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 2020-06-01 to 2024-06-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	Marine Pollution Bulletin	64
2	Aquaculture	51
3	Frontiers in Marine Science	49
4	Fish & Shellfish Immunology	44
5	Aquatic Toxicology	32
6	Harmful Algae	29
7	Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science	28
-	Marine Environmental Research	28
9	Microbial Ecology	27
10	Annual Review of Marine Science	26
-	Journal of Applied Phycology	26
12	Marine Ecology Progress Series	25
13	Hydrobiologia	24
-	Journal of Great Lakes Research	24
15	Journal of Fish Biology	22
-	Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries	22
17	Aquatic Conservation-Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems	21
-	Freshwater Biology	21
-	ICES Journal of Marine Science	21
20	Coral Reefs	20
-	Journal of Phycology	20
22	Estuaries and Coasts	19
23	Marine Biology	18
-	Journal of Fish Diseases	18
-	Journal of Marine Systems	18
26	Marine Biotechnology	17
-	Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences	17
28	Freshwater Science	16
29	Regional Studies in Marine Science	15
-	Biofouling	15
-	Fishes	15
32	Marine and Freshwater Research	14
-	Marine Mammal Science	14
-	Journal of Plankton Research	14
-	Aquatic Botany	14
-	Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology	14
37	Animal Biotelemetry	13
-	Aquatic Ecology	13
39	Aquaculture Environment Interactions	12
-	Inland Waters	12
-	Journal of Sea Research	12
-	Biological Bulletin	12
-	Journal of Coastal Conservation	12
44	Marine and Coastal Fisheries	11
-	Mediterranean Marine Science	11
-	Algae	11
-	Aquatic Sciences	11
-	Marine Biodiversity	11
-	Phycologia	11
-	Ecology of Freshwater Fish	11

51	Journal of Shellfish Research	10
-	Botanica Marina	10
-	Clean-Soil Air Water	10
-	Environmental Biology of Fishes	10
-	Journal of Crustacean Biology	10
-	Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom	10
-	Ocean Science Journal	10
-	African Journal of Marine Science	10
-	European Journal of Phycology	10
60	Turkish Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences	9
-	African Journal of Aquatic Science	9
-	Journal of Molluscan Studies	9
-	Marine Biology Research	9
-	Marine Ecology-An Evolutionary Perspective	9
-	Aquatic Microbial Ecology	9
-	Bulletin of Marine Science	9
67	Knowledge and Management of Aquatic Ecosystems	8
-	Latin American Journal of Aquatic Research	8
-	New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research	8
-	Aquatic Ecosystem Health & Management	8
-	Aquatic Mammals	8
-	Lake and Reservoir Management	8
-	Inland Water Biology	8
-	International Review of Hydrobiology	8
-	Journal of Applied Ichthyology	8
76	Phycological Research	7
-	Crustaceana	7
-	Russian Journal of Marine Biology	7
-	Thalassas	7
-	Aquatic Invasions	7
-	Fundamental and Applied Limnology	7
82	Scientia Marina	6
-	Ichthyological Research	6
-	Invertebrate Biology	6
-	Limnetica	6
-	Plankton & Benthos Research	6
87	Pacific Science	5
-	Diatom Research	5
-	Marine and Freshwater Behaviour and Physiology	5
-	Undersea and Hyperbaric Medicine	5
-	Acta Adriatica	5
-	Ciencias Marinas	5
-	Cryptogamie Algologie	5
94	Revista de Biologia Marina y Oceanografia	3
-	Hidrobiologica	3