Journal of Marine Science and Engineering (ISSN 2077-1312) is an international peer-reviewed open access journal of marine science and engineering published monthly online by MDPI.
Open Access - free for readers, with article processing charges (APC) paid by authors or their institutions.
High visibility: Indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded in Web of Science, in Inspec (IET) and in Scopus.
CiteScore (2018 Scopus data): 1.76, which equals rank 30/92 in 'Ocean Engineering', rank 105/288 in 'Civil and Structural Engineering' and rank 77/203 in 'Water Science and Technology'.
Rapid publication: manuscripts are peer-reviewed and a first decision provided to authors approximately 16.1 days after submission; acceptance to publication is undertaken in 4.8 days (median values for papers published in this journal in the first half of 2019).
Recognition of reviewers: reviewers who provide timely, thorough peer-review reports receive vouchers entitling them to a discount on the APC of their next publication in any MDPI journal, in appreciation of the work done.
Impact Factor: 1.732 (2018)