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LATEST IMPACT FACTOR 2024: 1.4
In Journal Citation Reports®, Thomson Reuters 2024

Gulf and Caribbean Research is a peer-reviewed, scientific journal published online by The University of Southern Mississippi and co-sponsored by the Gulf Coast Research Laboratory. The journal was originally founded in 1961 by Gordon Gunter as a publication of the Gulf Coast Research Laboratory, and was titled Gulf Research Reports; that title persisted through 1999. Starting in 2000, the name was changed to Gulf and Caribbean Research to better reflect the scope of manuscripts, and the journal was published in traditional hard-copy format through 2013. After a brief hiatus involving a change to an electronic only format, the journal began accepting articles for publication in 2015. The journal considers manuscripts which deal mainly with research or research issues pertinent to the Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea.

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Open-access fees for the Ocean Reflection articles are supported by the Harte Research Institute for Gulf of Mexico Studies, Corpus Christi, Texas.

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Current Issue: Volume 37, Issue 1 (2026)

Editorial

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The Price of Success
Mark S. Peterson and Nancy J. Brown-Peterson


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Article

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The Critical Role of Near-Surface Dynamics in Identifying Spawning Areas of Atlantic Bluefin Tuna in the Gulf of Mexico
Donald R. Johnson, William J. Teague, Harriet Perry, and James S. Franks


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Short Communications

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Non-native seagrass, Halophila stipulacea, reaches northern Caribbean
Elizabeth R. Whitman, Elizabeth W. Stoner, and Stephanie K. Archer


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Notes on the Ichthyofauna Associated with Artisanal Fishing in a Severely Impacted Estuary in the Southwestern Gulf of Mexico During the Rainy Season
Rodrigo Vivanco-Cadena, César Meiners-Mandujano, and Roberto Martín Cruz-Castán


Available as Open Access