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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, Singapore, Hong Kong, Australia and Chile. The series volumes find a place in the libraries of not only marine laboratories and institutes, but also universities.
IMPACT FACTOR
- 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 96th and 94th percentile, respectively).
- The impact factor has fluctuated considerably in the last decade but in most years it is over 4. 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 Editors in Chief, Bayden Russell (brussell@hku.hk) and Peter Todd (dbspat@nus.edu.sg).
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.
Editors in Chief:
Dr. Bayden Russell - brussell@hku.hk
Dr Peter Todd - dbspat@nus.edu.sg
Associate Editors:
Dr. Louise Allcock - louise.allcock@nuigalway.ie, School of Natural Sciences and Ryan Institute, University of Galway, Ireland/UK
Prof. Maria Byrne - maria.byrne@sydney.edu.au, School of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Sydney, Australia
Dr. Louise Firth - louise.firth@plymouth.ac.uk, School of Biological and Marine Sciences, Plymouth University, UK
Dr. Anaëlle J. Lemasson - anaelle.lemasson@plymouth.ac.uk, University of Plymouth, School of Biological and Marine Science, UK
Dr. Catherine Lucas - cathy.lucas@noc.soton.ac.uk, School of Ocean & Earth Science, University of Southampton, National Oceanography Centre, European Way, Southampton, UK
Dr. Ezequiel Marzinelli - e.marzinelli@sydney.edu.au, School of Life and Environmental Sciences, The University of Sydney, Australia
Prof. Peter Mumby - p.j.mumby@uq.edu.au, Marine Spatial Ecology Lab, School of Biological Sciences, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Prof. Jonathan Sharples - Jonathan.Sharples@liverpool.ac.uk, School of Environmental Sciences, University of Liverpool, UK
Dr. Phil Smith - philip.smith@abdn.ac.uk, School of Biological Sciences, University of Aberdeen, UK
Prof. Stephen Swearer - s.swearer@unimelb.edu.au, School of BioSciences, University of Melbourne, Australia
Prof. Martin Thiel - thiel@ucn.cl, Universidad Católica del Norte, Chile
