The paper outlines the most important shipbuilding strategies in Romania that would allow this industry to increase its performance to be competitive. The research is mainly based on the collection of information from experts in the field from ANCONAV (Romanian Shipbuilders Association). specialists in design and production. and shipyard managers in Romania. https://niiejdef9z4n3j.tokka-blog.com/35182210/validation-of-journal-impact-metrics-of-web-of-science-and-scopus