Journal of Coastal Development is an International Open Access peer-reviewed journal publishing research in all fields of ocean and coastal sciences.

This journal gives a universal discussion to the production of papers in the regions of coastal tourism, biodiversity in the coastal environment, seaport and waterfront management and planning, coastal hazards management and sea level rise, ocean policy and coastal state planning, coastal law and administration, water quality in the coastal environment, and international coastal zone management, Fishery Resources, Marine Biology, Marine Engineering, Marine Parks.

With the newly launched PrimeOA Publications Translation Services, which is equipped with professional translators who only translate into their mother tongue and guarantee the best exchange of knowledge across linguistic borders, authors from the field of ocean and coastal sciences, now have the opportunity to share their valuable research from their native language to English or from English to other international languages including French, German and Spanish.