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Started in 1972, this (Indian Journal of Geo-Marine Sciences: IJMS; Indian J Geo-Mar Sci) multidisciplinary, peer-reviewed, open access, monthly periodical with e-ISSN: 2582-6727 is devoted to the publication of communications relating to various facets of research in Marine sciences. The articles should contribute significantly to Physical oceanography, including hydrodynamics, climate change, satellite oceanography, etc.; Chemical oceanography, including biogeochemical cycles, marine pollution, etc.; Biological oceanography, including aquatic biology, ecology, fisheries, biodiversity & systematics, etc.; Geological oceanography, including geochemistry, micropalaeontology, marine archaeology, marine geotechnics, etc.; Marine instrumentation/engineering, naval architecture, etc. For more details on subject areas, please visit here. Therefore, original research, review articles and book reviews of general significance to marine sciences, excluding core geosciences, which are written clearly and well organized according to the IJMS manuscript preparation and submission guidelines will be given preference. Authors are required to read the ‘Instruction to Authors’ guidelines thoroughly before preparing the manuscript.

Impact Factor of IJMS is 0.32 (JCR 2024).

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Current Issue

Vol. 54 No. 11 (2025): IJMS [November 2025]
Published: 2026-09-09

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Review Articles

  • Challenges of illegal, unreported and unregulated fisheries in Indian waters: Plausible mitigation measures

    M Ramaiah, R Varma, F D'Souza, A Giriyan
    567-587
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.56042/ijms.v54i11.20204

Research Articles

  • A multivariate approach for comparative study of water and sediment at Juhu Koliwada and Haji Ali

    S Gupta, P Deb
    588-595
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.56042/ijms.v54i11.19353

  • Diet composition and feeding behaviour of Tentoriceps cristatus (Klunzinger, 1884), from the southwest coast of India

    M C Chitra, M K Sajeevan, B M Raj
    596-603
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.56042/ijms.v54i11.19670

  • An updated checklist of marine and coastal fishes of Odisha, India

    S R Mohanty, S S Mishra, R K Behera, S Acharya, R K Patel, S Roy, D Ray, T K S Thathachari, L Patnaik, J K Seth, Anil Mohapatra
    604-627
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.56042/ijms.v54i11.19567

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