About this journal

Aims and scope

Maritime Policy & Management (MPM) is indexed in the Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI).

Maritime Policy & Management ( MPM ) is a multi-disciplinary and international refereed journal, it brings together papers on the different topics that concern the maritime industry. It provides the latest findings and analyses. Emphasis is placed on business, organizational, economic, sociolegal and management topics at port, community, shipping company and shipboard levels.

MPM is aimed at researchers, policy-makers and managers in the fields of maritime business. It is read by academics, government officials, journalists and those practicing maritime business in all its aspects around the world, and is intended to have both a theoretical and practical appeal.

Peer Review Integrity
All submitted manuscripts are subject to initial appraisal by the Editor, and, if found suitable for further consideration, to peer review by independent, anonymous expert referees. All peer review is double-blind and submission is online via ScholarOne Manuscripts.

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Maritime Policy & Management is aimed at interested policymakers and managers throughout the fields of shipping and ports. It is read by those practicing the business of shipping in all its aspects, academics, government officials, and journalists around the world, and is intended to have both a theoretical and practical appeal.

Journal metrics

Usage

  • 192K annual downloads/views

Citation metrics

  • 3.7 (2023) Impact Factor
  • Q2 Impact Factor Best Quartile
  • 4.0 (2023) 5 year IF
  • 8.2 (2023) CiteScore (Scopus)
  • Q1 CiteScore Best Quartile
  • 1.487 (2023) SNIP
  • 0.926 (2023) SJR

Speed/acceptance

  • 17 days avg. from submission to first decision
  • 73 days avg. from submission to first post-review decision
  • 10 days avg. from acceptance to online publication
  • 17% acceptance rate

Editorial board

Former Editor-in-Chief

Alastair Couper  (1973-1983) - Cardiff University, UK

Richard Goss  (1984-1993) - Cardiff University, UK

James McConville  (1994-2003) - London Guildhall University, UK

Heather McLaughlin  (2004-2016) - De Montfort University, UK

Editor-in-Chief

Kevin Li - Zhejiang University, China

Administrative Editors

Ximena Shi (Normal Issues) - Zhejiang University, China

Wendy Shi  (Special Issues) - University of Tasmania, Australia

Xueqin Wang  (Book Reviews) - Chung-Ang University, R of Korea

Lisa Fan  (Social Media) - Shanghai University, China

Associate Editors

Sharon Xiwen Bai - Tsinghua University, China

Jose Escribano - Imperial College London, UK

Xuehao Feng  - Zhejiang University, China

Enna Hirata  - Kobe University, Japan

Jasmine Siu Lee Lam  - Technical University of Denmark, Denmark

Adolf Ng - BNU-HKBU United International College, China

ManWo Ng  - Old Dominion University, USA

Kun Soo Park  - Seoul National University, R of Korea

Jeroen Pruyn -  Delft University of Technology, Netherlands

Ryuichi Shibasaki  - University of Tokyo, Japan

Dimitris Tsouknidis  - Athens University of Economics and Business, Greece

Dong Yang -  The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, HK

Jingbo Yin -  Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China

Kum Fai Yuen -  Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

Editorial Panel

Panagiotis Angeloudis - Imperial College London, UK

Austin H. Becker - University of Rhode Island, USA

Michael Bell - University of Sydney, Australia

Jan Hoffmann - Trade Logistics Branch of UNCTAD, Switzerland

Haiying Jia  - NHH Norwegian School of Economics, Norway

Manolis Kavussanos  - Athens University of Economics and Business, Greece

Kun-Chin Lin - University of Cambridge, UK

Chin-Shan Lu  - National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Taiwan

Meifeng Luo  - The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong

Sally Martin  - Chung-Ang University, R of Korea

Heather McLaughlin - De Montfort University, UK

Theo Notteboom  - Ghent University, Belgium

Thanos Pallis  - University of the Aegean, Greece

Photis M. Panayides  - Cyprus University of Technology, Cyprus

Francesco Parola  - Universitas Mercatorum, Italy

Jens-Uwe Schröder-Hinrichs - World Maritime University , Sweden

Yossi Sheffi  - Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA

Wayne K. Talley  - Old Dominion University, USA

Eddy Van de Voorde  - University of Antwerp, Belgium

Jin Wang - Liverpool John Moores University, UK

Su-Han Woo  - Chung-Ang University, R of Korea

Anming Zhang  - University of British Columbia, Canada

Qingcheng Zeng  - Dalian Maritime University, China

Books for, or offers to, review should be sent to the Editor at the address given below.

Editorial Office

Ximena Shi
Library Building 818,
Ocean College,
Zhejiang University,
No.1 Zheda Road,
Zhoushan Zhejiang,
China

Email:  [email protected]

Abstracting and indexing



Maritime Policy & Management is currently indexed and abstracted in:



CSA (Environmental Sciences and Pollution Management; ASFA-1: Biological Science and Living Resources; ASFA-2: Ocean Technology, Policy and Non-Living Resources; ASFA-3: Aquatic Pollution and Environmental Quality; Oceanic Abstracts; Recent References; Pollution Abstracts; Engineering Materials Abstracts; Composities Industry Abstracts; Mechanical and Transportation; Engineering Abstracts; Aluminium Industry Abstracts; Copper Data Abstracts; Corrosion Abstracts; Metadex; Advanced Polymers Abstracts; Aquatic Sciences & Fisheries Abstracts; Human Population & Natural Resource Management; Ceramic Abstracts; Computer and Information Systems Abstracts; Corrosion Abstracts; Earthquake Engineering Abstracts; Electronics and Communications Abstracts; Engineered Materials Abstracts; International Aerospace Abstracts; International Civil Engineering Abstracts; Materials Business File; Solid State and Superconductivity Abstracts; World Ceramics Abstracts); EBSCO (Academic Search Premier, Business Source Corporate, Business Source Premier, Environmental Policy Index, TOC Premier), Econlit; GEOBASE; OCLC; Scopus; Swets Information Services; TRIS; and ThomsonGale.

Open access

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  3. Freely share your work with anyone, anywhere
  4. Comply with funding mandates and meet the requirements of your institution, employer or funder
  5. Rigorous peer review for every open access article

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Association information

International Association of Maritime Economists

The International Association of Maritime Economists (IAME) is an international forum for the exchange of research and information among those interested in maritime and maritime-related issues. Membership is drawn from all continents and representation includes academics, industry and government.

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