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Open access

Journal of Physical Oceanography

American Meteorological Society
American Meteorological Society
ISSN: 00223670, 15200485
SCImago
Q1
WOS
Q1
Impact factor
2.8
SJR
1.427
CiteScore
5.8
Categories
Oceanography
Areas
Earth and Planetary Sciences
Years of issue
1969-2025
journal names
Journal of Physical Oceanography
J PHYS OCEANOGR
Publications
8 600
Citations
352 806
h-index
202
Publications
884
Citations
86 601
Top-3 citing journals
Top-3 countries
USA (4593 publications)
United Kingdom (703 publications)
Canada (558 publications)
USA (477 publications)
China (240 publications)
United Kingdom (70 publications)

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Elsevier
76441 citations, 21.67%
Wiley
63308 citations, 17.94%
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57050 citations, 16.17%
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3675 citations, 1.04%
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1605 citations, 0.45%
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