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Physical Oceanography

Marine Hydrophysical Institute of RAS · Netherlands · Est. 1985

ISSN0928-5105eISSN1573-160X
SJR Q3WOS ESCIScopus / SJR
Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

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📊 Standing in its field
Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.
Q3
SJR · Scopus
Top 75% in field
Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ
SJR Scorei
0.337
H-Indexi
18
CiteScorei
1.6
SNIPi
0.712
Total Worksi
1,290
Total Citationsi
3,358
2yr Mean Citednessi
0.00
Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Physical Oceanography was registered as a scientific journal with the Federal Service for Supervision in the Sphere of Communications, Information Technologies and Mass Communications (Certificate of Registration of Mass Media EL No. FS 77-76618 dated 06 September 2019). Morskoy Gidrofizicheckiy Zhurnal was founded in 1985 as the All-Union Journal, from 1993 to 2014 it was a scientific publication of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine. In 2015, it was registered as a Russian scientific journal with the Federal Service for Supervision in the Sphere of Communications, Information Technologies and Mass Communications (Certificate of Registration of Mass Media PI No. FS77-62201 dated 26 June 2015). It is also registered as a network media outlet (Mass Media Registration Certificate EL No. FS77-68165 dated 27 December 2016). In 2019, due to the reorganisation of the founder, changes were made to the record of media registration: printed version of the journal - registration number PI No. FS77-76617 dated 15 August 2019; online edition - registration number EL No. FS77-76616 dated 15 August 2019.

General Information

Country / RegionNetherlands
Primary LanguageEnglish
1st Year Published1985
Annual Volume~ 41 articles / year
StatusActive
Total Publications1,290
Publisher OrgFederal State Budget Scientific Institution «Marine Hydrophysical Institute of RAS»
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Submission Info

Publishing ModelSubscription
Peer ReviewPeer reviewed
OA License
OA Rate

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No
OASPA Member✗ No
Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

7/11 · 64%
Do you know the journal / publisher?
Marine Hydrophysical Institute of RAS
Does the journal have a website?
✓ Linked
Is the ISSN verified?
0928-5105 / 1573-160X
Indexed in a trusted database?
WoS, Scopus
Peer review process documented?
Peer reviewed
Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?
N/A
Not on predatory/blacklists?
✓ Clean
Long-term digital preservation?
N/A
Plagiarism detection in place?
N/A
Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?
N/A
Primary language documented?
English

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
38
103
2015
43
159
2016
51
165
2017
50
245
2018
59
281
2019
58
195
2020
56
192
2021
9
34
2022

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.

Fluid Flow and Transfer ProcessesQ3
GeophysicsQ3
Ocean EngineeringQ3
OceanographyQ3
Water Science and TechnologyQ3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Oceanography

Scopus Categories

Fluid Flow and Transfer ProcessesOceanographyOcean EngineeringWater Science and TechnologyGeophysics

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Marine and environmental studiesAquatic and Environmental StudiesOceanographic and Atmospheric ProcessesArctic and Antarctic ice dynamicsOcean Waves and Remote Sensing

Frequently asked questions about Physical Oceanography

Is Physical Oceanography a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Physical Oceanography: it is indexed in Web of Science, 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 Physical Oceanography?

Physical Oceanography is indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection, so Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor for it (since the 2023 Journal Citation Reports, every Core Collection journal — including Arts & Humanities and Emerging Sources titles — receives one). PubScope links to Clarivate's official source rather than reprinting the number, which can be out of date. As an open alternative, its Scopus CiteScore is 1.6.

Is Physical Oceanography indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Physical Oceanography is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Physical Oceanography?

Physical Oceanography was registered as a scientific journal with the Federal Service for Supervision in the Sphere of Communications, Information Technologies and Mass Communications (Certificate of Registration of Mass Media EL No. FS 77-76618 dated 06 September 2019). Morskoy Gidrofizicheckiy Zhurnal was founded in 1985 as the All-Union Journal, from 1993 to 2014 it was a scientific publication of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine. In 2015, it was registered as a Russian scientific journal with the Federal Service for Supervision in the Sphere of Communications, Information Techno

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Data updated: 2026-05-22 · Sources: SJR, DOAJ, OpenAlex, WoS, Crossref