The ''Journal of Coastal Research'' is a bimonthly
peer-review
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ed
scientific journal
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Content
Articles in scientific journals are mostly written by active scientists such as s ...
covering research on
coast
The coast, also known as the coastline or seashore, is defined as the area where land meets the ocean, or as a line that forms the boundary between the land and the coastline. The Earth has around of coastline. Coasts are important zones in n ...
al studies and processes. It was established in 1984 as ''Litoralia'', obtaining its current name in 1985. It is published by the
Coastal Education and Research Foundation, whose president and executive director, Charles W. Finkl, is also the journal's
editor-in-chief
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The highest-ranking editor of a publication may also be titled editor, managing ...
. The journal has been a member of
BioOne
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BioOne was established in 1999 in Washington, DC, as a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization by five scholarly collaborators: the American Institute of Biological Sciences, the Scholarly P ...
since 2005.
According to the ''
Journal Citation Reports
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'', the journal has a 2016
impact factor
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of 0.915, ranking it 193rd out of 229 journals in the category "Environmental Sciences".
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