Aims and scope

Clean Oceans publishes peer-reviewed open access research relevant to areas of marine pollution including novel approaches to the monitoring, control, removal, and prevention of waste; policy regulation and relevant frameworks; ecological impacts on climate and developments in implications for ocean acidification and conservation.

The journal aims to offer a platform that will support and accelerate progress towards preventing and reducing marine pollution. Clean Oceans offers a uniquely interdisciplinary approach to understanding the impacts of chemical, biological, and physical pollutants on Earth’s oceans in pursuit of sustainable and responsible conservation. Additionally, the journal will also consider research on the direct and indirect impacts of ocean pollution on animal and human health, communities, and natural habitats. This pressing global challenge involves social, policy, legal, and behavioural aspects to which the journal also supports interdisciplinary approaches. Clean Oceans accepts submissions of high-quality novel research, analytical reports, innovative and groundbreaking methodologies that fill important gaps in continually emerging knowledge.