Journal of Dalian Maritime University is a comprehensive academic journal of science and engineering which mainly publishes research papers in the field of waterway transportation engineering. The colleting scope of this journal: research papers in the fields of transportation engineering, ship and ocean engineering, thermal energy and power, marine environment, electronic information, control, materials and other engineering fields.

This research article has been indexed in major international databases, including the Netherlands' SCOPUS database, the American Chemical Abstracts (CA), the Russian Abstract Journal (AJ), the American Cambridge Scientific Abstracts (CSA), and the British Maritime Technical Abstracts (BMTA). It was also included in the Engineering Index (Ei Compendex) database from 2007 to 2008. Additionally, it was selected for the 2020, 2021, and 2022 World Journal Citation Reports (WJCI) ranking of scientific journals.

This research article has been indexed in major domestic databases in China, including the Chinese Core Journal Overview, the Chinese Science Citation Database (CSCD), and the China Science and Technology Journal Citation Reports.

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