New: Think Tank Rankings 2025

Marine & Freshwater Biology

Journal Rankings
TQCC Average citations Median citations H4-Index Number of Papers Impact Factor
(The 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 Papers
1 Frontiers in Marine Science7837
2 Marine Pollution Bulletin5426
3 Aquaculture5162
4 Fish & Shellfish Immunology3032
5 Regional Studies in Marine Science2556
6 Fishes2396
7 Marine Environmental Research2100
8 Journal of Fish Biology1558
9 Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science1543
10 Hydrobiologia1339
11 Aquatic Toxicology1313
12 Marine Ecology Progress Series1176
13 Journal of Applied Phycology1142
14 ICES Journal of Marine Science886
15 Aquatic Conservation-Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems870
16 Journal of Fish Diseases793
17 Marine Biology787
18 Freshwater Biology769
19 Thalassas700
20 Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences685
21 Journal of Great Lakes Research665
22 Estuaries and Coasts649
23 Coral Reefs621
24 Harmful Algae603
25 Environmental Biology of Fishes577
26 Marine Mammal Science511
27 Clean-Soil Air Water505
28 Journal of Phycology503
- Marine Biotechnology503
30 Inland Water Biology491
31 Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom461
32 Aquatic Sciences446
33 Microbial Ecology444
34 Marine and Freshwater Research413
35 Journal of Sea Research411
36 Marine Biodiversity394
37 Crustaceana364
38 Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology354
39 Journal of Marine Systems351
40 Journal of Coastal Conservation346
41 Aquatic Ecology342
42 Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries335
43 Aquatic Botany326
44 Journal of Plankton Research307
- Journal of Crustacean Biology307
46 Biofouling300
47 Russian Journal of Marine Biology287
48 Marine Ecology-An Evolutionary Perspective281
49 Aquatic Mammals276
50 Latin American Journal of Aquatic Research266
51 Turkish Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences257
52 Mediterranean Marine Science249
53 Ecology of Freshwater Fish237
54 Botanica Marina230
55 Bulletin of Marine Science227
56 New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research216
57 Phycologia212
58 Ocean Science Journal211
59 Freshwater Science205
60 Inland Waters200
61 Ichthyological Research198
62 Marine and Coastal Fisheries194
63 Journal of Shellfish Research189
64 Journal of Applied Ichthyology180
65 Animal Biotelemetry177
66 Marine Biology Research172
67 Phycological Research162
68 Aquatic Ecosystem Health & Management159
69 Journal of Molluscan Studies145
70 Plankton & Benthos Research144
71 Undersea and Hyperbaric Medicine138
- Biological Bulletin138
73 African Journal of Aquatic Science128
74 Hidrobiologica124
75 African Journal of Marine Science121
- Invertebrate Biology121
77 European Journal of Phycology115
78 Limnetica112
79 Aquaculture Environment Interactions104
80 Algae103
81 Lake and Reservoir Management102
- Pacific Science102
- Revista de Biologia Marina y Oceanografia102
84 Knowledge and Management of Aquatic Ecosystems99
- Scientia Marina99
86 Diatom Research97
87 Aquatic Invasions94
88 Annual Review of Marine Science93
89 Ciencias Marinas83
90 Acta Adriatica81
91 International Review of Hydrobiology72
92 Fundamental and Applied Limnology59
93 Aquatic Microbial Ecology43
94 Marine and Freshwater Behaviour and Physiology34
- Cryptogamie Algologie34
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