Journal of Oceanographyは、Journal of Oceanography(JO)に掲載されたすべての論文の中から、引用頻度の観点から最も優れていると判断される論文を、Journal of Oceanography Most Cited Paper Award (JOMOCA)として表彰することとなりました。JOMOCAの目的や選考基準は下記に掲載しています。
筆頭著者へは表彰状が送られ、Springer-Natureより副賞（Springer Nature社出版書籍のバウチャー200ユーロ）が送られます。
| Award Year | Authors | Awarded paper | Year of publication |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | ♛ Atsushi Matsuoka, Janet W. Campbell, Stanford B. Hooker, François Steinmetz, Kazunori Ogata, Takafumi Hirata, Hiroto Higa, Victor S. Kuwahara, Tomonori Isada, Koji Suzuki, Toru Hirawake, Joji Ishizaka & Hiroshi Murakami | Performance of JAXA’s SGLI standard ocean color products for oceanic to coastal waters: chlorophyll a concentration and light absorption coefficients of colored dissolved organic matter. J Oceanogr 78, 187–208. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10872-021-00617-2 | 2022 |
| 2025 | ♛ Jutarak Luang-on, Joji Ishizaka, Anukul Buranapratheprat, Jitraporn Phaksopa, Joaquim I. Goes, Hiroshi Kobayashi, Masataka Hayashi, Elígio de Raús Maúre & Satsuki Matsumura | Luang-on, J., Ishizaka, J., Buranapratheprat, A. et al. Seasonal and interannual variations of MODIS Aqua chlorophyll-a (2003–2017) in the Upper Gulf of Thailand influenced by Asian monsoons. J Oceanogr 78, 209–228. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10872-021-00625-2 | 2022 |
| 2024 | ♛ Yosuke Iida, Yusuke Takatani, Atsushi Kojima & Masao Ishii | Global trends of ocean CO2 sink and ocean acidification: an observation-based reconstruction of surface ocean inorganic carbon variables. J Oceanogr 77, 323–358. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10872-020-00571-5 | 2021 |
| 2024 | ♛ Shinichiro Kida, Katsumi Takayama, Yoshi N. Sasaki, Hiromi Matsuura & Naoki Hirose | Increasing trend in Japan Sea Throughflow transport. J Oceanogr 77, 145–153. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10872-020-00563-5 | 2021 |