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Marine Biodiversity is a peer-reviewed international journal devoted to all aspects of biodiversity research in marine ecosystems and in particular, encourages contributions dealing with the understanding of the evolution and maintenance of biodiversity in marine systems and the role of species in structuring marine ecosystem functioning.

Marine Biodiversity considers original research papers, reviews, short notes and two-page news (Oceanarium) on the distribution of species, diversity patterns and gradients, processes and factors influencing community structure, structure and function of marine ecosystems, models and concepts (also based on higher taxonomic levels) explaining any aspect of species co-existence and species distribution. We also consider for publication descriptions of new methods to improve biodiversity research and species inventories, present and historical use of marine biodiversity and ecosystem services by human populations, taxonomy, systematics and phylogeny as well as morphological and genetic diversity. New records of distributions of individual species will not be considered for publication unless high implications for biogeography or ecosystem structure and functioning can be demonstrated. Taxonomic papers and descriptions of new methods should be put in a wider perspective.

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Editor-in-Chief
  • Pedro Martínez Arbizu
Impact factor
1.6 (2022)
5 year impact factor
1.6 (2022)
Submission to first decision (median)
25 days
Downloads
212,700 (2023)

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Electronic ISSN
1867-1624
Print ISSN
1867-1616
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  1. Astrophysics Data System (ADS)
  2. BIOSIS
  3. Baidu
  4. Biological Abstracts
  5. CLOCKSS
  6. CNKI
  7. CNPIEC
  8. Current Contents/Agriculture, Biology & Environmental Sciences
  9. Dimensions
  10. EBSCO
  11. EMBiology
  12. Engineering Village – GEOBASE
  13. Google Scholar
  14. INIS Atomindex
  15. Japanese Science and Technology Agency (JST)
  16. Meta
  17. Naver
  18. OCLC WorldCat Discovery Service
  19. Portico
  20. ProQuest
  21. SCImago
  22. SCOPUS
  23. Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE)
  24. TD Net Discovery Service
  25. UGC-CARE List (India)
  26. Wanfang
  27. Zoological Record
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