African Journal of Marine Science

Published by National Inquiry Services Center (NISC)

Abbrev: Afr. J. Mar. Sci.

ISSN 1814-232XEISSN 1814-2338

Previously known as: South African Journal of Marine Science

Database Coverage

Scopus
SCIE
Scilit

Journal Articles

All-time journal articles: 1,158
2025 journal articles: 42

Subject

Marine Biology
Animal Biology

Publications Analysis

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Publications in 2016-2026

Open Access Publications in 2016-2026

Top Subjects

Publications in 2016-2026.

Subject	Publications
Marine Biology	347
Animal Biology	156
Environmental Sciences	66
Ecological Monitoring	49
Ocean Dynamics	37
Evolutionary Genomics	27
Entomology	19
Hydrometeorology	18
Climate Change	18
Genetics & Genomics	14

Top Countries

Publications in 2016-2026.

Country	Publications
South Africa	340
United States	26
United Kingdom	25
France	22
Kenya	21
Norway	18
Namibia	15
Australia	14
Spain	12
Portugal	10

Citation analysis

Publications published in 2023-2024 and cited in 2025.

Total Citations: 67
Total Publications: 55
Average Citations: 1.22
Cited Publications: 29
Cited Publications %: 52.7%
Self Citations: 3
Self Citations %: 4.5%

Metrics

2025 Integrated Impact Indicators

I3: 24
I3/N: 0.47
h5_index: 14
Monthly Citation Metric (MCM): 0.98

Monthly Citation Metric

Citations per year

All citations in 2016-2026

Citation Distribution

All citations to publications in 2023-2024.

Q1: 1
Med: 2
Q3: 4.5
99%: 24.3
Max: 27

Citation Origins

Publications published in 2023-2024 and cited in 2025.

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