Journal History

2013 The inaugural issue was released, initially published as a quarterly journal.
2015 Journal of Marine Science and Engineering was indexed by INSPEC.
Journal of Marine Science and Engineering was divided into four topical sections: "Section Chemical Oceanography", "Section Physical Oceanography", "Section Marine Biology" and "Section Ocean Engineering"
2017 Journal of Marine Science and Engineering was indexed by Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI - Web of Science) and Scopus (Elsevier).
Journal of Marine Science and Engineering started the Travel Awards project.
2018 Journal of Marine Science and Engineering added one section "Section Geological Oceanography"
Journal of Marine Science and Engineering was indexed by Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE - Web of Science).
Journal of Marine Science and Engineering added one section "Section Coastal Engineering"
2019 Journal of Marine Science and Engineering was published as a monthly journal.
The impact factor was 1.732, and Journal of Marine Science and Engineering was ranked 34/66(Q3) in the category of OCEANOGRAPHY. The Travel Awards were offered.
2020 JMSE received a new impact factor (2.033), ranked Q2 (31/66) in “Oceanography".
JMSE announced the third edition of the Travel Awards.
JMSE established the following sections:
  • Marine Environmental Science.
JMSE became an affiliated journal of the Australia New Zealand Marine Biotechnology Society (ANZMBS).
2021 The impact factor was 2.458, and Journal of Marine Science and Engineering was ranked 29/65(Q2) in "OCEANOGRAPHY", 6/16(Q2) in "ENGINEERING, MARINE" and 8/16(Q2) in "ENGINEERING, OCEAN".
Journal of Marine Science and Engineering added one section "Marine Energy"
2022 JMSE received a new impact factor of 2.744 for the year 2021 and a new 5-Year Impact Factor of 2.727 for the year 2021, ranked Q1 (4/16) in "Engineering, Marine", Q2 (26/66 ) in "Oceanography" and Q2 (8/16) in "Engineering, Ocean".
JMSE announced the first edition of the Young Investigator Award, Outstanding Reviewer Award, Best Ph.D. Thesis Award.
2023 The year 2023 marks the 10th Anniversary of JMSE.

Editor-in-Chief

2013- Founding Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Tony Clare
2015- Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Dong-Sheng Jeng for "Section Ocean Engineering"
Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Boris Peter Koch for "Section Chemical Oceanography"
Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Charitha Pattiaratchi for "Section Physical Oceanography"
Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Magnus Wahlberg for "Section Marine Biology"
2018- Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Gary Wilson for "Section Geological Oceanography"
Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Roshanka Ranasinghe for "Section Coastal Engineering"
2020- Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Gerardo Gold-Bouchot for "Marine Environmental Science"
2021- Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Harshinie Karunarathna for "Section Coastal Engineering"
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