Maritime security operations (MSO) are the actions of modern naval forces to combat sea–based terrorism and other illegal activities, such as hijacking, piracy, and slavery, also known as human trafficking. The top journals are peer reviewed scholarly journals. These provide high quality, meticulously reviewed and rapid publication, to cater the insistent need of scientific community. These journals are indexed with all their citations noted. The top open access journals are indexed in MEDLINE, PUBMED, SCOPUS, COPERNICUS, CAS, EBSCO and ISI. Maritime security operations (MSO) are the actions of modern naval forces to combat sea–based terrorism and other illegal activities, such as hijacking, piracy, and slavery, also known as human trafficking. Ships assigned to such operations may also assist seafaring vessels in distress. These activities are part of an overall category of activities which fall short of open warfare called military operations other than war.