《河口、海岸和陸架科學》是一份國際多學科期刊，致力于分析從大陸架外緣到潮帶上限的咸水現象。該雜志提供了一個獨特的論壇，統一了多學科方法的研究河口，沿海地區和大陸架海洋。它以動物學、植物學、地質學、沉積學、物理海洋學等學科的原始研究論文、評論論文和簡短的交流為特色。

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science is an international multidisciplinary journal devoted to the analysis of saline water phenomena ranging from the outer edge of the continental shelf to the upper limits of the tidal zone. The journal provides a unique forum, unifying the multidisciplinary approaches to the study of the oceanography of estuaries, coastal zones, and continental shelf seas. It features original research papers, review papers and short communications treating such disciplines as zoology, botany, geology, sedimentology, physical oceanography.