Journal of Oceanography

Journal of Oceanography

Discipline	Oceanography
Language	English
Edited by	Hiroaki Saito
Publication details
Former name	Journal of the Oceanographical Society of Japan (1942—1991)
History	1942—present
Publisher	Springer
Frequency	Bimonthly
Impact factor	1.6 (2024)
Standard abbreviations ISO 4 (alt) · Bluebook (alt) NLM (alt) · MathSciNet (alt )
ISO 4	J. Oceanogr.
Indexing CODEN (alt  · alt2) · JSTOR (alt) · LCCN (alt) MIAR  · NLM (alt) · Scopus  · W&L
CODEN	JOOCE7
ISSN	0916-8370  (print) 1573-868X  (web)
Links
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Journal of Oceanography is a peer-reviewed scientific journal published bimonthly by Springer Science+Business Media on behalf of the Oceanographic Society of Japan. It was established under the title Journal of the Oceanographical Society of Japan in 1942 and published articles both in English and Japanese; ^[1] it was renamed to its current title in 1991. ^[2] The journal covers developments in oceanography and its sub-disciplines, including physical oceanography, marine chemistry, biological oceanography, marine geology and paleoceanography. ^[3] Its current editor-in-chief is Hiroaki Saito (University of Tokyo). ^[4]

Abstracting and indexing

The journal is abstracted and indexed in:

• Current Contents/Agriculture, Biology & Environmental Sciences ^[5]
• Current Contents/Physical, Chemical & Earth Sciences ^[5]
• EBSCO databases ^[6]
• GEOBASE ^[6]
• Inspec ^[6]
• ProQuest databases ^[6]
• Science Citation Index Expanded ^[5]
• Scopus ^[6]
• Zoological Record ^[5]

According to the Journal Citation Reports , the journal has a 2024 impact factor of 1.6. ^[7]

References

1. Journal of the Oceanographical Society of Japan (NKGKB4; 0029-8131)– via CASSI
2. Journal of Oceanography (JOOCE7; 0916-8370)– via CASSI
3. "Journal of Oceanography: Aims and Scope". springer.com. Retrieved October 29, 2025.
4. "Journal of Oceanography: Editorial Board". springer.com. Retrieved October 29, 2025.
5. "Web of Science Master Journal List". Intellectual Property & Science. Clarivate . Retrieved October 17, 2025.
6. "Journal of Oceanography". MIAR: Information Matrix for the Analysis of Journals . University of Barcelona . Retrieved October 29, 2025.
7. "Journal of Oceanography". 2024 Journal Citation Reports (Science ed.). Clarivate. 2025 – via Web of Science.

External links

• Official website