OCEANOLOGIA

Quarterly Journal of Basic Research in Marine Sciences with Emphasis on European Seas

PRINT ISSN 0078-3234
ONLINE ISSN 2300-7370
2025 IMPACT FACTOR 2.6
CITESCORE 5.4
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Marine research with an emphasis on European seas.

Physics, chemistry, biology and seabed geomorphology of the Baltic and beyond.

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About Oceanologia

OCEANOLOGIA is a scientific journal published under the auspices of the Committee for Marine Research of the Polish Academy of Sciences and the Institute of Oceanology of the Polish Academy of Sciences. Original articles in the field of oceanology, published exclusively in English, appear quarterly. OCEANOLOGIA presents original papers on research into natural processes occurring in the marine environment — physical, chemical, biological and seabed geomorphological. The journal is indexed in Web of Science, Science Citation Index Expanded, ScienceDirect, Aquatic Sciences and Fisheries Abstracts, Current Contents, DOAJ, INSPEC, Scopus, EBSCO Environment Index (CORE) and Zoological Record.

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Open Access Statement

This is an open-access journal, meaning that all content is freely available to the users or their institution without charge. Users are allowed to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full texts of the articles, or use them for any other lawful purpose, without asking the publisher's or the author's prior permission. This is in accordance with the BOAI definition of open access.

Articles are published under CC BY 4.0. No article processing charges (APC) apply.

Plagiarism Policy

OCEANOLOGIA Editorial Office uses CrossCheck's iThenticate software to detect instances of similarity in submitted manuscripts with already published materials, whether in print or on-line. All submitted manuscripts are checked for similarity to the published materials. In publishing only original reports from research, OCEANOLOGIA is committed to deterring plagiarism, including self-plagiarism. Manuscripts are rejected promptly on the grounds of proven plagiarism.

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