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 2020-11-01 to 2024-11-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	Marine Pollution Bulletin	64
2	Aquaculture	52
3	Frontiers in Marine Science	45
4	Fish & Shellfish Immunology	41
5	Aquatic Toxicology	32
6	Harmful Algae	29
7	Annual Review of Marine Science	28
8	Marine Environmental Research	26
-	Journal of Applied Phycology	26
10	Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science	25
11	Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries	24
12	Marine Ecology Progress Series	23
-	Journal of Great Lakes Research	23
-	Microbial Ecology	23
-	Hydrobiologia	23
16	ICES Journal of Marine Science	22
-	Aquatic Conservation-Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems	22
18	Freshwater Biology	20
-	Journal of Phycology	20
20	Coral Reefs	19
21	Estuaries and Coasts	18
-	Marine Biology	18
23	Journal of Fish Biology	17
-	Fishes	17
-	Journal of Fish Diseases	17
-	Journal of Marine Systems	17
27	Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences	16
28	Regional Studies in Marine Science	15
-	Journal of Plankton Research	15
-	Biofouling	15
31	Marine Mammal Science	14
-	Freshwater Science	14
-	Marine and Freshwater Research	14
34	Aquatic Botany	13
-	Biological Bulletin	13
-	Inland Waters	13
-	Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology	13
38	Animal Biotelemetry	12
39	Mediterranean Marine Science	11
-	Aquaculture Environment Interactions	11
-	Aquatic Sciences	11
42	Turkish Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences	10
-	Ecology of Freshwater Fish	10
-	Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom	10
-	Marine Biodiversity	10
-	Phycologia	10
-	Algae	10
-	Environmental Biology of Fishes	10
-	Marine and Coastal Fisheries	10
50	African Journal of Marine Science	9

-	European Journal of Phycology	9
-	Journal of Crustacean Biology	9
-	Journal of Molluscan Studies	9
-	Marine Ecology-An Evolutionary Perspective	9
-	Botanica Marina	9
-	Clean-Soil Air Water	9
57	New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research	8
-	Aquatic Invasions	8
-	Fundamental and Applied Limnology	8
-	Journal of Applied Ichthyology	8
-	Lake and Reservoir Management	8
-	African Journal of Aquatic Science	8
-	Inland Water Biology	8
-	Knowledge and Management of Aquatic Ecosystems	8
-	Latin American Journal of Aquatic Research	8
66	Phycological Research	7
-	Aquatic Microbial Ecology	7
-	Bulletin of Marine Science	7
-	Marine Biology Research	7
-	Ocean Science Journal	7
-	Russian Journal of Marine Biology	7
-	Thalassas	7
-	Aquatic Mammals	7
-	Invertebrate Biology	7
-	Journal of Shellfish Research	7
76	Scientia Marina	6
-	Limnetica	6
-	Plankton & Benthos Research	6
-	Crustaceana	6
80	Pacific Science	5
-	Acta Adriatica	5
-	Ciencias Marinas	5
-	Cryptogamie Algologie	5
-	Marine and Freshwater Behaviour and Physiology	5
-	Undersea and Hyperbaric Medicine	5
-	Diatom Research	5
87	Revista de Biologia Marina y Oceanografia	3
88	Hidrobiologica	2