Journal profile
Marine Ecology Progress Series
Marine Ecology Progress Series is published by Inter-Research under ISSN 0171-8630. It holds an h-index of 297 across 18,340 indexed works, with a two-year mean citedness of 2.06, and is not fully open access. Its main subject areas are Marine and fisheries research, Marine Biology and Ecology Research, Marine and coastal plant biology.
Below: the full publication record, and one real article from the journal formatted in IEEE, APA, and BibTeX so you can match field order against a source you can check.
Publication record and impact metrics
| Publisher | Inter-Research |
|---|---|
| ISSN-L | 0171-8630 |
| All ISSNs | 0171-8630, 1616-1599 |
| Indexed works | 18,340 |
| Total citations | 1,097,776 |
| h-index | 297 |
| 2-year mean citedness | 2.06 |
| Open access | Not fully open access |
| Main topics | Marine and fisheries research · Marine Biology and Ecology Research · Marine and coastal plant biology · Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies · Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies |
Publication figures come from this journal's OpenAlex record, released under CC0, and are a dated snapshot rather than a live count. Check the publisher for current scope and submission requirements.
A worked example from this journal
The source
The Ecological Role of Water-Column Microbes in the Sea
- Authors
- F Azam, Tom Fenchel, JG Field, J. S. Gray, LA Meyer-Reil, T. Frede Thingstad
- Year
- 1983
- Volume
- 10
- Pages
- 257-263
IEEE
F. Azam, T. Fenchel, J. Field, J. S. Gray, L. Meyer-Reil, T. F. Thingstad "The Ecological Role of Water-Column Microbes in the Sea," Marine Ecology Progress Series, vol. 10, pp. 257-263, 1983, doi: 10.3354/meps010257.
IEEE prints author initials before the surname and abbreviates the periodical title. Check the abbreviation for Marine Ecology Progress Series against your target publication's reference list before submitting.
APA
Azam, F., Fenchel, T., Field, J., Gray, J. S., Meyer-Reil, L., & Thingstad, T. F. (1983). The Ecological Role of Water-Column Microbes in the Sea. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 10, 257-263. https://doi.org/10.3354/meps010257
APA puts the year directly after the authors, keeps the full journal title in italics, and renders the DOI as a URL.
BibTeX
@article{azam1983,
author = {F Azam and Tom Fenchel and JG Field and J. S. Gray and LA Meyer-Reil and T. Frede Thingstad},
title = {The Ecological Role of Water-Column Microbes in the Sea},
journal = {Marine Ecology Progress Series},
volume = {10},
pages = {257--263},
year = {1983},
issn = {0171-8630},
doi = {10.3354/meps010257}
}The citation key is the first author's surname and the year. Keep it stable once it appears in a draft, because renaming it breaks every cite that used it.
What to verify before you submit
- The volume and page range. Marine Ecology Progress Series records 18,340 works, and articles published online first can carry a different volume from the final issue. Cite the version you read.
- The abbreviated title. IEEE style uses standard periodical abbreviations, and registry metadata almost always returns the full name instead.
- Author name order. Registry records store full given names; IEEE and APA both want initials, formatted differently from each other.
- Whether the article is open access. This journal is not fully open access, which affects whether a reader can reach the version you cited.
- That the source supports your claim. A correctly formatted reference says nothing about whether the passage backs the sentence citing it.
How this journal sits in the record
Marine Ecology Progress Series carries an h-index of 297, which is above 29% of the journals covered here, and its articles have accumulated 1,097,776 citations across 18,340 indexed works. Its two-year mean citedness is 2.06.
Inter-Research is the only publisher of this title in the set covered here, so check its own author guidance for reference style.
These are indexing figures describing how often work in this venue is cited. They say nothing about whether a particular article is sound, and they are not a substitute for reading it.
Questions about Marine Ecology Progress Series
What is the ISSN of Marine Ecology Progress Series?
The linking ISSN is 0171-8630. The journal also carries 1616-1599, which usually separate the print and electronic editions. Use the linking ISSN in a BibTeX issn field.
Who publishes Marine Ecology Progress Series?
Inter-Research publishes it. Check the journal's own author guidance rather than a general publisher template, because reference style is set per title.
Is Marine Ecology Progress Series open access?
OpenAlex does not record it as fully open access. Some articles may still be open individually, so check the specific article rather than assuming from the journal.
How do I cite an article from Marine Ecology Progress Series in LaTeX?
Use the BibTeX entry above as the pattern. The entry type is article, the journal field holds the full title, and the citation key azam1983 follows the first author's surname and the year. Brace any acronym in the title so your bibliography style does not lowercase it.
Does Marine Ecology Progress Series use page numbers or article numbers?
The example article runs from page 257 to 263, so this journal used page ranges at least for that volume. Newer issues in many journals switched to article numbers, so check the version you are citing.
How influential is Marine Ecology Progress Series?
Its h-index is 297, above 29% of the journals covered here, and its articles have been cited 1,097,776 times in total. Its two-year mean citedness is 2.06. These are indexing figures, not a judgement of whether a specific article is sound.
Does Marine Ecology Progress Series have a Journal Impact Factor?
Not one shown here. The Journal Impact Factor is Clarivate's metric, published in Journal Citation Reports and readable only with a JCR subscription, so this page does not restate it. The figures above come from OpenAlex: an h-index of 297 and a two-year mean citedness of 2.06 across 18,340 indexed works, captured on 2026-09-18. Mean citedness averages citations per work over a two-year window, which makes it closer in construction to CiteScore than to the Impact Factor. The three are not interchangeable, so quote whichever one your target venue actually asks for.