Marine Pollution Bulletin

Marine Pollution Bulletin is a monthly peer-reviewed journal published by Elsevier that documents marine pollution and introduces new forms of measurement and analysis for the rational use of estuaries, seas and oceans, founded in 1970, with a 2025 Journal Impact Factor of 4.9.《海洋污染通报》（Marine Pollution Bulletin）是（Elsevier）出版的月刊同行评审期刊，创刊于 1970 年，记录海洋污染状况并引入新型测量与分析方法，服务于河口、海域与海洋的合理利用，2025 年期刊影响因子为 4.9。

Scope

• The journal is concerned with the rational use of maritime and marine resources in estuaries, the seas and oceans, with documenting marine pollution and with introducing new forms of measurement and analysis.刊物关注河口、海域与海洋资源的合理利用，记录海洋污染状况，并引入新型测量与分析方法。
• A wide range of topics is discussed, covering not only effluent disposal and pollution control but also the management, economic aspects and protection of the marine environment in general.刊物讨论议题广泛，既涵盖污水排放与污染控制，也涵盖海洋环境的管理、经济层面与整体保护。
• Listed subjects include marine debris and litter, oil spills and their ecological impacts, chemical pollution such as heavy metals and persistent organic pollutants, and microplastics and their effects.其列明主题包括海洋废弃物与垃圾、石油泄漏及其生态影响、重金属与持久性有机污染物等化学污染，以及微塑料及其影响。
• Further named areas are pollution from shipping and maritime activities, eutrophication and its consequences, harmful algal blooms, ocean acidification from carbon dioxide absorption, and noise pollution and its effects on marine life.其他列明领域包括航运与海上活动污染、富营养化及其后果、有害藻华、二氧化碳吸收导致的海洋酸化，以及海洋噪声污染及其对海洋生物的影响。
• Coastal development and runoff, radioactive contamination, emerging pollutants, pollution from aquaculture and mariculture, global initiatives and policies, and the use of artificial intelligence to assess marine environmental conditions complete the declared scope.沿海开发与径流污染、放射性污染、新兴污染物、水产养殖污染、全球倡议与政策，以及利用人工智能评估海洋环境状况，构成其申明范围的其余部分。
• Research papers form the core of the journal, alongside reviews, short communications, baseline papers that document measurements with mandatory quality assurance and control information, micro articles and perspective papers.研究论文构成刊物主体，辅以综述、短篇通讯、记录测量数据且强制质量保证与质控信息的基线论文、微型文章以及观点文章。

History

• The journal grew out of a monthly mimeograph started in 1968 by Professor Bob Clark of Newcastle University and its Dove Marine Laboratory, when industrial decline and oil spills around the British coast were outpacing scientific information on marine pollution.刊物起源于 1968 年纽卡斯尔大学及其多夫海洋实验室的（Bob Clark）教授创办的月度油印简报，彼时英国沿岸的工业衰退与石油泄漏正使海洋污染方面的科学信息相形见绌。^[1]
• In 1970 the bulletin developed into Volume 1 of the printed journal, published first by Macmillan and then by Pergamon Press, which was later subsumed into Academic Press and finally the current publisher Elsevier.1970 年该简报发展为印刷版期刊第 1 卷，先后由（Macmillan）与（Pergamon Press）出版，其后并入（Academic Press），最终由现出版方（Elsevier）发行。
• A Baseline section for data-rich papers was introduced in July 1982 as a record of contamination levels designed to be acceptable for computer storage, and invited reviews and special issues were added as the editorial board expanded from the early 1990s.1982 年 7 月刊物增设基线（Baseline）板块，以适于计算机存储的形式记录污染水平，随着编委会扩充，自 20 世纪 90 年代初起又增设邀稿综述与特辑。
• The journal considered but rejected a change of name to Marine Environmental Bulletin, instead adopting the subtitle The International Journal for Marine Environmental Scientists, Engineers, Administrators, Politicians and Lawyers.刊物曾考虑更名为《海洋环境通报》（Marine Environmental Bulletin）但最终放弃，转而采用「面向海洋环境科学家、工程师、管理者、政界人士与律师的国际期刊」这一副标题。
• Bob Clark retired in the mid-1990s and was succeeded by Charles Sheppard, who handed the journal over in 2017 to a team of three Editors-in-Chief that was later reshaped around Gui-Peng Yang.（Bob Clark）于 20 世纪 90 年代中期退休，由（Charles Sheppard）接任，后者于 2017 年将刊物交由三位主编组成的团队，其后该团队调整为以（Gui-Peng Yang）领衔。
• The journal moved to fully electronic submission, review and publication in 2003, submissions from China, South America and South Asia then grew strongly, and it marked its fiftieth anniversary with a retrospective editorial in 2021.刊物于 2003 年全面转向电子化投稿、评审与出版，随后来自中国、南美与南亚的投稿显著增长，并于 2021 年以回顾性社论纪念创刊五十周年。
• Its Journal Impact Factor was 5.553 in 2021, 7.001 in 2022, 4.9 in 2024 and 4.9 in 2025.刊物期刊影响因子 2021 年为 5.553，2022 年为 7.001，2024 年为 4.9，2025 年为 4.9。

Editors

• The Editors-in-Chief are Gui-Peng Yang of the Ocean University of China in Qingdao, Michel Boufadel of the New Jersey Institute of Technology and Kenneth Leung of the City University of Hong Kong.主编为中国海洋大学（青岛）的（Gui-Peng Yang）、新泽西理工学院的（Michel Boufadel）与香港城市大学的（Kenneth Leung）。
• Francois Galgani of Ifremer in France serves as Special Issues Editor, with interests in ecotoxicology, marine litter and microplastics.法国（Ifremer）的（Francois Galgani）出任特辑编辑，研究方向包括生态毒理学、海洋垃圾与微塑料。
• The editorial board lists 33 editors and editorial board members from 18 countries and regions, with the largest groups in China, the United Kingdom and the United States, and it also includes a Young Editorial Board.编委会名录列有来自 18 个国家与地区的 33 位编辑与编委，以中国、英国和美国人数居前，并设有青年编委会。
• The journal follows a single anonymized review process in which submissions are first assessed by the editors and then typically reviewed by at least one independent expert before a decision is taken.刊物采用单盲评审流程：稿件先由编辑评估，其后通常交由至少一位独立专家评审，再作决定。
• Proposals for special issues, which address the major marine environmental concerns of the time, are expected to be discussed with the Editors-in-Chief.针对时代重大海洋环境议题的特辑提案，须与主编们商议。
• Official journal insights report three days from submission to first decision, 41 days to a decision after review, 89 days from submission to acceptance and eight days from acceptance to online publication.刊物官方洞察数据显示，投稿至首次决定约 3 天，评审后决定约 41 天，投稿至录用约 89 天，录用至在线发表约 8 天。