Marine & Freshwater Biology: 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	Marine Pollution Bulletin	58
2	Frontiers in Marine Science	50
3	Aquaculture	45
4	Fish & Shellfish Immunology	44
5	Aquatic Toxicology	36
6	Fishes	32
7	Microbial Ecology	30
8	Marine Environmental Research	29
9	Journal of Applied Phycology	27
10	ICES Journal of Marine Science	26
11	Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science	25
-	Hydrobiologia	25
-	Annual Review of Marine Science	25
14	Harmful Algae	24
15	Marine Ecology Progress Series	21
-	Coral Reefs	21
-	Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries	21
18	Freshwater Biology	20
-	Regional Studies in Marine Science	20
-	Journal of Sea Research	20
21	Journal of Fish Biology	19
-	Journal of Great Lakes Research	19
-	Journal of Fish Diseases	19
-	Journal of Phycology	19
25	Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences	18
26	Aquatic Conservation-Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems	17
-	Estuaries and Coasts	17
-	Aquatic Botany	17
29	Marine Biology	16
-	Marine Biotechnology	16
-	Journal of Marine Systems	16
32	Environmental Biology of Fishes	15
-	Marine and Freshwater Research	15
-	Aquatic Sciences	15
-	Journal of Coastal Conservation	15
36	Journal of Plankton Research	14
-	Marine Mammal Science	14
-	Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology	14
39	Biofouling	13
-	Mediterranean Marine Science	13
-	Freshwater Science	13
-	Aquatic Ecology	13
43	Clean-Soil Air Water	12
-	Marine and Coastal Fisheries	12
-	Aquaculture Environment Interactions	12
-	Animal Biotelemetry	12
47	Algae	11
-	Biological Bulletin	11
-	Marine Ecology-An Evolutionary Perspective	11
50	Botanica Marina	10

-	New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research	10
-	Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom	10
-	Marine Biodiversity	10
54	Inland Waters	9
-	Journal of Crustacean Biology	9
-	Turkish Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences	9
-	Aquatic Mammals	9
-	Ecology of Freshwater Fish	9
-	Ocean Science Journal	9
-	Phycologia	9
-	Thalassas	9
-	Aquatic Invasions	9
63	Journal of Shellfish Research	8
-	Phycological Research	8
-	European Journal of Phycology	8
-	Inland Water Biology	8
-	Marine Biology Research	8
68	Ichthyological Research	7
-	Invertebrate Biology	7
-	Journal of Molluscan Studies	7
-	Knowledge and Management of Aquatic Ecosystems	7
-	African Journal of Aquatic Science	7
-	Bulletin of Marine Science	7
-	Journal of Applied Ichthyology	7
-	Lake and Reservoir Management	7
-	Limnetica	7
-	Russian Journal of Marine Biology	7
-	African Journal of Marine Science	7
79	Latin American Journal of Aquatic Research	6
-	Scientia Marina	6
-	Aquatic Ecosystem Health & Management	6
-	Cryptogamie Algologie	6
-	Plankton & Benthos Research	6
-	Acta Adriatica	6
85	Crustaceana	5
-	Diatom Research	5
-	Pacific Science	5
-	Ciencias Marinas	5
-	Marine and Freshwater Behaviour and Physiology	5
-	Aquatic Microbial Ecology	5
91	Fundamental and Applied Limnology	4
-	Hidrobiologica	4
-	International Review of Hydrobiology	4
-	Undersea and Hyperbaric Medicine	4
95	Revista de Biologia Marina y Oceanografia	3