Oceans

Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI) · Switzerland · Est. 2019

ISSN2673-1924eISSN2673-1924

SJR Q2✓ WOS ESCI✓ Scopus / SJR✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (ESCI) — Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor and JCR quartile for this journal.

See the official Impact Factor & quartile on the journal’s page ↗

The Impact Factor & JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date. Open metrics below: SCImago Q2. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

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

SJR · Scopus

Top 50% in field

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

SJR Scorei

0.55

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.67

Total Worksi

325

Total Citationsi

1,552

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.66

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

Oceans is an international, peer-reviewed open access journal that publishes studies related to all branches of oceanography. It focuses on the functioning of the ocean, the sustainable use of its resources and ecosystem services, ocean geosciences, ocean climate and meteorology, paleoceanography, ocean circulation, ocean chemistry and biogeochemistry, and ocean ecology and biology.

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General Information

Country / RegionSwitzerland

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2019

Annual Volume~ 58 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications325

Publisher OrgMultidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute

OA Since2019

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewSingle-blind

OA LicenseCC BY

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✗ No

📦 Long-term Preservation

CLOCKSS

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

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9/11 · 82%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI)

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2673-1924 / 2673-1924

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, DOAJ

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Peer review process documented?

Single-blind

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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?

CLOCKSS

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Plagiarism detection in place?

✅

Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

DOAJ verified

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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

2019

297

2020

582

2021

361

2022

154

2023

338

2024

2025

2026

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.

Environmental Science (miscellaneous)Q2

OceanographyQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Marine & Freshwater BiologyOceanography

Scopus Categories

OceanographyEnvironmental Science (miscellaneous)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Coral and Marine Ecosystems StudiesMarine and fisheries researchMarine and coastal plant biologyMarine animal studies overviewMarine and coastal ecosystemsOceanographic and Atmospheric ProcessesMarine Biology and Ecology ResearchCoastal and Marine ManagementOcean Acidification Effects and ResponsesMarine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies

Frequently asked questions about Oceans

Is Oceans a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Oceans: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ, 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 Oceans?

Oceans 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. Its open 2-year mean citedness is 1.66.

Is Oceans indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Oceans is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.