We are pleased to invite you to read the highly cited papers published in 2021–2022 by the Journal of Marine Science and Engineering (JMSE, ISSN: 2077-1312) in the Section “Geological Oceanography”. We would like to take this opportunity to acknowledge the outstanding individuals and teams whose work inspires fellow researchers and profoundly influences the field of marine science.

1. “Depositional Sedimentary Facies, Stratigraphic Control, Paleoecological Constraints, and Paleogeographic Reconstruction of Late Permian Chhidru Formation (Western Salt Range, Pakistan)”
by Syed Kamran Ali, Hammad Tariq Janjuhah, Syed Muzyan Shahzad, George Kontakiotis, Muhammad Hussain Saleem, Usman Khan, Stergios D. Zarkogiannis, Panayota Makri and Assimina Antonarakou
J. Mar. Sci. Eng. 2021, 9(12), 1372; https://doi.org/10.3390/jmse9121372
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2077-1312/9/12/1372

2. “Recent Technological and Methodological Advances for the Investigation of Submarine Landslides”
by Zhigang Shan, Hao Wu, Weida Ni, Miaojun Sun, Kuanjun Wang, Liuyuan Zhao, Yihuai Lou, An Liu, Wei Xie, Xing Zheng et al.
J. Mar. Sci. Eng. 2022, 10(11), 1728; https://doi.org/10.3390/jmse10111728
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2077-1312/10/11/1728

3. “The Tsunami Caused by the 30 October 2020 Samos (Aegean Sea) Mw7.0 Earthquake: Hydrodynamic Features, Source Properties and Impact Assessment from Post-Event Field Survey and Video Records”
by Ioanna Triantafyllou, Marilia Gogou, Spyridon Mavroulis, Efthymios Lekkas, Gerassimos A. Papadopoulos and Manolis Thravalos
J. Mar. Sci. Eng. 2021, 9(1), 68; https://doi.org/10.3390/jmse9010068
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2077-1312/9/1/68

4. “Natural Processes and Anthropogenic Activity in the Indus River Sedimentary Environment in Pakistan: A Critical Review”
by Usman Khan, Hammad Tariq Janjuhah, George Kontakiotis, Adnanul Rehman and Stergios D. Zarkogiannis
J. Mar. Sci. Eng. 2021, 9(10), 1109; https://doi.org/10.3390/jmse9101109
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2077-1312/9/10/1109

5. “Strategic Sustainability of Offshore Arctic Oil and Gas Projects: Definition, Principles, and Conceptual Framework”
by Diana Dmitrieva, Alina Cherepovitsyna, Gennady Stroykov and Victoria Solovyova
J. Mar. Sci. Eng. 2022, 10(1), 23; https://doi.org/10.3390/jmse10010023
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2077-1312/10/1/23

6. “Sedimentology and Diagenesis of the Early–Middle Eocene Carbonate Deposits of the Ceno-Tethys Ocean”
by Ahmer Bilal, Renchao Yang, Muhammad Saleem Mughal, Hammad Tariq Janjuhah, Muhammad Zaheer and George Kontakiotis
J. Mar. Sci. Eng. 2022, 10(11), 1794; https://doi.org/10.3390/jmse10111794
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2077-1312/10/11/1794

7. “Relative Sea Level Changes and Morphotectonic Implications Triggered by the Samos Earthquake of 30th October 2020”
by Evelpidou, Niki, Anna Karkani and Isidoros Kampolis
J. Mar. Sci. Eng. 2021, 9(1), 40; https://doi.org/10.3390/jmse9010040
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2077-1312/9/1/40

8. “Prediction of Water Saturation from Well Log Data by Machine Learning Algorithms: Boosting and Super Learner”
by Fahimeh Hadavimoghaddam, Mehdi Ostadhassan, Mohammad Ali Sadri, Tatiana Bondarenko, Igor Chebyshev and Amir Semnani
J. Mar. Sci. Eng. 2021, 9(6), 666; https://doi.org/10.3390/jmse9060666
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2077-1312/9/6/666

9. “Ecological Constraints of Plankton Bio-Indicators for Water Column Stratification and Productivity: A Case Study of the Holocene North Aegean Sedimentary Record”
by Christina Giamali, George Kontakiotis, Assimina Antonarakou and Efterpi Koskeridou
J. Mar. Sci. Eng. 2021, 9(11), 1249; https://doi.org/10.3390/jmse9111249
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2077-1312/9/11/1249

10. “Integrated Porosity Classification and Quantification Scheme for Enhanced Carbonate Reservoir Quality: Implications from the Miocene Malaysian Carbonates”
by Hammad Tariq Janjuhah, George Kontakiotis, Abdul Wahid, Dost Muhammad Khan, Stergios D. Zarkogiannis and Assimina Antonarakou
J. Mar. Sci. Eng. 2021, 9(12), 1410; https://doi.org/10.3390/jmse9121410
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2077-1312/9/12/1410

11. “Geochronology and Geochemical Properties of Mid-Pleistocene Sediments on the Caiwei Guyot in the Northwest Pacific Imply a Surface-to-Deep Linkage”
by Liang Yi, Haifeng Wang, Xiguang Deng, Haifan Yuan, Dong Xu and Huiqiang Yao
J. Mar. Sci. Eng. 2021, 9(3), 253; https://doi.org/10.3390/jmse9030253
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2077-1312/9/3/253

12. “The Future of Russian Arctic Oil and Gas Projects: Problems of Assessing the Prospects”
by Amina Chanysheva and Alina Ilinova
J. Mar. Sci. Eng. 2021, 9(5), 528; https://doi.org/10.3390/jmse9050528
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2077-1312/9/5/528

13. “Iron-Coupled Anaerobic Oxidation of Methane in Marine Sediments: A Review”
by Hailin Yang, Shan Yu and Hailong Lu
J. Mar. Sci. Eng. 2021, 9(8), 875; https://doi.org/10.3390/jmse9080875
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2077-1312/9/8/875

14. “Normalized Stress–Strain Behavior of Deep-Sea Soft Soils in the Northern South China Sea”
by Ying Yang, Hailei Kou, Zhenghui Li, Yonggang Jia and Chaoqi Zhu
J. Mar. Sci. Eng. 2022, 10(8), 1142; https://doi.org/10.3390/jmse10081142
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2077-1312/10/8/1142

15. “Morpho-Structural Setting of the Ligurian Sea: The Role of Structural Heritage and Neotectonic Inversion”
by Danilo Morelli, Michele Locatelli, Nicola Corradi, Paola Cianfarra, Laura Crispini, Laura Federico and Sébastien Migeon
J. Mar. Sci. Eng. 2022, 10(9), 1176; https://doi.org/10.3390/jmse10091176
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2077-1312/10/9/1176

16. “Latitudinal Differentiation among Modern Planktonic Foraminiferal Populations of Central Mediterranean: Species–Specific Distribution Patterns and Size Variability”
by George Kontakiotis, Eirini Efstathiou, Stergios D. Zarkogiannis, Evangelia Besiou and Assimina Antonarakou
J. Mar. Sci. Eng. 2021, 9(5), 551; https://doi.org/10.3390/jmse9050551
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2077-1312/9/5/551

17. “Analysis of Seismic Damage Zones: A Case Study of the Ordovician Formation in the Shunbei 5 Fault Zone, Tarim Basin, China”
by Zhan Zhao, Jingtao Liu, Wenlong Ding, Ruiqiang Yang and Gang Zhao
J. Mar. Sci. Eng. 2021, 9(6), 630; https://doi.org/10.3390/jmse9060630
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2077-1312/9/6/630

18. “Effects of Clay Mineral Composition on the Dynamic Properties and Fabric of Artificial Marine Clay”
by Yi Shan, Xing Wang, Jie Cui, Haihong Mo and Yadong Li
J. Mar. Sci. Eng. 2021, 9(11), 1216; https://doi.org/10.3390/jmse9111216
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2077-1312/9/11/1216

19. “Late Quaternary Marine Terraces and Tectonic Uplift Rates of the Broader Neapolis Area (SE Peloponnese, Greece)”
by Efthimios Karymbalis, Konstantinos Tsanakas, Ioannis Tsodoulos, Kalliopi Gaki-Papanastassiou, Dimitrios Papanastassiou, Dimitrios-Vasileios Batzakis and Konstantinos Stamoulis
J. Mar. Sci. Eng. 2022, 10(1), 99; https://doi.org/10.3390/jmse10010099
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2077-1312/10/1/99

20. “Mechanisms for Overpressure Development in Marine Sediments”
by Chong Li, Linsen Zhan and Hailong Lu
J. Mar. Sci. Eng. 2022, 10(4), 490; https://doi.org/10.3390/jmse10040490
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2077-1312/10/4/490

21. “Sedimentary and Diagenetic Controls across the Cretaceous—Paleogene Transition: New Paleoenvironmental Insights of the External Ionian Zone from the Pelagic Carbonates of the Gardiki Section (Epirus, Western Greece)”
by Leonidas Moforis, George Kontakiotis, Hammad Tariq Janjuhah, Alexandra Zambetakis-Lekkas, Dimitrios Galanakis, Panagiotis Paschos, Christos Kanellopoulos, Sotirios Sboras, Evangelia Besiou, Vasileios Karakitsios et al.
J. Mar. Sci. Eng. 2022, 10(12), 1948; https://doi.org/10.3390/jmse10121948
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2077-1312/10/12/1948

22. “New Seismoacoustic Data on Shallow Gas in Holocene Marine Shelf Sediments, Offshore from the Cilento Promontory (Southern Tyrrhenian Sea, Italy)”
by Gemma Aiello and Mauro Caccavale
J. Mar. Sci. Eng. 2022, 10(12), 1992; https://doi.org/10.3390/jmse10121992
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2077-1312/10/12/1992

23. “Sediment Characteristics and Intertidal Beach Slopes along the Jiangsu Coast, China”
by Yu Kuai, Jianfeng Tao, Zaiyang Zhou, Stefan Aarninkhof and Zheng Bing Wang
J. Mar. Sci. Eng. 2021, 9(3), 347; https://doi.org/10.3390/jmse9030347
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2077-1312/9/3/347

24. “Investigation of Adequate Calibration Methods for X-ray Fluorescence Core Scanning Element Count Data: A Case Study of a Marine Sediment Piston Core from the Gulf of Alaska”
by Md Nurunnabi Mondal, Keiji Horikawa, Osamu Seki, Katsuya Nejigaki, Hideki Minami, Masafumi Murayama and Yusuke Okazaki
J. Mar. Sci. Eng. 2021, 9(5), 540; https://doi.org/10.3390/jmse9050540
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2077-1312/9/5/540

25. “Fish Teeth Sr Isotope Stratigraphy and Nd Isotope Variations: New Insights on REY Enrichments in Deep-Sea Sediments in the Pacific”
by Fenlian Wang, Gaowen He, Xiguang Deng, Yong Yang and Jiangbo Ren
J. Mar. Sci. Eng. 2021, 9(12), 1379; https://doi.org/10.3390/jmse9121379
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2077-1312/9/12/1379

26. “Organic Matter Burial in Deep-Sea Fans: A Depositional Process-Based Perspective”
by Arif Hussain and Khalid Al-Ramadan
J. Mar. Sci. Eng. 2022, 10(5), 682; https://doi.org/10.3390/jmse10050682
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2077-1312/10/5/682

27. “Organic Geochemical Signatures of the Upper Miocene (Tortonian—Messinian) Sedimentary Succession Onshore Crete Island, Greece: Implications for Hydrocarbon Prospectivity”
by Angelos G. Maravelis, George Kontakiotis, Spyridon Bellas, Assimina Antonarakou, Chrysanthos Botziolis, Hammad Tariq Janjuhah, Panayota Makri, Pierre Moissette, Jean-Jacques Cornée, Nikolaos Pasadakis et al.
J. Mar. Sci. Eng. 2022, 10(9), 1323; https://doi.org/10.3390/jmse10091323
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2077-1312/10/9/1323

28. “Characterizing Gas Hydrate–Bearing Marine Sediments Using Elastic Properties—Part 1: Rock Physical Modeling and Inversion from Well Logs”
by Zhiqi Guo, Xiaoyu Lv, Cai Liu, Haifeng Chen and Zhiguang Cai
J. Mar. Sci. Eng. 2022, 10(10), 1379; https://doi.org/10.3390/jmse10101379
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2077-1312/10/10/1379

29. “Deep Structure, Tectonics and Petroleum Potential of the Western Sector of the Russian Arctic”
by Alexey S. Egorov, Oleg M. Prischepa, Yury V. Nefedov, Vladimir A. Kontorovich and Ilya Y. Vinokurov
J. Mar. Sci. Eng. 2021, 9(3), 258; https://doi.org/10.3390/jmse9030258
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2077-1312/9/3/258

30. “Stability Characteristics of Horizontal Wells in the Exploitation of Hydrate-Bearing Clayey-Silt Sediments”
by Xiaofeng Sun, Qiaobo Hu, Yanlong Li, Mingtao Chen and Yajuan Zhang
J. Mar. Sci. Eng. 2022, 10(12), 1935; https://doi.org/10.3390/jmse10121935
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2077-1312/10/12/1935