Journal of Oceanography

Overview

The Journal of Oceanography is the official journal of the Oceanographic Society of Japan and open to all oceanographers in the world. The main aim of the journal is to promote understandings of ocean systems from various aspects including physical, chemical, biological, geological oceanography as well as paleoceanography, etc.

An official journal of The Oceanographic Society of Japan, established in 1942.
Covers all aspects of Oceanography: Physical, Chemical, Biological, Geological, and Paleo- Oceanography.
Welcomes research from all oceanographers worldwide, with special emphasis on the western North Pacific and Asian coastal waters.

Editor-in-Chief

Hiroaki Saito

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The Oceanographic Society of Japan

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Journal Impact Factor: 1.6 (2024)

5-year Journal Impact Factor: 2.1 (2024)

Submission to first decision (median): 14 days

Downloads: 138.2k (2024)

Latest issue

August 2025 Volume 81, Issue 4

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Latest articles

Southern Ocean marine heatwaves: variability, hotspots and teleconnections
K. Gurumoorthi
Alvarinho J. Luis
Original Article 19 July 2025
Mesoscale eddy influence on North Pacific air–sea heat exchange in a high-resolution ocean reanalysis
Yuma Miyaji
Shoichiro Kido
Youichi Tanimoto
Special Section: Original Article Open access 08 July 2025
Relationship between temperature and volume variations of the North Pacific Central Mode Water contrasting with Subtropical Mode Water
Naoto Iwasaka
Fumiaki Kobashi
Haruto Fujishima
Special Section: Original Article Open access 06 July 2025
High sensitivity of sea surface temperature in the northwestern Pacific to atmospheric wind in the mid-latitude North Pacific in an eddying ocean model
Hideharu Sasaki
Kunio Kutsuwada
Toru Miyama
Special Section: Original Article 04 July 2025
Exceptional heat and basin-scale connections in the Kuroshio–Oyashio region in the early 2020s
Shoshiro Minobe
Special Section: Original Article 28 June 2025

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This journal has 92 open access articles

Journal updates

Journal of Oceanography Most Cited Paper Award 2025

Journal of Oceanography is pleased to announce the Journal of Oceanography Most Cited Paper Award (JOMOCA) 2025
Journal of Oceanography Most Cited Paper Award 2024

Journal of Oceanography is pleased to announce that the Journal of Oceanography Most Cited Paper Award (JOMOCA) 2024.
Call for papers : Midlatitude ocean-atmosphere interactions and extreme events

Midlatitude oceanic structures, such as strong currents and eddies, and their variability have been shown to have the potential to influence the atmosphere aloft through associated sea surface and/or upper ocean temperature distributions.
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Electronic ISSN: 1573-868X
Print ISSN: 0916-8370
Abstracted and indexed in: AGRICOLA

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