''Oceanography'' is a quarterly

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that publishes articles about ocean science and its applications. It is published by The Oceanography Society, a

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professional society based in the

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. In addition to its scientific articles, the journal also has a special section for news and information, society meeting reports, book reviews, and shorter editor-reviewed articles on public policy and education. One section, titled "Breaking Waves", is for short papers describing novel multidisciplinary approaches to oceanographic problems. The journal and all its back issues, dating to 1988, are available both in print and in full PDF format online in the journal website's archives. ''Oceanography'' is abstracted and indexed in the

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. According to the ''

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'', the journal had an

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of 3.431 in 2019. In 2022, the journal had an

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of 95. Oceanography is a separate publication from The Journal of Oceanography, the journal of the Oceanographic Society of Japan.

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* Oceanography journals Academic journals published by learned and professional societies of the United States Academic journals established in 1988 Quarterly journals English-language journals {{ocean-journal-stub