OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 16OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 21LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 197 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
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
- Average review time (community reports)
- 6–12 weeksLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- EasyLetPub ·
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)
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteConflicts of interest, Preprints
- Conflicts of interest DISCLOSURE
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Source ↗Publisher website ·- Preprints
The journal will cease publication permanently. Model summary
Sea Technology will cease publication permanently.
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
- Compass Publications Inc.
- Country or region
- UNITED STATES
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Monthly
- ISSN
- 0093-3651
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Submission system ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Sea technology
What CAS zone is Sea technology in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Sea technology is in Zone 4 of Engineering, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Engineering, Ocean. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Sea technology?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 0.02; CiteScore 0, h-index 11.
How long does peer review take at Sea technology?
Authors report an average review time of 6–12 weeks; the community-reported acceptance is “Easy”. 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.
Which databases index Sea technology?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Sea technology is indexed in Scopus.
Is Sea technology open access, and what is the APC?
Sea technology 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: .