Mission Statement: The
Ocean Science Foundation (OSF) is a non-profit
non-governmental organization (NGO) set up to
facilitate research on endangered tropical marine
ecosystems. Our mission is to provide a frictionless route to publication for reearch papers in the field. In addition, we collaborate with
conservation and academic NGOs in scientific research
projects based in developing countries, especially
projects on the ecology and conservation of coral
reefs.
The Journal of the Ocean
Science Foundation (JOSF) has now published its 40th
volume, mostly publishing articles on tropical marine ichthyology, becoming one of the main venues for new species descriptions for coral-reef fishes. JOSF
has facilitated and published taxonomic papers by the leaders in the field: Jack Randall, recently deceased, who was a monumental figure in fish taxonomy, and among others, Gerry Allen,
Dave Greenfield, and Bill Smith-Vaniz-- all pioneers in the field of taxonomy of coral-reef fishes.
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