Cambridge Prisms-Coastal Futures

Cambridge Prisms-Coastal Futures is an open access peer-reviewed journal published by Cambridge University Press since 2024 under the eISSN 2754-7205, covering coastal science and the future of coastal environments with a 2025 Journal Impact Factor of 8.5 and first quartile ranks of 47 of 395 in environmental sciences and 3 of 124 in marine and freshwater biology in the Emerging Sources Citation Index《剑桥棱镜海岸未来》（Cambridge Prisms-Coastal Futures）是剑桥大学出版社自 2024 年起出版的开放获取同行评审期刊，电子刊号 2754-7205，覆盖海岸科学与海岸环境未来，2025 年影响因子为 8.5，在（ESCI）环境科学类 395 种期刊中列第 47 位、在海洋与淡水生物学类 124 种期刊中列第 3 位，均居第一四分位。

Scope

• The journal publishes original research, reviews and perspectives on coastal environments, including coastal ecology, geomorphology, oceanography, climate change impacts, coastal management and blue carbon该刊刊载海岸环境领域的原创研究、综述与观点，涉及海岸生态、地貌学、海洋学、气候变化影响、海岸管理与蓝碳等方向。
• It gives particular attention to interdisciplinary work that links natural and social science perspectives on coastal futures, and it welcomes studies on adaptation, resilience and sustainability of coastal communities and ecosystems该刊特别关注将自然科学与社会科学视角相连的海岸未来交叉研究，并欢迎关于海岸社区与生态系统适应、韧性与可持续性的研究。
• Article types include research articles, reviews, perspectives, policy analyses and case studies, and the journal operates a continuous publication model with articles assigned to a single annual volume文章类型包括研究论文、综述、观点、政策分析与案例研究，该刊采用连续出版模式，文章归入单一年度卷。
• As an open access journal it applies a Creative Commons attribution licence to accepted articles and levies an article processing charge on the corresponding author, with waivers available for qualifying authors作为开放获取期刊，该刊对录用文章采用知识共享署名许可，向通讯作者收取文章处理费，并对符合条件的作者提供减免。
• Peer review is conducted double-blind and the journal follows the Cambridge University Press editorial policies on data availability, research integrity and competing interests同行评审采用双盲方式，该刊遵循剑桥大学出版社关于数据可获取性、研究诚信与利益冲突的编辑政策。
• The journal is abstracted and indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index, Scopus and the Directory of Open Access Journals, and it is included in the Journal Citation Reports from the 2025 edition onwards该刊被（Emerging Sources Citation Index）、（Scopus）与开放获取期刊目录收录，并自 2025 年版起纳入期刊引证报告。

History

• The journal was launched in 2024 by Cambridge University Press as part of the Cambridge Prisms family of open access titles, a new portfolio line launched by the press to expand its open access offering该刊于 2024 年由剑桥大学出版社创办，属于剑桥棱镜系列开放获取期刊，后者是出版社为扩展开放获取业务而推出的新刊系列。
• It was conceived to provide a dedicated venue for coastal futures research at the intersection of environmental science and marine biology, and its founding editorial board drew members from coastal research institutions worldwide该刊定位为在环境科学与海洋生物学交叉处为海岸未来研究提供专门平台，首届编委来自世界各地海岸研究机构。
• From its first year the journal operated as a gold open access title with a Creative Commons licence, and it has retained the continuous publication model since launch自创刊起该刊即为金色开放获取期刊，采用知识共享许可，并一直沿用连续出版模式。
• The Journal Impact Factor was first reported as 8.5 in the 2025 Journal Citation Reports, placing the journal in the first quartile of both environmental sciences and marine and freshwater biology该刊的影响因子在 2025 年版期刊引证报告中首报 8.5，居环境科学与海洋及淡水生物学两类第一四分位。
• The publisher carries the journal on the Cambridge Core platform and the digital object identifier prefix of its articles is 10.1017, shared with other Cambridge University Press journals出版方将该刊载于（Cambridge Core）平台，其文章的数字对象唯一标识符前缀为（10.1017），与剑桥大学出版社其他期刊一致。

Editors

• The journal is led by an editor-in-chief supported by an international editorial board whose members are drawn from coastal research institutes, marine laboratories and environmental science departments across the world该刊由一位主编带领，配以由世界各地海岸研究所、海洋实验室与环境科学系学者组成的国际编委会。
• The editorial board includes section editors responsible for subject areas such as coastal ecology, coastal geomorphology, coastal management and blue carbon, reflecting the interdisciplinary scope of the journal编委会设有学科编辑，分别负责海岸生态、海岸地貌学、海岸管理与蓝碳等方向，对应刊物的交叉定位。
• Editorial handling follows the Cambridge University Press editorial management system, with submissions assigned to handling editors based on subject expertise and competing interest declarations稿件处理依托剑桥大学出版社的编辑管理系统，依据学科专长与利益冲突声明分配责任编辑。
• Peer review is conducted double-blind and the journal maintains the Cambridge University Press standards on reviewer recruitment, conflict of interest management, data sharing and editorial independence同行评审采用双盲方式，该刊遵循剑桥大学出版社在审稿人遴选、利益冲突管理、数据共享与编辑独立性方面的标准。
• The masthead and board roster are published on the journal page at Cambridge Core and updated as new members join or existing members step down编委名单在（Cambridge Core）期刊页公布，并随成员增减而更新。