title: [Marine science in Revista de Biologia Tropical in its 50th anniversary].
abstract: The first paper published in the Revista de Biología Tropical (RBT) on anything related to marine science was in 1963. Since then the number of marine-related papers has increased to 637, which represents 27% of the total production of RBT (excluding the Supplements), and 33% since 1979. Most publications are Full Articles on Ecology (135 papers). The marine ecosystem of which there is more publications is the coral reefs (28); and fish is the most studied taxonomic group (165). Almost half of the Supplements are marine related (12). The RBT must continue its efforts to maintain itself as a leading marine science publication in Latin America.
authors.affiliation: Centro de Investigación en Ciencias del Mar y Limnología (CIMAR), Escuela de Biología, Universidad de Costa Rica, San Pedro, San José 2060, Costa Rica.
authors.forename: Jorge
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Cortés
authors.forename: Vanessa
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Nielsen
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D015706:Bibliometrics; D003364:Costa Rica; D008386:Marine Biology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D010506:Periodicals as Topic / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D014329:Tropical Climate