5 disciplines of Shanghai Ocean University (Plant and Animal Science, Agricultural Science, Environment/Ecology, Engineering, and Biology & Biochemistry) have entered the world's top 1% of the
Clarivate Essential Science Indicators (ESI) international discipline ranking. In 2016, it sponsored an
open access journal
Aquaculture and Fisheries, the first English journal of fisheries science in China Mainland, cooperating with
Elsevier and KeAi Publishing. The university takes the nationwide lead in such academic fields as Ichthyology, Aquatic Animal Proliferation and Breeding, Fish Diseases Prevention, Fish Nutrition and Feeds, Fish Species and Quality Resources, Seaweed Cells Engineering, Fishing Gear and Methodology, Fishery Machinery, Preservation and Management of Fishery Resources, Fishery Regulations and Policy, Fishery Economics, Biological Technology, Marine Ecology, Food Science and Engineering, Refrigeration and Cryogenics. == Rankings and reputation ==