Based on the 2017 Journal Citation Report on the Web of Science, we selected 41 top-cited papers published by CJOL in 2015–2016 in six fields: aquaculture, biology, chemistry, ecology, geology, and physics, and we further invited 7 scientists to rank them in scientific merit. These experts chose 21 outstanding papers that we now honor as the Most Outstanding Papers, as shown in the list below.

The first / corresponding author will be awarded a certificate, a copy of the issue containing their paper, as well as a souvenir.

We warmly congratulate the awardees for their success and sincerely thank all the authors and reviewers for contributing to and supporting our journal. We will do our best to provide good service in the future.

For more information, please contact the editorial office by email: jol@qdio.ac.cn.

The Editorial Office for Chinese Journal of Oceanology and Limnology