Journal of Tropical Oceanography is an open-access, comprehensive academic journal of oceanography, sponsored by the South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, published by Science Press. It was established in 1982 and is one of China's core natural science journals. It is also one of the selected journals in the 2001 China Periodicals Front Line. The international standard serial number is ISSN: 1009-5470, and the domestic uniform serial number is 44-500/P.

To promote the rapid, wide and effective dissemination of research achievements in the field and maximize the public interest of scientific research results, this journal has decided that as of January 1, 2024, all published papers in this journal (including the latest and previously published back issues) will be immediately and fully open access published under the CC-BY 4.0 license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode). The archived materials and their rights for reuse are all open access, and at the same time, it encourages and supports the implementation of self-archiving policies.

Open Access 

This journal is a peer reviewed, open access journal. To provide open access, this journal has an open access fee (also known as an article publishing charge APC) which needs to be paid by the authors or on their behalf e.g. by their research funder or institution.

Peer review is under the responsibility of editorial board of Journal of Tropical Oceanography.

Access Rights 

All articles published open access will be immediately and permanently free for everyone to read, download, copy and distribute.

User Rights 

 Allows users to copy, to create extracts, abstracts and new works from the Article, to alter and revise the Article and to make commercial use of the Article (including reuse and/or resale of the Article by commercial entities), provided the user gives appropriate credit (with a link to the formal publication through the relevant DOI), provides a link to the license, indicates if changes were made and the licensor is not represented as endorsing the use made of the work. The full details of the license are available at https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/.

Author Rights  

For open access publishing this journal uses a licensing agreement. Authors will retain copyright alongside scholarly usage rights and Science Press will be granted exclusive publishing and distribution rights.