September 2025

Oceanography | Vol. 38, No. 3

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ON THE COVER

A mapping autonomous underwater

vehicle (AUV, left) is being recovered

after a seafloor survey in Arctic waters.

A portable remotely operated vehicle

(MiniROV) is on the deck of Canadian

Coast Guard Ship Sir Wilfrid Laurier.

Image © 2016 MBARI

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Oceanography

OBJECTIVE OF OCEANOGRAPHY

Oceanography is an open-access, peer-reviewed jour-

nal published quarterly by The Oceanography Society.

The journal presents significant research, noteworthy

achievements, exciting new technology, and articles that

address public policy and education. The overall goal of

Oceanography is cross-disciplinary communication in

the ocean sciences.

LEARN MORE

See the online Oceanography Author Guidelines for

a full listing of manuscript categories and descriptions,

publication fees, and details of the manuscript submis-

sion process.

https://tos.org/oceanography/

guidelines

WHAT GETS OUR ATTENTION

FEATURE ARTICLES (<7,000 words) provide an outlet for making signif-

icant advances in oceanography accessible to a broad readership. They

can include review papers that summarize the current state of knowledge

of a particular topic, synthesis papers that discuss new findings and how

they significantly revise our thinking about a topic, and more traditional

scientific research papers from across the full spectrum of ocean sciences.

BREAKING WAVES (<3,500 words) articles describe novel approaches

to multidisciplinary problems in oceanography. These provocative papers

present findings that have the potential to move the field of oceanography

forward or in new directions.

OCEAN EDUCATION (<3,500  words) articles should inspire teachers in

higher education to try new active, student-centered instruction (ranging

from short activities to curricula) and provide ideas/materials to do so.

DIY OCEANOGRAPHY (<3,500 words) articles share all of the relevant

information on a homemade sensor, instrument, or software tool(s) so that

others can build, or build upon, it. These articles also showcase how this

technology was used successfully in the field.

MEETING/WORKSHOP/CONFERENCE REPORTS (<3,500 words) describe

the goals, activities, and accomplishments of meetings/workshops/confer-

ences in all aspects of ocean science.

COMMENTARIES (<3,500 words) present analyses of issue of interest to

Oceanography readers, written by experts in the field. Unsolicited manu-

scripts are welcome.

RIP CURRENT – NEWS IN OCEANOGRAPHY (<1,500 words) articles

describe newsworthy items in the field of oceanography.