Ocean Science is an open-access peer-reviewed scientific journal published by Copernicus Publications on behalf of the European Geosciences Union. It covers all aspects of oceanography. The journal is available on-line and in print. Papers are published under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 license. The editor-in-chief is William Jenkins (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution). The founding editors were David Webb (National Oceanography Centre) and John Johnson (University of East Anglia).