Ocean Science may be a not-for-profit international open-access scientific journal dedicated to the publication and discussion of research articles, short communications, and review papers on all aspects of ocean science: experimental, theoretical, and laboratory. Electronic submission of articles is employed to stay publication costs to a minimum. The costs will be covered by a moderate per-page charge paid by the authors. The peer-review process also makes use of the Internet. It includes an 8-week online discussion period with the first submitted manuscript and every one comments. If accepted, the ultimate revised paper is going to be published online. Ocean Science aims to be one among the leaders within the modern generation of open-access journals. Much of the literature about such journals is out there on the web and links to several of the most sources are given below. One of the aims of open-access publishing is to form scientific developments available to people, rich or poor, everywhere the planet as efficiently as possible. This aim underlies many of the initiatives and statements like those of Budapest, Berlin, and Bethesda.