Journal metric profile

OCEAN DEVELOPMENT AND INTERNATIONAL LAW

Clarivate Journal Citation Reports (JCR)-based Journal Impact Factor, five-year Impact Factor, quartile, category rank, publisher, identifiers and citation profile for the 2025 metric year.

JCR-based Impact Factor 1.400 2025 metric year
5-Year Impact Factor 1.600 Longer citation window
JCR Quartile Q1 Subject-category quartile
JCR Category Rank 90/434 Recorded category rank

OCEAN DEVELOPMENT AND INTERNATIONAL LAW JCR impact factor overview

This profile summarizes the journal metrics and publication information available in the current directory record.

Page reviewed August 6, 2026

OCEAN DEVELOPMENT AND INTERNATIONAL LAW metric snapshot

OCEAN DEVELOPMENT AND INTERNATIONAL LAW has a bibliometric profile in this directory for 2025. The publisher recorded for the journal is TAYLOR & FRANCIS INC. Its listed Clarivate Journal Citation Reports (JCR)-based Journal Impact Factor is 1.400. The five-year Journal Impact Factor is 1.600, giving a second citation window for comparison. The journal is recorded in quartile Q1 for its listed JCR category.

Category position and quartile

The recorded JCR category position is 90 out of 434 journals. Based on that rank position, the journal sits within approximately the top 21% of the listed category. Its listed quartile is Q1. Category ranks and quartiles are field-specific and are not measures of the quality of an individual article.

How the citation indicators compare

The five-year Journal Impact Factor (1.600) is 0.200 points higher than the standard Journal Impact Factor (1.400). Without journal self-citations, the Impact Factor is 1.300, a difference of 0.100 points from the listed standard value. The Journal Citation Indicator (JCI) is recorded as 1.160. These measures use different definitions or citation windows, so they are most useful when read together rather than treated as interchangeable scores.

Citation and publication counts

For 2025, the directory record for OCEAN DEVELOPMENT AND INTERNATIONAL LAW lists total cites: 475; total articles: 42; citable items: 42. These fields describe different parts of the JCR record and should not be combined into an article-level quality score.

Citation half-life profile

The cited half-life is 11.1 years, indicating the median age of items that contributed citations to the journal in the reporting framework. The citing half-life is 9.4 years, indicating the median age of references used by the journal’s articles.

Identifiers and verification

OCEAN DEVELOPMENT AND INTERNATIONAL LAW is identified in this directory by print ISSN 0090-8320 and electronic ISSN 1521-0642. The publisher is recorded as TAYLOR & FRANCIS INC. When making submission, library, or research-evaluation decisions, verify the title and identifiers against the journal publisher and the official Clarivate Journal Citation Reports record.

Complete journal information

Use this table to verify the individual metric values, identifiers and publication details stored for this journal.

Journal nameOCEAN DEVELOPMENT AND INTERNATIONAL LAW
Abbreviated journalOCEAN DEV INT LAW
PublisherTAYLOR & FRANCIS INC
Metric year2025
Overall rank11,211
ISSN0090-8320
eISSN1521-0642
Total cites475
Total articles42
Citable items42
Cited half-life11.1 years
Citing half-life9.4 years
JCR-based Journal Impact Factor1.400
5-Year Impact Factor1.600
Impact Factor without journal self-cites1.300
Journal Citation Indicator1.160
JCR Impact Factor quartileQ1
JCR category rank90/434
Database record updated

Frequently asked questions

What is the 2025 JCR-based Journal Impact Factor of OCEAN DEVELOPMENT AND INTERNATIONAL LAW?

The Journal Impact Factor recorded in this directory as a Clarivate Journal Citation Reports (JCR)-based value for OCEAN DEVELOPMENT AND INTERNATIONAL LAW is 1.400 for the 2025 metric year.

What are the JCR quartile and category rank of OCEAN DEVELOPMENT AND INTERNATIONAL LAW?

OCEAN DEVELOPMENT AND INTERNATIONAL LAW is listed with quartile Q1 and category rank 90/434. These values are category-specific and should be verified against the official JCR record when used for formal assessment.

What is the five-year Journal Impact Factor of OCEAN DEVELOPMENT AND INTERNATIONAL LAW?

The five-year Journal Impact Factor recorded for OCEAN DEVELOPMENT AND INTERNATIONAL LAW is 1.600. It uses a longer citation window than the standard Journal Impact Factor.

Who publishes OCEAN DEVELOPMENT AND INTERNATIONAL LAW?

OCEAN DEVELOPMENT AND INTERNATIONAL LAW is listed in this directory as being published by TAYLOR & FRANCIS INC.

Additional records from the same publisher or with a similar listed JCR Impact Factor.