Marine Science Bulletin is one of the comprehensive academic journals with great influence in the domestic marine field which is supervised by the Ministry of Natural Resources and sponsored by the National Marine Information Centre and the Chinese Society of Oceanography. Founded in 1982, it is a bimonthly journal (CN 12-1076/P, ISSN 1001-6392), openly circulated at home and abroad. The journal mainly reports on new developments, new theories, new views, new methods and new experiences in basic theoretical and applied researches on marine hydrology, meteorology, physics, chemistry, biology, geology, etc., as well as investigations, researches and management of marine engineering, resource development, aquaculture, environmental protection, environmental forecasting, instrumentation, etc. It combines academics and technology, and is a comprehensive academic and technical journal. It integrates academics and technology, and is suitable for the majority of marine science and technology workers, managers, and teachers and students of relevant colleges and universities.
Marine Science Bulletin is included in the following databases, such as Chinese Core Journals Abstracts, China Science and Technology Journal Citation Report (CJCR) Source Journals (Core Edition) and China Science Citation Database (CSCD) Source Journals (Core Library). The journal adheres to the policy of science and technology oriented to economic construction, reflects the direction and level of development of modern marine science and technology, promotes scientific and technological achievements, disseminates scientific and technological information, unites the vast number of marine science and technology workers, and actively carries out academic exchanges, in order to serve for the prosperity of China's marine cause.