Marine & Freshwater Biology

Rank	Journal	Average citations
1	Annual Review of Marine Science	25.243
2	Marine Pollution Bulletin	9.912
3	Aquaculture	8.767
4	Microbial Ecology	8.615
5	Fish & Shellfish Immunology	8.199
6	Harmful Algae	8.074
7	Aquatic Toxicology	7.781
8	Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries	6.059
9	Frontiers in Marine Science	5.961
10	ICES Journal of Marine Science	5.810
11	Journal of Great Lakes Research	5.782
12	Journal of Applied Phycology	5.253
13	Journal of Sea Research	5.158
14	Journal of Phycology	4.867
15	Algae	4.676
16	Journal of Marine Systems	4.663
17	Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science	4.565
18	Aquatic Botany	4.562
19	Aquaculture Environment Interactions	4.554
20	Coral Reefs	4.519
21	Hydrobiologia	4.270
22	Marine Environmental Research	4.233
23	Aquatic Invasions	4.219
24	Marine Biotechnology	4.216
25	Marine Ecology Progress Series	4.019
26	Animal Biotelemetry	3.969
27	Biofouling	3.953
28	Fishes	3.927
29	Biological Bulletin	3.926
30	Freshwater Biology	3.920
31	Estuaries and Coasts	3.736
32	Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology	3.734
33	Journal of Coastal Conservation	3.688
34	Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences	3.671
35	Marine Biology	3.407
36	Journal of Fish Diseases	3.282
37	Marine and Freshwater Research	3.279
38	Aquatic Sciences	3.222
39	Mediterranean Marine Science	3.024
40	Aquatic Conservation-Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems	3.016
41	Journal of Plankton Research	3.007
42	Aquatic Ecology	2.966
43	Journal of Fish Biology	2.939
44	Inland Waters	2.902
45	European Journal of Phycology	2.883
46	Freshwater Science	2.867
47	Environmental Biology of Fishes	2.753
48	Cryptogamie Algologie	2.737
49	Marine Mammal Science	2.647
50	Knowledge and Management of Aquatic Ecosystems	2.567

51	Phycologia	2.515
52	Ecology of Freshwater Fish	2.392
53	Marine and Coastal Fisheries	2.378
54	Marine Biodiversity	2.254
55	Regional Studies in Marine Science	2.221
56	New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research	2.218
57	African Journal of Marine Science	2.187
58	African Journal of Aquatic Science	2.165
59	Botanica Marina	2.144
60	Turkish Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences	2.131
61	Marine Biology Research	1.989
62	Marine and Freshwater Behaviour and Physiology	1.975
63	Marine Ecology-An Evolutionary Perspective	1.916
64	Limnetica	1.911
65	Ocean Science Journal	1.887
66	Journal of Crustacean Biology	1.856
67	Aquatic Microbial Ecology	1.844
68	Journal of Molluscan Studies	1.830
69	Lake and Reservoir Management	1.757
70	Scientia Marina	1.717
71	Clean-Soil Air Water	1.706
72	Invertebrate Biology	1.607
73	Journal of Shellfish Research	1.543
74	Journal of Applied Ichthyology	1.519
75	Diatom Research	1.506
76	Aquatic Mammals	1.464
77	Phycological Research	1.455
78	Aquatic Ecosystem Health & Management	1.422
79	Bulletin of Marine Science	1.386
80	Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom	1.363
81	Plankton & Benthos Research	1.353
82	Acta Adriatica	1.329
83	Latin American Journal of Aquatic Research	1.257
84	Inland Water Biology	1.219
85	Ichthyological Research	1.182
86	Thalassas	1.181
87	Russian Journal of Marine Biology	1.154
88	Fundamental and Applied Limnology	1.148
89	Ciencias Marinas	1.071
90	International Review of Hydrobiology	1.041
91	Pacific Science	0.979
92	Crustaceana	0.741
93	Undersea and Hyperbaric Medicine	0.738
94	Revista de Biologia Marina y Oceanografia	0.584
95	Hidrobiologica	0.563