Editorial Policies

Focus and Scope

Scientia Marina is the successor to Investigación Pesquera, a journal of marine sciences published since 1955 by the Instituto de Ciencias del Mar de Barcelona (CSIC). Scientia Marina is included in the Science Citation Index since 1998 and publishes original papers, reviews and comments concerning research in the following fields: Marine Biology and Ecology, Fisheries and Fisheries Ecology, Systematics, Faunistics and Marine Biogeography, Physical Oceanography, Chemical Oceanography, and Marine Geology. Emphasis is placed on articles of an interdisciplinary nature and of general interest.

 

Section Policies

Articles

Checked Open Submissions Checked Indexed Checked Peer Reviewed

Discussion articles

Checked Open Submissions Checked Indexed Checked Peer Reviewed

Featured Article

Checked Open Submissions Checked Indexed Checked Peer Reviewed

News & Comments

Checked Open Submissions Checked Indexed Unchecked Peer Reviewed

Book review

Checked Open Submissions Checked Indexed Unchecked Peer Reviewed

Note

Checked Open Submissions Checked Indexed Unchecked Peer Reviewed

Biographies

Unchecked Open Submissions Checked Indexed Unchecked Peer Reviewed
 

Peer Review Process

Manuscripts will be assigned to one of the Assistant Editors, who will critically evaluate their scientific merits, choose appropriate referees and evaluate the reviewer's comments. The Editor-in-Chief decides acceptation or rejection based on the reports and recommendations of the Assistant Editor.

 

Publication Frequency

Scientia Marina is published as one yearly Volume, divided into four quarterly Issues. A variable number of supplements is usually published every year. Supplements include monographs or Conference Proceedings on subjects related to the scope of the journal.

 

Open Access Policy

Scientia Marina provides full text, unrestricted access to all its contents immediately upon publication. Accepted articles appear online as "Forthcoming articles" as soon as the galley proofs have been approved by the authors and the Editor-in-Chief. No changes can be made after online publication.

 

Anti-plagiarism Policy

Editorial CSIC is a member of Similarity Check, a multi-publisher initiative started by Crossref to screen published and submitted content for originality.

Through Similarity Check, we use the iThenticate software to detect instances of overlapping and similar text in submitted or published manuscripts.

By depositing all of our content in the Similarity Check database we allow other Similarity Check members to screen their submissions against our published articles.

Further details on our authorship, originality and plagiarism policies can be found in our Good editorial practice guidelines section.

Crossref Similarity Check

 

Authorship identification

This Journal applies the ORCID ® persistent digital identifier as a way to ensure proper authorship normalisation.

 

Sales and Subscriptions

Subscriptions Contact
Editorial CSIC
Vitruvio, 8. 28006 Madrid
Sección de Revistas.
Phone: +34 91 515 96 70
Fax: +34 91 562 96 34
E-Mail: publ@orgc.csic.es

PRINT EDITION
For enquiry about printed format email to publ@csic.es

ONLINE EDITION
You may purchase single full issues or subscribe to the digital collection as PDF through the following vendors:
Casalini Libri s.p.a.
Digitalia US
e-Libro Corp. e-Libro.net and e-Libro.com

 

Exemption of responsability

The opinions and facts stated in each article are the exclusive responsibility of the authors. The “Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas” is not responsible in any case of the credibility and authenticity of the work.

 

Indexing systems

Scientia Marina is covered by the Web of Science: Journal Citation Reports (JCR), Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI), Current Contents - Agriculture, Biology & Environmental Sciences, Zoological Record and BIOSIS Previews; SCOPUS, CWTS Leiden Ranking (Journal indicators) Core publication, REDIB, AFEE Abstracts (SWRA), Agris, Aqualine, Aquatic Sciences and Fisheries Abstracts, Arevicien, Biological Abstracts, Chemical Abstracts, Fish & Fisheries Worldwide, J-Gate, Marine Sciences Contents Tables, Oceanic Abstracts, Oceanographic Literature Review, Pollution Abstracts, Referetivni Zhurnal, Research Alert, SciSearch and Selected Water Resources. Also included in Latindex Catalogue.