Ocean Science is an open-access peer-reviewed scientific journal published by Copernicus Publications on behalf of the European Geosciences Union.

[2] The founding editors were David Webb (National Oceanography Centre) and John Johnson (University of East Anglia).

[3] The journal makes use of an open reviewing process[4] developed for Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics by its editor, Ulrich Pöschl, and colleagues.

Authors then have a chance to revise their papers in response to the issues raised and the review process is completed in the normal manner.

After final acceptance, papers are published on-line as soon as authors have approved the typeset version.