Oceanus

Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution · United States

ISSN0029-8182

SJR Q4✓ Scopus / SJR✓ Open Access

Journal Impact Factor

Not on record at PubScope. The Journal Impact Factor is published by Clarivate for Web of Science (JCR)–indexed journals.

📊 Standing in its field

Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.

SJR · Scopus

Bottom 25%

Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ

SJR Scorei

0.102

H-Indexi

Total Worksi

Total Citationsi

1,175

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.00

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

Oceanus is a research journal that publishes research related to Earth and Planetary Sciences. The journal publishes majorly in the area(s): Science education & Earth system science.

AI-compiled from public web sources · verify on the publisher page

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary Language—

1st Year Published—

Annual Volume~ 2 articles / year

StatusActive

Total Publications92

Submission Info

Publishing ModelGold Open Access

Peer Review—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

4/11 · 36%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

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Does the journal have a website?

No URL

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Is the ISSN verified?

0029-8182

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Indexed in a trusted database?

Scopus

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Peer review process documented?

N/A

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Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

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Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

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Long-term digital preservation?

N/A

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Plagiarism detection in place?

N/A

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

N/A

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Primary language documented?

N/A

A twelfth criterion — whether APC fees are clearly disclosed — is not scored here; it is left out of the total rather than counted as a failure. Publication charges appear in the metrics card above.

Based on the Think.Check.Submit framework by DOAJ, COPE & OASPA. All data from verified open sources.

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

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Source: OpenAlex · Each year’s green bar = citations earned by that year’s papers, counted to date — so recent years look lower simply because their papers haven’t had time to be cited yet.

SJR Quartile by Discipline

Scimago ranks this journal separately in each subject category — its quartile can differ by discipline.

OceanographyQ4

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

Oceanography

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Coastal and Marine ManagementMarine animal studies overviewMarine and Offshore Engineering StudiesMarine and fisheries researchCoral and Marine Ecosystems StudiesOcean Acidification Effects and ResponsesMarine and environmental studiesGeology and Paleoclimatology ResearchOceanographic and Atmospheric ProcessesMarine Biology and Ecology Research

Frequently asked questions about Oceanus

Is Oceanus a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Oceanus: it is indexed in Scopus, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Oceanus?

Oceanus is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 0.102.

Is Oceanus indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Oceanus is indexed in Scopus.