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Journale-ISSNPublisherOpen access onlyType availablePeer-reviewed (type?)Publication fees per article or per 10 pages if priced per page Converted to USD for comparison (note: some fees exclude taxes)Conditional WaiversPublishing regularityIndexed in DOAJ?DOAJ SealInternational Editorial Board?Impact Factor as stated by journal
(Note: not always an effective
measure of impact)
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Acta Ichthyologica et Piscatoria1734-1515PensoftYesGoldYes550 Euros$625YesQuarterlyYesNoYes0.928https://aiep.pensoft.net/Just recently switched to publishing with Pensoft, old articles are at old website. Fin-fish only
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Actualidades Biológicas2145-7166
Universidad de Antioquia, Colombia
YesDiamond/PlatinumYesNo$0N/ABi-annuallyYesNoLargely S. America0.105https://revistas.udea.edu.co/index.php/actbio/indexArticles in Spanish and English
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Advances in Oceanography and Limnology1947-573XPAGEPressYesDiamond/PlatinumYesNo$0N/ABi-annuallyYesYesYeshttps://pagepressjournals.org/index.php/aiol/index
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Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências (Annals of the Brazilian Academy of Sciences)1678-2690Academia Brasileira de CiênciasYesDiamond/PlatinumYesNo$0N/A
Quartlery plus supp
YesNoLargely Brazilian1.753http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_serial&pid=0001-3765&lng=en&nrm=iso
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Animal Systematics, Evolution and Diversity2234-8190
Korean Society of Systematic Zoology
YesGoldYes$200$200YesBi-annuallyYesNoLargely Korea, China, Japan?http://kjsz.kofst.or.kr/about/about.asp
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Animals2076-2615MDPIYesGoldYes1800 CHF$1,953YesYesYesYes2.752https://www.mdpi.com/journal/animalsAnimal zoology journal, theoretical possibility of deep-sea zoology being published here; Please note that MDPI has been perceived as predatory publisher by some colleagues
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Antarctic Science 1365-2079Cambridge University PressNoHybridYes£1780$2,835YesBi-monthlyNoNoYes1.638https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/antarctic-sciencereinvest their profits from APCs in research
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Archaea1472-3654Wiley (recently acquired Hindawi)YesGoldYes$1,300$1,300YesYesYes3.273https://www.hindawi.com/journals/archaea/
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Arquipelago, Life and Marine Sciences0873-4704University of the Azores, PortugalYesDiamond/PlatinumYesNo$0N/AYesNo?http://www.okeanos.uac.pt/arquipelago/
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Arthropod Systematics and Phylogeny1863-7221PensoftYesDiamond/PlatinumYesNo$0N/ANoNoLargely German2.354https://arthropod-systematics.arphahub.com/
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Arthropoda Selecta0136-006XKMK Scientific Press LtdYesDiamond/PlatinumYesNo$0N/ANoNoYes0.67https://kmkjournals.com/journals/AS
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Atoll Research Bulletin 0077-5630
Smithsonian Institution Scholarly Press
YesDiamond/PlatinumYesNo$0N/ANoNohttps://repository.si.edu/handle/10088/4781
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Austral Ecology1442-9993WileyYesHybridYes3150 USD$3,150N/AMonthlyNoNoYes2.087https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/14429993
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Beche de Mer Bulletin1025-4943
Supported by Australian Government, European Union, France and New Zealand Aid Programme
YesDiamond/PlatinumYesNo$0N/AAnnualNoNoNohttps://coastfish.spc.int/en/publications/bulletins/beche-de-mer
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Biodiversitas2085-4722MBI & UNS Solo, IndonesiaYesGoldYes$250$250YesMonthlyYesNoYeshttps://biodiversitas.mipa.uns.ac.id/index.htmDefinitely publishes marine studies, not just terrestrial
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Biodiversity Data Journal1314-2828PensoftYesGoldYes$625$625YesContinuouslyYesNoYes1.225https://bdj.pensoft.net/
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Biogeographia - The Journal of Integrative Biogeography (Italian Biogeography Society)2475-5257
California Digital Library eScholarship Platform
YesDiamond/PlatinumYesNo$0N/AAnnualYesNoLargely Italyhttps://escholarship.org/uc/biogeographia
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Biogeosciences1726-4189Copernicus PublicationsYesGoldYes1510 Euro$1,721YesBi-weeklyYesYesYes4.295https://www.biogeosciences.net/
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Biology Direct1745-6150SpringerNatureYesGoldYes£1790$2,490Yes?YesYesYes4.54http://www.biology-direct.com/
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Biology Letters1744-957XRoyal Society PublicationsNoGreen/GoldYes£1700$2,220YesMonthlyNoNoYes3.703https://royalsocietypublishing.org/journal/rsblThe ‘accepted version’ of a work (after peer review) can be self-archived at a repository with no embargo (zero day embargo)
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BMC Evolutionary Biology1471-2148SpringerNatureYesGoldYes$2,290$2,290Yes?YesYesYes3.26https://bmcecolevol.biomedcentral.com/
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BMC Genomics1471-2164SpringerNatureYesGoldYes£1590$2,390Yes?YesYesYes3.969https://bmcgenomics.biomedcentral.com/
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Boletín Científico CIOH2215-9045
Dirección General Maritima, Colombia
YesDiamond/PlatinumYesNo$0N/ABi-annuallyYesNoLargely Columbia0.17https://ojs.dimar.mil.co/index.php/CIOH/index
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Check List - Journal of Biodiversity Data1809-127XPensoftYesGoldYes€250$277YesContinuouslyYesNoYes0.661https://checklist.pensoft.net/
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Chinese Science Bulletin2095-9273Science Press, ChinaYesGoldYes5000 RMB$790?AnnualNoNoNo11.78https://engine.scichina.com/publisher/scp/journal/CSB?slug=abstractsMultidisciplinary. Has relevant papers e.g. "Diversity and metabolism of prokaryotic chemoautotrophs and their interactions with deep-sea hydrothermal environments" (2018)
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Ciencias Marinas2395-9053
Autonomous University of Baja California, Mexico
YesDiamond/PlatinumyesNo$0N/AQuarterlyNoNoYes0.844https://www.cienciasmarinas.com.mx/index.php/cmarinasSpanish and English language
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Conservation Science & Practice2578-4854WileyYesGoldYes$1,850$1,850MonthlyYesNoYes3.233https://conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/25784854
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Crustacean Research2189-5317Carcinological Society of JapanYesGoldYes$300$300AnnualNoNoYes1.43https://crustacean-research.webnode.jp/
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Data in Brief2352-3409ElsevierYesGoldYes$500$500YesNoYes1.133http://www.journals.elsevier.com/data-in-brief/Data Journal
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Deep Sea Research I: Oceanographic Research Papers0967-0637ElsevierNoHybridYes $3,000$3,000MonthlyNoNoYes2.995https://www.journals.elsevier.com/deep-sea-research-part-i-oceanographic-research-papers
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Deep Sea Research II: Topical Studies in Oceanography0967-0645ElsevierNoHybridYes£3300$3,300MonthlyNoNoYes2.732https://www.journals.elsevier.com/deep-sea-research-part-ii-topical-studies-in-oceanography
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Diversity1424-2818MDPIYesGoldYes1800 CHF$1,962AnnualYesYesYes2.465https://www.mdpi.com/journal/diversity
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Earth System Science Data (ESSD)1866-3516Copernicus PublicationsYesDiamond/PlatinumYesNo$0N/AAnnualYesYesYes11.333https://www.earth-system-science-data.net/
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Ecological Modelling0304-3800ElsevierNoGoldYes$2,780$2,780MonthlyNoNoYes2.974https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/ecological-modellingHas published deep-sea modeling papers
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Ecological Processes2192-1709SpringerNatureYesDiamond/PlatinumYesNo$0N/A?YesYesYes2.849https://ecologicalprocesses.springeropen.com/
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Ecology and Evolution2045-7758WileyYesGoldYes£1600$2,200YesContinuouslyYesNoYes2.881http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1002/(ISSN)2045-7758
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Ecosystems and People2639-5916Taylor & FrancisYesGoldYes£950$1,235YesAnnuallyYesNoYes3.5https://www.tandfonline.com/journals/tbsm22
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eLife2050-084XeLifeYesGoldYes$2,500$2,500YesNo8.146https://elifesciences.org/e.g. "Abundant toxin-related genes in the genomes of beneficial symbionts from deep-sea hydrothermal vent mussels" (2015)
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Environmental Microbiology1462-2920
Wiley-Blackwell on behalf of the Society for Applied Microbiology
NoGoldYes£3000$4,054YesMonthlyNoNo5.491https://sfamjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/14622920
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European Journal of Remote Sensing2279-7254Taylor & FrancisYesGoldYes$700$700AnnuallyYesNoYes3.647https://www.tandfonline.com/toc/tejr20/current
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European Journal of Taxonomy2118-9773
A Consortium of European Natural History Museums
YesDiamond/PlatinumYesNo$0N/AYesNo1.372https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/index
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Evolutionary Systematics2535-0730PensoftYesGoldYes
Up to 200 pages per year are free supported by University of Hamburg
$0N/AYesNoNo - Germany Only?https://evolsyst.pensoft.net/Mostly terrestrial but note marine papers such as "The genus Syrrhoe (Crustacea, Amphipoda, Synopiidae) from the North Atlantic"
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ExRNA (extracellular RNA journal)2398-0060AME Publishing CompanyYesDiamond/PlatinumYesNo$0N/AYesYesYes?https://exrna.amegroups.com/
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F1000Research2046-1402Taylor & FrancisYesGoldYes$1,350$1,350YesYeshttps://f1000research.com/Multidisciplinary journal/platform
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FEMS Microbiology Ecology1574-6941Oxford University PressNoHybridYes$4,359$4,359MonthlyNoNoYes4.194https://academic.oup.com/femsec
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Fishes2410-3888MDPIYesGoldYes1400 CHF$1,526YesYes2.385https://www.mdpi.com/journal/fishes
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Frontiers of Biogeography1948-6596
International Biogeography Society
YesDiamond/PlatinumYes
$0 to $150-300 (optional to all authors)
$150YesYesYeshttps://escholarship.org/uc/fbA non-profit society funded journal with fees waived for anybody and authors retain full copyright
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Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution2296-701XSpringerNatureYesGoldYes$1,900$1,900YesYes4.171https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/ecology-and-evolution
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Frontiers in Marine Science2296-7745SpringerNatureYesGoldYes$1,900$1,900YesYes4.912https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/marine-science
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Frontiers in Microbiology1664-302XSpringerNatureYesGoldYes$2,950$2,950YesYes5.64https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/microbiologyAt least 22 articles on "Hydrothermal microbial ecosystems"
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Frontiers in Zoology1742-9994SpringerNatureYesGoldYes$2,690$2,690YesYes3.172https://frontiersinzoology.biomedcentral.com/
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Geologica Carpathica1335-0552
Veda, Publishing House of the Slovak Academy of Sciences
YesDiamond/PlatinumYesNo$0N/ABi-monthlyYesNo1.875http://www.geologicacarpathica.com/
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Geoscience Frontiers1674-9871ElsevierYesDiamond/PlatinumYesNo$0N/AYesNo6.853https://www.journals.elsevier.com/geoscience-frontiers/
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GigaByte2709-4715GigaScience Press, Hong KongYesGoldYes$2,415$2,415YesNoGigaByte has signed The San Francisco Declaration on Research Assessment (DORA) declaration and refuses to use the Journal Impact Factor as a promotional tool.https://gigabytejournal.com/A Data & Software Journal, very new so unlikely to have published anything deep-sea relevant yet but it is an eligible venue going forwards
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GigaScience2047-217XOxford University PressYesGoldYes£1281$1,731YesNo6.524https://academic.oup.com/gigascience
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Helgoland Marine Research1438-3888SpringerNatureYesGoldYes£1570$2,122YesYes1.241https://hmr.biomedcentral.com/
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Heliyon2405-8440ElsevierYesGoldYes$1,250$1,250YesNohttp://www.heliyon.com/
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ICES Journal of Marine Science1095-9289Oxford University PressNoHybridYes$3,819$3,8198 per yearNoNoYes3.593https://academic.oup.com/icesjms?login=false
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Interface (Journal of the Royal Society)1742-5662Royal Society PublicationsNoGreen/GoldYes£1700$2,380YesMonthlyNoNoYes4.118https://royalsocietypublishing.org/journal/rsifThe ‘accepted version’ of a work (after peer review) can be self-archived at a repository with no embargo (zero day embargo)
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International Aquatic Research2008-6970
Islamic Azad University, Tonekabon Branch, Iran
YesDiamond/PlatinumYesNo$0N/AQuarterlyYesNohttp://submission.intelaquares.com/
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Invertebrate Zoology 1814-0815KMK Scientific Press LtdYesDiamond/PlatinumYesNo$0N/ANoNo0.684https://kmkjournals.com/journals/Inv_Zool
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ISME Journal (Mircobial Ecology)1751-7370SprinerNatureNoGoldYes£2560$3,860YesMonthlyNoNo10.3https://www.nature.com/ismej/journal-information?gclid=Cj0KCQiA3rKQBhCNARIsACUEW_ZKQWiEO953KjtS32lcQY-teiXmrqJHwCdlYnLUP0HNsRMqSSm_VIUaAuuWEALw_wcB
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Journal of Asia-Pacific Biodiversity2287-884XElsevierYesDiamond/PlatinumYesNo$0N/AYesNohttps://www.journals.elsevier.com/journal-of-asia-pacific-biodiversity/
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Journal of Basic and Applied Zoology2090-990XSpringerNatureYesDiamond/PlatinumYesNo$0N/AYesYeshttps://basicandappliedzoology.springeropen.com/
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Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology0022-0981ElsevierNoGoldYes$3,090$3,090YesMonthlyNoNoYes2.171https://www.journals.elsevier.com/journal-of-experimental-marine-biology-and-ecology
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Journal of Fish Biology1095-8649Wiley-BlackwellNoHybridYes£2650$3,95020 per yearNoNoYes2.051https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10958649
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Journal of Marine Science and Engineering2077-1312MDPIYesGoldYes1400 CEF$1,526YesYes2.458https://www.mdpi.com/journal/jmse
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Journal of Marine Sciences2633-4674Wiley (recently acquired Hindawi)YesGoldYes$775$775YesNohttps://www.hindawi.com/journals/jmb/
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Journal of Micropalaeontology2041-4978Copernicus PublicationsYesGoldYes780 EUR$889YesYes1.674https://www.journal-of-micropalaeontology.net/
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Journal of Plankton Research1464-3774Oxford University PressNoHybridYes3275 EUR$3,655NoNo2.455https://academic.oup.com/plankt/All articles are free to read 12 months after publication.
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Journal of The Marine Biological Association of the UK1469-7769Cambridge University PressNoHybridYes£1,870$2,980
5 volumes a year
NoNo1.394https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-the-marine-biological-association-of-the-united-kingdom/information/author-benefits-to-publishing-in-the-jmba
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Journal of Threatened Taxa0974-7907
Wildlife Information Liaison Development Society, India
YesDiamond/PlatinumYesNo$0N/AYesNohttps://threatenedtaxa.org/index.php/JoTT/index
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Latin American Journal of Aquatic Research0718-560X
Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaiso, Chile
YesGoldYes$350$350
five numbers a year
NoNo0.958http://lajar.ucv.cl/index.php/rlajar/indexOnly English language
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Life2075-1729MDPIYesGoldYes1000 CHF$1,090YesYes3.817https://www.mdpi.com/journal/life
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Marine and Fishery Sciences (MAFIS)2683-7951
Instituto Nacional de Investigación y Desarrollo Pesquer (INIDEP) Argentina
YesDiamond/PlatinumYesNo$0N/ABi-annuallyYesNohttps://ojs.inidep.edu.ar/index.php/mafis/index
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Marine Biodiversity1867-1624Springer NoGoldYes$3,280$3,280Yes6 per yearNoNoYes1.533https://www.springer.com/journal/12526
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Marine Biodiversity Records1755-2672SpringerNatureYesGoldYes£1370$1,851YesYeshttps://mbr.biomedcentral.com/
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Marine Biology1432-1793SpringerNoHybridYes£2290$3,390YesMonthlyNoNoYes2.573https://www.springer.com/journal/227
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Marine drugs1660-3397MDPIYesGold?Yes2400 CHF$2,605?MonthlyYesYesYes5.118https://www.mdpi.com/journal/marinedrugs
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Marine Ecology1439-0485WileyNoGoldYes£2250$3,350YesBi-MonthlyNoNoYes1.693https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/14390485
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Marine Ecology Progress Series1616-1599InterResearchNoGold/HybridYes€ 1500 to € 2000$2,365NoBi-MonthlyNoNoYes2.824https://www.int-res.com/journals/meps/meps-home/All articles open access after 5 years. Free Green OZ permitted at time of publication. 3 of editors specialise on deep sea. [mjc]
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Marine Environmental Research0141-1136ElsevierNoGoldYes$3,240$3,240YesMonthlyNoNoYes3.13https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/marine-environmental-research
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Marine Policy1872-9460ElsevierNoGoldYes$3,750$3,750YesMonthlyNoNoYes4.173https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/marine-policy
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Marine Pollution Bulletin0025-326XElsevierNoGoldYes$3,630$3,630YesMonthlyNoNoYes5.553https://www.journals.elsevier.com/marine-pollution-bulletin
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mBio2150-7511American Society for MicrobiologyYesGoldYes$2,250$2,250
Twice Monthly issues
YesYes7.867https://mbio.asm.org/
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Mediterranean Marine Science1791-6763
Hellenic Centre for Marine Research
YesDiamond/PlatinumYesNo$0N/AYesNo2.319https://ejournals.epublishing.ekt.gr/index.php/hcmr-med-mar-sc
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Megataxa2703-3090Magnolia PressYesGoldYes$200$200Yesca quarterlyYesNoYeshttps://www.mapress.com/mt/aboutFocus on taxonomy
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Microbiome2049-2618SpringerNatureYesGoldYes£1565$2,115YesYes14.652http://www.microbiomejournal.com/
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Micronesica0026-279XUniversity of GuamYesGoldYes$350$350YesYesNohttps://micronesica.org/Has voluntary page charges
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Microorganisms2076-2607MDPIYesGoldYes1600 CHF$1,744YesYes4.128https://www.mdpi.com/journal/microorganismsHas relevant hydrothermal vent microorganism articles; Please note that MDPI has been perceived as predatory publisher by some colleagues
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Molecular Ecology1365-294XWileyYesGold/HybridYes£3600$4,800Yes24 per yearNoNoYes6.185https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/1365294x
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Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution1055-7903ElsevierNoGoldYes$3,600$3,600YesMonthlyNoNoYes4.286https://www.journals.elsevier.com/molecular-phylogenetics-and-evolution
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mSphere2379-5042American Society for MicrobiologyYesGoldYes$3,300$3,300YesYes4.389https://msphere.asm.org/
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Natural Systems and Resources2713-1572Volgograd State UniversityYesDiamond/PlatinumYesNo$0N/ANoNohttps://ns.jvolsu.com/index.php/en/
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Nature1476-4687Springer NatureNoGoldYes€9,500$10,519YesWeeklyNoNo49.962https://www.nature.com/
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Nauplius2358-2936
Sociedade Brasileira de Carcinologia
YesDiamond/PlatinumYesNo$0N/AYesNo0.61https://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_serial&pid=0104-6497&lng=en&nrm=iso
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Neotropical Biodiversity2376-6808Taylor & FrancisYesDiamond/PlatinumYesNo$0N/AYesNohttps://www.tandfonline.com/toc/tneo20/current
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Novitates Caribaea2079-0139
Museo Nacional de Historia Natural "Prof. Eugenio de Jesús Marcano" , Dominican Republic
YesDiamond/PlatinumYesNo$0N/AYesNohttp://novitatescaribaea.do/Potential deep-sea relevant papers like this one on Crinoids (2016) CATÁLOGO DE LOS ESPECÍMENES TIPO DE CRINOIDEOS (ECHINODERMATA: CRINOIDEA) DEL ARCHIPIÉLAGO CUBANO
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Ocean Science1812-0792Copernicus PublicationsYesGoldYes€1,310$1,493YesYes3.416https://www.ocean-science.netPublished by good reputation not-for-profit Copernicus publications [RM]