By retrieving the SICE of the Thomson Reuters Web of Science database, the author found there are 1015 SCI papers written by Shanghai Ocean University authors. Around these papers, this article analyses and compares the status of Shanghai Ocean University in papers published in SCI from published year, country, cooperation agency, funding situation, research direction, and cited situation. And this to certain extent reflects the level of research capacity and the ability of the university. The author thinks that the university has made faster upgrade and development of research level and strength in recent years, but there is a gap with the domestic and international advanced level. So the university also needs considerable development and progress.