Ocean Engineering

pISSN: 0029-8018eISSN: 1873-5258• JCR: OCEAN ENGElsevier BVUnited Kingdom
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2026 Impact Factor

6.3

Released June 2026 · Based on 2025 citation data

↑ 0.8 (+14.6%) vs last year

Impact Factor History

  1. Metric year 2025

    Released

    6.3
  2. Metric year 2024

    5.5

JCR Category Rankings

Journal Citation Reports category rankings
CategoryIndexesQuartile
ENGINEERING, CIVILSCIEQ1
ENGINEERING, MARINESCIEQ1
ENGINEERING, OCEANSCIEQ1
OCEANOGRAPHYSCIEQ1
Q1
JCR Quartile
B4
CAS Block

Ocean Engineering current release and JCR quartile

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Ranking position in Engineering

Ranked #556 in Engineering by impact factor and #536 among Q1 Engineering journals. This context helps compare Ocean Engineering against journals publishing in the same field.

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Ocean Engineering publication trend

Published 13,253 papers across the last 5 recorded years with a current impact factor of 6.3.

2026 vs 2025: -2,427
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Journal Details

Total Articles
25,098
H-Index
168
Open Access
Hybrid
APC
$4,030 USD
Subject Areas
Computational MechanicsOcean EngineeringOcean EngineeringEarth-Surface Processes

Article Volume

2022
2,635
2023
2,844
2024
3,257
2025
3,472
2026
1,045
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