39 Ocean Engineering journals (Engineering) in ORBIT Tier 2 with at least 10 papers in 2025. ORBIT Tier 2: second quarter of Engineering by citation impact, our own ranking. Not a Scopus or Web of Science quartile.
As of 2 October 2026. From OpenAlex, Crossref and DOAJ. ORBIT Tier is our own ranking within a field, not a Scopus or Web of Science quartile.
| Journal | ISSN | Papers in 2025 | ORBIT Tier | Fee to publish | Open access | DOAJ | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ships and Offshore Structures | 1744-5302 | 327 | 2 | Fee not published | No | No | United Kingdom |
| Iraqi Geological Journal | 2414-6064 | 207 | 2 | ≈ ₹16,857 to publish | Yes | Yes | Iraq |
| TransNav the International Journal on Marine Navigation and Safety of Sea Transportation | 2083-6473 | 166 | 2 | ≈ ₹54,416 to publish | Yes | Yes | Poland |
| The International Journal of Maritime Engineering | 1479-8751 | 100 | 2 | Fee not published | No | No | United Kingdom |
| Geosystem Engineering | 1226-9328 | 90 | 2 | Fee not published | No | No | United Kingdom |
| World Water Policy | 2639-541X | 82 | 2 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United States |
| Vestnik Gosudarstvennogo universiteta morskogo i rechnogo flota imeni admirala S O Makarova | 2309-5180 | 77 | 2 | Fee not published | No | No | Russia |
| Water and Environment Journal | 0951-7359 | 73 | 2 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United Kingdom |
| Rudarsko-geološko-naftni zbornik | 0353-4529 | 71 | 2 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Croatia |
| Archaeological Prospection | 1075-2196 | 68 | 2 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United Kingdom |
| Iraqi Journal of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering | 1997-4884 | 68 | 2 | IQD 75,000 to publish | Yes | Yes | Iraq |
| Journal of Ocean Engineering and Technology | 1225-0767 | 65 | 2 | ≈ ₹28,306 to publish | Yes | Yes | South Korea |
| Transactions on Maritime Science | 1848-3305 | 62 | 2 | Fee not published | Yes | No | Croatia |
| Computational Geosciences | 1420-0597 | 59 | 2 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | Netherlands |
| Water Economics and Policy | 2382-624X | 56 | 2 | Fee not published | No | No | Singapore |
| Journal of energy resources technology. | 2998-1638 | 54 | 2 | Fee not published | No | No | NYU |
| Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers Part M Journal of Engineering for the Maritime Environment | 1475-0902 | 52 | 2 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United Kingdom |
| Near Surface Geophysics | 1569-4445 | 49 | 2 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | Netherlands |
| International Marine Energy Journal | 2631-5548 | 47 | 2 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | United Kingdom |
| Journal of the Society of Naval Architects of Korea | 1225-1143 | 46 | 2 | Fee not published | No | No | South Korea |
| Egyptian Journal of Petroleum | 1110-0621 | 43 | 2 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Egypt |
| Marine Technology Society Journal | 0025-3324 | 40 | 2 | Fee not published | No | No | United States |
| Journal of ETA Maritime Science | 2147-2955 | 39 | 2 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Türkiye |
| Sustainable Marine Structures | 2661-3158 | 37 | 2 | ≈ ₹1,15,594 to publish | Yes | No | Singapore |
| Water SA | 0378-4738 | 35 | 2 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | South Africa |
| Brazilian Journal of Petroleum and Gas | 1982-0593 | 28 | 2 | Fee not published | Yes | No | Brazil |
| Pomorstvo | 1332-0718 | 25 | 2 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Croatia |
| International Journal of Ocean Systems Management | 1752-6582 | 24 | 2 | Fee not published | No | No | United Kingdom |
| Benefits of Ocean Observing Catalog (BOOC) | 3068-2320 | 23 | 2 | Fee not published | No | No | |
| Marine Energy Research | 3008-0924 | 22 | 2 | Fee not published | No | No | Cocos (Keeling) Islands |
| Journal of Sailing Technology | 2475-370X | 19 | 2 | Fee not published | No | No | United States |
| Petroleum Science and Engineering | 2640-4486 | 16 | 2 | Fee not published | Yes | No | United States |
| Journal of Petroleum and Mining Engineering | 1110-6506 | 15 | 2 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Egypt |
| Ship Technology Research | 0937-7255 | 15 | 2 | Fee not published | No | No | United Kingdom |
| American Journal of Water Science and Engineering | 2575-1867 | 14 | 2 | Fee not published | Yes | No | United States |
| Journal of Environmental and Engineering Geophysics | 1083-1363 | 13 | 2 | Fee not published | No | No | United States |
| Journal of GeoEnergy | 2976-5501 | 13 | 2 | Free to publish | No | No | |
| Journal of Water Research | 2994-7510 | 12 | 2 | Fee not published | No | No | |
| Journal of Marine and Engineering Technology | 2791-7134 | 10 | 2 | Fee not published | No | No |