Journal of the Ocean Science Foundation

An open-access free online peer-reviewed Marine Biology Journal

ISSN 1937-7835
The Ocean Science Foundation

     
pending
 
the journal as public sounding-board

2008 Volume 1

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Why a new journal? JOSF is a new model of online journal; a free peer-reviewed journal open to all submissions. We think that the traditional copyrighted, expensive, and over-reviewed publication model is premised on the expense of printing on paper. Internet publishing eliminates the costs and therefore the basis of restricting the number of papers by price and editorial review. There is no reason why quality-control, peer-assessment, and selection cannot come after publication, democratizing science and maximizing efficiency in many ways... more


Vol 1: B.C. Victor
  Redescription of Coryphopterus tortugae (Jordan) and a new allied species Coryphopterus
  bol (Perciformes: Gobiidae: Gobiinae) from the tropical western Atlantic Ocean. p. 1
     
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