Oceanography: Journal Rankings

Journal Rankings

TQCC Average citations Median citations H4-Index Number of Papers Impact Factor

(A journal has H4-Index of h when h of its past four year's publications has h citations, whereby h is the highest possible number that renders the former statement true. The citation data are based on CrossRef. The ranking can be re-used under a CC0-license.)

(Using publications from roughly 2022-06-01 to 2026-06-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	Ocean Engineering	78
2	Journal of Marine Science and Engineering	53
3	Ocean & Coastal Management	50
4	Applied Ocean Research	37
5	IEEE Journal of Oceanic Engineering	28
6	Journal of Geophysical Research-Oceans	27
7	Progress in Oceanography	26
-	Limnology and Oceanography	26
-	ICES Journal of Marine Science	26
10	Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science	25
-	Annual Review of Marine Science	25
12	Limnology and Oceanography Letters	22
13	Marine Ecology Progress Series	21
14	Journal of Sea Research	20
15	Ocean Modelling	19
-	Ocean Science	19
-	Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology	19
18	Continental Shelf Research	18
19	Marine Geology	17
20	Deep-Sea Research Part II-Topical Studies in Oceanography	16
-	Journal of Marine Systems	16
-	Marine Chemistry	16
23	Marine and Freshwater Research	15
24	Journal of Physical Oceanography	14
-	Marine Georesources & Geotechnology	14
-	Oceanologia	14
-	Deep-Sea Research Part I-Oceanographic Research Papers	14
-	Fisheries Oceanography	14
-	Journal of Plankton Research	14
30	Dynamics of Atmospheres and Oceans	13
-	Journal of Ocean University of China	13
-	Limnology and Oceanography-Methods	13
-	Environmental Fluid Mechanics	13
-	Journal of Oceanology and Limnology	13
35	Acta Oceanologica Sinica	12
-	Ocean Dynamics	12
37	Atmosphere-Ocean	11
-	Journal of Navigation	11
39	Marine Geophysical Research	10
-	Oceanography	10
-	New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research	10
-	Journal of Southern Hemisphere Earth Systems Science	10
43	Ocean Science Journal	9
-	Thalassas	9
-	Journal of Oceanography	9
-	Terrestrial Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences	9
-	Izvestiya Atmospheric and Oceanic Physics	9
48	Oceanology	8
-	Marine Geodesy	8
50	Marine Technology Society Journal	7

-	Bulletin of Marine Science	7
52	Plankton & Benthos Research	6
-	Tellus Series A-Dynamic Meteorology and Oceanography	6
-	Geo-Marine Letters	6
-	Acta Adriatica	6
56	Polar Research	5
-	Journal of Operational Oceanography	5
58	Revista de Biologia Marina y Oceanografia	3