Journal profile · Geochemistry & Geophysics
Annual Review of Marine Science
ISSN 1941-1405 · eISSN 1941-0611 · Annual Reviews Inc. · UNITED STATES · Annual · Founded 2009
Annual Review of Marine Science: CAS Zone 1 · Earth Sciences (2025 upgraded edition, Top journal); impact factor 22.3; subscription journal; community-reported acceptance: hard; 20 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Annual Review of Marine Science is published by Annual Reviews Inc. and is in Zone 1 of Earth Sciences in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition, Top journal). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Marine and coastal ecosystems, Marine Biology and Ecology Research and Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology, together about 33.4% of its articles. Its main subfields are Oceanography. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
AIMS AND SCOPE OF JOURNAL: The Annual Review of Marine Science provides a perspective on the field of marine science. The journal draws from diverse topics within the major disciplines of coastal and blue water oceanography (biological, chemical, geological and physical) as well as subjects in ecology, conservation and technological developments with the marine environment as the unifying theme.  
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Geochemistry & Geophysics
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Marine and coastal ecosystemsEarth and Planetary Sciences16.4%
- Marine Biology and Ecology ResearchEarth and Planetary Sciences8.6%
- Microbial Community Ecology and PhysiologyEnvironmental Science8.4%
- Oceanographic and Atmospheric ProcessesEarth and Planetary Sciences7.6%
- Ocean Acidification Effects and ResponsesEarth and Planetary Sciences7.5%
- Coral and Marine Ecosystems StudiesEnvironmental Science6.9%
- Geology and Paleoclimatology ResearchEarth and Planetary Sciences5.7%
- Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture StudiesEnvironmental Science3.8%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Earth Sciences Zone 1
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Earth Sciences | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Geochemistry & Geophysics | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Marine & Freshwater Biology | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Oceanography | Zone 1 |
Top journal: yesReview journal: yes
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Earth Sciences Zone 1
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Earth Sciences | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Geochemistry & Geophysics | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Marine & Freshwater Biology | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Oceanography | Zone 1 |
Top journal: yesReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Earth Sciences Zone 1
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Earth Sciences | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Geochemistry & Geophysics | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Marine & Freshwater Biology | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Oceanography | Zone 1 |
Top journal: yesReview journal: yes
Database indexing
SCIEScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Editions, and major and minor categories, are shown separately and never merged into one zone; check which edition your institution uses before you submit or report.
Metrics
Impact metrics and publication volume
Impact
- Impact factor
- 22.3LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher)
- 22.5Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 35.2LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 6.93LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 6.2LetPub ·
- h-index
- 77LetPub ·
- h-index
- 161OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 336OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 9.01OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0.4%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 100%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 24LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 434 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 22 | 2 | 0 |
| 2025 | 20 | 18 | 100 |
| 2024 | 26 | 25 | 513 |
| 2023 | 23 | 22 | 958 |
| 2022 | 24 | 24 | 2,244 |
| 2021 | 23 | 16 | 1,737 |
Sources count differently and were observed at different times, so each source's own value is kept; "publisher" marks figures from the journal's website.
Review & acceptance
Review time and acceptance
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- HardLetPub ·
Community reports come from authors' own submissions (confidence 0.5) and are not a promise from the journal; for publisher figures, the journal's own definitions apply.
Fees & open access
APC and open-access policy
Subscription journalLetPub
A subscription journal: articles are read by subscription or purchase, and authors usually pay no publication charge.
No source has fee information yet; check the journal's website.
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Annual Reviews Inc.
- Country or region
- UNITED STATES
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Annual
- Founded
- 2009
- ISSN
- 1941-1405
- Electronic ISSN
- 1941-0611
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Annual Review of Marine Science
What CAS zone is Annual Review of Marine Science in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Annual Review of Marine Science is in Zone 1 of Earth Sciences, and in Zone 1 of the minor category Geochemistry & Geophysics / Marine & Freshwater Biology / Oceanography; it is a Top journal. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 1 of Earth Sciences. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Annual Review of Marine Science?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 22.3; CiteScore 35.2, h-index 161.
Which databases index Annual Review of Marine Science?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Annual Review of Marine Science is indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Is Annual Review of Marine Science open access, and what is the APC?
Annual Review of Marine Science is a subscription journal. Fee information is not available yet; check the journal's website.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, Publisher website; every figure is tagged with its source and the date it was observed, and conflicting values are kept per source. LetPub source page: view ↗ (archived 2026-08-24). Last updated: .