Marine & Freshwater Biology

Rank	Journal	Average citations
1	Annual Review of Marine Science	27.739
2	Marine Pollution Bulletin	9.458
3	Microbial Ecology	9.446
4	Aquaculture	8.475
5	Aquatic Toxicology	7.671
6	Fish & Shellfish Immunology	7.667
7	Harmful Algae	7.372
8	Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries	6.382
9	Frontiers in Marine Science	6.186
10	ICES Journal of Marine Science	5.985
11	Journal of Applied Phycology	5.508
12	Journal of Sea Research	5.363
13	Journal of Phycology	4.939
14	Coral Reefs	4.744
15	Aquatic Botany	4.727
16	Algae	4.680
17	Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science	4.631
18	Marine Environmental Research	4.461
19	Journal of Great Lakes Research	4.443
20	Aquatic Invasions	4.388
21	Aquaculture Environment Interactions	4.344
22	Fishes	4.336
23	Marine Biotechnology	4.289
24	Hydrobiologia	4.285
25	Journal of Marine Systems	4.190
26	Animal Biotelemetry	4.125
27	Marine Ecology Progress Series	3.961
28	Biofouling	3.882
29	Estuaries and Coasts	3.859
30	Freshwater Biology	3.824
31	Journal of Coastal Conservation	3.678
32	Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences	3.637
33	Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology	3.518
34	Marine Biology	3.501
35	Aquatic Sciences	3.382
36	Biological Bulletin	3.357
37	Journal of Fish Diseases	3.296
38	Journal of Plankton Research	3.271
39	Aquatic Ecology	3.230
40	Marine and Freshwater Research	3.218
41	Mediterranean Marine Science	3.088
42	Journal of Fish Biology	3.058
43	European Journal of Phycology	3.016
44	Aquatic Conservation-Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems	2.990
45	Cryptogamie Algologie	2.974
46	Environmental Biology of Fishes	2.806
47	Inland Waters	2.763
-	Marine Mammal Science	2.763
49	Freshwater Science	2.723
50	Knowledge and Management of Aquatic Ecosystems	2.664

51	Phycologia	2.617
52	New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research	2.550
53	Marine and Coastal Fisheries	2.411
54	Ecology of Freshwater Fish	2.303
55	Marine and Freshwater Behaviour and Physiology	2.162
-	Marine Biodiversity	2.162
57	African Journal of Aquatic Science	2.102
58	African Journal of Marine Science	2.094
59	Aquatic Microbial Ecology	2.089
60	Turkish Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences	2.054
61	Ocean Science Journal	2.019
62	Botanica Marina	2.009
63	Limnetica	1.991
64	Marine Ecology-An Evolutionary Perspective	1.967
65	Marine Biology Research	1.964
66	Lake and Reservoir Management	1.961
67	Journal of Molluscan Studies	1.942
68	Regional Studies in Marine Science	1.933
69	Journal of Crustacean Biology	1.890
70	Clean-Soil Air Water	1.817
71	Scientia Marina	1.802
72	Journal of Shellfish Research	1.775
73	Diatom Research	1.574
74	Journal of Applied Ichthyology	1.554
75	Aquatic Ecosystem Health & Management	1.553
76	Invertebrate Biology	1.544
77	Aquatic Mammals	1.527
78	Bulletin of Marine Science	1.502
79	Phycological Research	1.497
80	Plankton & Benthos Research	1.433
81	Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom	1.391
82	Acta Adriatica	1.365
83	Inland Water Biology	1.356
84	Latin American Journal of Aquatic Research	1.340
85	Ichthyological Research	1.249
86	Thalassas	1.208
87	Ciencias Marinas	1.169
88	Fundamental and Applied Limnology	1.130
89	International Review of Hydrobiology	1.089
90	Russian Journal of Marine Biology	0.950
91	Pacific Science	0.887
92	Crustaceana	0.785
93	Undersea and Hyperbaric Medicine	0.707
94	Hidrobiologica	0.604
95	Revista de Biologia Marina y Oceanografia	0.592