title: Annual Review of Marine Science
text: # Annual Review of Marine Science
  
  The Annual Review of Marine Science is an annual peer-reviewed scientific review journal published by Annual Reviews. It was established in 2009. It covers all aspects of marine science. The co-editors are Craig A. Carlson and Stephen J. Giovannoni. As of 2023, Annual Review of Marine Science is being published as open access, under the Subscribe to Open model. As of 2023, Journal Citation Reports gives the journal a 2022 impact factor of 17.3, ranking it first out of 106 in the category "Marine & Freshwater Biology", and first out of 63 in the category "Oceanography"
  
  ## History
  
  The Annual Review of Marine Science was first published in 2009 by nonprofit publisher Annual Reviews. Its founding editors were Craig A. Carlson and Stephen J. Giovannoni. While it was initially published with a print edition, it is now only published online.
  
  ## Scope and indexing
  
  The Annual Review of Marine Science defines its scope as covering significant developments in marine science. Included subfields are chemical, biological, geological, and physical processes that occur in the coastal and oceanic zones. It also covers marine conservation, marine biology, and technologies used in the study of oceanography. It is abstracted and indexed in Scopus, Science Citation Index Expanded, EMBASE, INSPEC, CAB Abstracts, MEDLINE, and GEOBASE, among others.
  
  ## Editorial processes
  
  The Annual Review of Marine Science is helmed by the editor or the co-editors. The editor is assisted by the editorial committee, which includes associate editors, regular members, and occasionally guest editors. Guest members participate at the invitation of the editor, and serve terms of one year. All other members of the editorial committee are appointed by the Annual Reviews board of directors and serve five-year terms. The editorial committee determines which topics should be included in each volume and solicits reviews from qualified authors. Unsolicited manuscripts are not accepted. Peer review of accepted manuscripts is undertaken by the editorial committee.
  
  ### Current editorial board
  
  As of 2022, the editorial committee consists of the two co-editors and the following members:
  
  * Lihini Aluwihare
  * Ken Buesseler
  * Curtis Deutsch
  * Stéphan J. Jorry
  * Kristy J. Kroeker
  * Uta Passow
  * Raquel S. Peixoto
  * Andrew F. Thompson
  * Patricia L. Wiberg
  