Annual Review of Marine Science

The Annual Review of Marine Science is an annual peer-reviewed scientific review journal published by Annual Reviews. It was established in 2009. It covers all aspects of marine science. The editors-in-chief are Craig A. Carlson and Stephen J. Giovannoni. According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2019 impact factor of 16.359, ranking it second out of 85 journals in the category "Geochemistry & Geophysics" and first out of 106 in the category "Marine & Freshwater Biology".[1]

Annual Review of Marine Science
LanguageEnglish
Edited byCraig A. Carlson, Stephen J. Giovannoni
Publication details
History2009–present, 12 years old
Publisher
FrequencyAnnually
16.359[1] (2019)
Standard abbreviations
ISO 4Annu. Rev. Mar. Sci.
Indexing
ISSN1941-1405 (print)
1941-0611 (web)
LCCN2008214321
OCLC no.190811370
Links

History

The Annual Review of Marine Science was first published in 2009 by nonprofit publisher Annual Reviews.[2] Its founding editors were Craig A. Carlson and Stephen J. Giovannoni.[3] While it was initially published with a print edition, it is now only published onine.[4]

Scope and indexing

The Annual Review of Marine Science defines its scope as covering significant developments in marine science. Included subfields are chemical, biological, geological, and physical processes that occur in the coastal and oceanic zones. It also covers marine conservation, marine biology, and technologies used in the study of oceanography.[5] As of 2019, Journal Citation Reports lists the journal's impact factor as 16.359, ranking it first of 106 journal titles in the category "Marine & Freshwater Biology", first of 66 in "Oceanography", and second of 85 in "Geochemistry & Geophysics".[1] It is abstracted and indexed in Scopus, Science Citation Index Expanded, EMBASE, INSPEC, CAB Abstracts, MEDLINE, and GEOBASE, among others.[6]

Editorial processes

The Annual Review of Marine Science is helmed by the editor or the co-editors. The editor is assisted by the editorial committee, which includes associate editors, regular members, and occasionally guest editors. Guest members participate at the invitation of the editor, and serve terms of one year. All other members of the editorial committee are appointed by the Annual Reviews board of directors and serve five-year terms. The editorial committee determines which topics should be included in each volume and solicits reviews from qualified authors.[7] Unsolicited manuscripts are not accepted. Peer review of accepted manuscripts is undertaken by the editorial committee.[8]

Current editorial board

As of 2021, the editorial committee consists of the two co-editors and the following members:[9]

  • Lihini Aluwihare
  • Ken Buesseler
  • Curtis Deutsch
  • André W. Droxler
  • Raffaele Ferrari
  • Stéphan J. Jorry
  • Kristy J. Kroeker
  • Uta Passow
  • Inna M. Sokolova
  • Patricia L. Wiberg

References
  1. "Journal Impact Factors". Annual Reviews. Retrieved 29 January 2021.
  2. "Preface". Annual Review of Marine Science. 1. 2009. doi:10.1146/annurev.ma.1.121108.100001.
  3. "Back Matter". Oceanography. 21 (2). 2008. ISSN 1042-8275.
  4. "Expected Publication Dates". Annual Reviews. 28 January 2021. Retrieved 29 January 2021.
  5. "Annual Review of Marine Science". Annual Reviews. Retrieved 29 January 2021.
  6. "Annual Review of Marine Science". MIAR. Retrieved 29 January 2021.
  7. "Editorial Principles and Policies". Annual Reviews. Retrieved 29 January 2021.
  8. "Information for Unsolicited Authors and Reviewers". Annual Reviews. Retrieved 29 January 2021.
  9. "Annual Review of Marine Science, Current Editorial Committee". Annual Reviews. Retrieved 28 January 2021.
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