About the Journal

Focus and Scope

The Boletim do Instituto Oceanográfico publishes scientific contributions on oceanography which include physical oceanography, marine chemistry, marine geology and geophysics, biological oceanography, fishery oceanography and related fields. The contributions will be classified in one of the following categories: a) Article; b) Notes; c) Review.

Publication Frequency

Semiannual

Indexed in

  • All Russian Institute of Scientific and Technical Information
  • ASFA (Aquatic Sciences & Fisheries Abstracts)
  • Biological Abstracts
  • Cambridge Scientific Abstracts
  • Centro de Informacion Cientifica y Humanistica
  • Library Acquistions Chemical Abstracts Service
  • Wordl Data Center A - Oceanography
  • Zoological Record

Intellectual Property

  • All content of the journal, except where identified, is licensed under a Creative Commons attribution-type BY.
  • Sponsors

    The publication is financed by: 

  • Instituto Oceanográfico - Universidade de São Paulo
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    Journal History

    The first publication of the Oceanographic Institute in 1950, the Boletim do Instituto Paulista de Oceanografia, has been highlighted as a diffuser of original research in the field of oceanography. Published from 1950 to 1951, in 1952 was called Boletim do Instituto Oceanográfico until 1996.

    From 1996 to 2003, aiming to broaden the dissemination of Revista Brasileira de Oceanografia and finally in 2004, Brazilian Journal of Oceanography for an internacional approach.