Oceanography and Marine Biology - An Annual Review

Guidelines for contributors to OMBAR, including information on illustration requirements, can be downloaded on the 'Support Material' tab on the latest volume's webpage.

Oceanography and Marine Biology: An Annual Review remains one of the most cited sources in marine science and oceanography. The ever increasing interest in work in oceanography and marine biology and its relevance to global environmental issues, especially global climate change and its impacts, creates a demand for authoritative reviews summarizing the results of recent research. For more than 50 years, OMBAR has been an essential reference for research workers and students in all fields of marine science. From Volume 57 a new international Editorial Board ensures global relevance, with editors from the UK, Ireland, Canada, Australia and Singapore. The series volumes find a place in the libraries of not only marine laboratories and institutes, but also universities.

OMBAR has an excellent Impact Factor of over 6 (based on publications up to volume 58, published in 2020), with an outstanding h-Index of 49. Its 2020 CiteScore was 7.2 with Scopus, ranking OMBAR 9/224 journals in the field of Aquatic Science, and 7/128 in the field of Oceanography (in the 96^th and 94^th percentile, respectively). The impact factor has fluctuated considerably in the last decade, reflecting the limited number of articles each year, but in most years it is over 4 with occasional higher peaks depending on its content that year (11 in 2014). Clarivate gives it an impact factor of 8 in 2020. Impact factors paint only a partial picture of the value of OMBAR, with reviews continuing to be read and cited for many years with long citation half-lives (OMBAR > 10 years).

If you are interested in submitting a review for consideration for publication in OMBAR, please email the Editor in Chief, Stephen Hawkins, at [email protected] 

Open Access options are available to authors in this series. OA makes published academic research freely and permanently available online for anyone, anywhere. OA publications are downloaded seven times more often, cited 50% more, and mentioned online 10 times more often.  Upon publication, OA content is made available in digital format to read and download under a Creative Commons license. See https://www.routledge.com/our-products/open-access-books/taylor-francis-oa-books for more information and Frequently Asked Questions with respect to these options.