Abstract
This article provides a reflection on the original aims of WMU Journal of Maritime Affairs (JOMA) and its achievements over its 17 years of existence. JOMA has been a central medium for research and international dialogues for issues relating to the global maritime field. It has pursued a philosophy of aiming to provide a wide range of professionals in the maritime fields and to offer a fair representation of various research areas and to promote interdisciplinarity in research. JOMA has evolved in a rapidly changing world of maritime affairs, which witnesses major global challenges on the horizon, as represented by the need for the UN 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. Bibliometric analyses were used in this article to examine the research output from JOMA in terms of citations, geographic distribution of authorships, and research areas. The ‘moving average of annual citation ratio’ is adopted as a tool to analyse its output and impact on various research areas published in JOMA since its beginning.
Highlights
The WMU Journal of Maritime Affairs was founded with the aim of providing a central medium for research and international dialogue for issues relating to the global maritime field
This study provides a reflection on Journal of Maritime Affairs (JOMA)’s aims from the perspective of its original mission for the maritime field and offers some insights into its holistic picture to represent the maritime field in a broad term
A bibliometric analysis of JOMA articles was conducted to aid in assessing its past performance and achievements, as well as identifying new directions for future volumes
Summary
The WMU Journal of Maritime Affairs ( called as JOMA) was founded with the aim of providing a central medium for research and international dialogue for issues relating to the global maritime field. It was in recognition of a need to internationally consolidate maritime research as a distinct field of study. With the ambition for WMU to become a global centre of excellence in maritime research, an instrument of continuous discussion on maritime issues was needed. The Journal was aimed to be interdisciplinary in nature and firmly anchored in real issues of the industry, so as to remain accessible to a wide range of professionals ranging from maritime administration, industry, and academia. The articles published in JOMA originally covered an interdisciplinary field comprising the subject’s maritime safety, marine environment protection, and shipping operations, with particular focus on the human element and the impact of technology
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