Journal of Physical Oceanography

The Journal of Physical Oceanography is a peer-reviewed scientific journal published by the American Meteorological Society. It was established in January 1971 and is available on the web since 1996. Online articles older than one year are available as open access. The editor-in-chief is Jerome Smith (Scripps Institution of Oceanography).

Abstracting and indexing
This journal is abstracted and indexed in: • Current Contents/Agriculture, Biology & Environmental Sciences

• Current Contents/Physical, Chemical & Earth Sciences

• Science Citation Index

• ASTIS bibliography

• ASTIS current awareness bulletin

• Canadian Environment

• Computer & Control Abstracts

• Electrical & Electronics Abstracts

• Energy Research Abstracts

• FLUIDEX

• GeoRef

• International Aerospace Abstracts

• Physics Abstracts

• Selected Water Resources Abstracts

• Ship Abstracts

• SPIN According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2020 impact factor of 3.373.