Aims & Scope
Blue Economy is an international, multidisciplinary peer-reviewed journal, which serves as a platform for addressing and discussing practical issues and solutions in oceanography and marine science.
The topics of the journal include:
- Oceanography and Marine Sciences
- Marine Geology (Archeology)
- Marine Biology
- Marine Chemistry
- Marine Ecology
- Marine Economy
- Marine Engineering
- Marine Exploration
- Marine Geophysics (Exploration, Paleoceanography)
- Marine Habitat
- Marine Hazards
- Marine Technology
- Hydrobiology
- Marine Hydrology
- Limnology
- Microbiology
- Biotechnology
- Fisheries and Aquaculture
- Fish Physiology
- Fisheries Science
- Aquatic Science
- Parasitology
- Taxonomy
- Water Management
- Aquatic Management
- Wetland, Lakes, and other related fields
- Desalination and Treatment
- Hydrology
- Environmental Sciences
- Pollution
- Coastal Processes
- Climate Change
The types of articles considered are:
- Original Studies
- Reviews
- Rapid Communications
- Letter to the Editor
A research article reports the results of original research and assesses its contribution to the body of knowledge in a given area with the relevant data and findings in an orderly, logical manner. These topics are considered original studies verified and written by the researchers and that they have explained all of their findings, in addition to listing their methodologies, results, and any conclusions based on the evidence collected.
Review articles - We expect our reviews to be authoritative pieces of work, aimed at describing recent progress in relevant research areas within the scope of the Journal, with the non-expert reader in mind. Rather than attempting a thorough review of the field, authors should concentrate on essential developments, to give a balanced account of the state of the art, discuss key results and provide insight on the perspectives for that research field.
A review article is written to summarize the recent developments, improvements, discoveries, and ideas in various subjects. Review articles should present an unbiased summary of the current understanding of the topic.
Review articles should cover subjects that fall within the scope of the journal and are of active, current interest. Review articles should be no longer than 50 pages, should have an abstract of 300 words at most, should contain a limit of 120 references, and should have no more than 12 figures and tables combined. Principal sections should be numbered consecutively (1. Introduction, 2. Historical background, etc.), and subsections should be numbered 1.1., 1.2., etc. All reviews should contain an introduction section and a conclusion section, with relevant section headings in between. The introduction should explain the importance of the subject, the text should be comprehensive and detailed, and the references should be exhaustive. Review articles should be written with the support of original published studies of the author(s).
Will be accepted for the early communication of important and original advances. Such accounts may be of a preliminary nature but should always be complete, such as rapid publication about disasters or pandemic.
Letters to the editor reflect the opinions of other researchers on articles in previously published issues of the same journal. Typically, letters address the contents of an original journal article for one or more of the following reasons: to identify errors and make a correction, provide an alternate theory, provide additional information, offer additional evidence, or provide a counterpoint.
The letter should be brief and concise. Letters to the editor should be under 500 words, with no abstract, and a maximum of one table, one figure, and 15 references. Letters are always written to the editor; they are never addressed to the authors of the article in question. While writing a letter, one should avoid assuming a personal and biased attitude or the use of aggressive language. All suggestions should be supported by scientific data. General comments not reinforced by logical arguments are not acceptable (e.g., “I think that this is a very important article” or “I think that this article is worthless”). Reference formatting should be used in letters; however, all the references used should be published works. Materials that were not published or reported elsewhere should not be used. Otherwise, the letter will not be accepted. The writer should not repeat the original article at length in his/her letter.
Only letters submitted within 4 months of the original publication date will be considered. The reason for this is that corrections to the record should be done in a timely manner. If there will be a reply to the letter, the next step is to designate which issue of the journal it will be published in. Thus, letters are not necessarily published in the very next issue since it may take some time for the original author to reply. The letter authors’ names and affiliations should be written clearly at the top of the letter, and the title of the article about which the letter is written should be clearly stated in the introduction of the letter.
