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 2021-04-01 to 2025-04-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	Marine Pollution Bulletin	60
2	Aquaculture	47
3	Fish & Shellfish Immunology	43
4	Aquatic Toxicology	36
5	Harmful Algae	28
6	Journal of Applied Phycology	26
-	Marine Environmental Research	26
8	ICES Journal of Marine Science	25
-	Microbial Ecology	25
10	Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science	24
11	Journal of Great Lakes Research	23
-	Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries	23
13	Hydrobiologia	22
14	Marine Ecology Progress Series	21
15	Journal of Phycology	19
-	Aquatic Conservation-Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems	19
-	Coral Reefs	19
-	Estuaries and Coasts	19
-	Freshwater Biology	19
20	Journal of Fish Diseases	18
-	Marine Biology	18
22	Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences	17
-	Journal of Fish Biology	17
24	Journal of Sea Research	16
-	Marine Biotechnology	16
26	Journal of Marine Systems	15
27	Biofouling	14
-	Journal of Plankton Research	14
-	Marine and Freshwater Research	14
30	Journal of Coastal Conservation	13
-	Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology	13
-	Marine Mammal Science	13
-	Aquatic Botany	13
-	Aquatic Ecology	13
-	Biological Bulletin	13
-	Environmental Biology of Fishes	13
37	Mediterranean Marine Science	12
38	Aquatic Sciences	11
39	Botanica Marina	10
-	Phycologia	10
41	Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom	9
-	New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research	9
-	Turkish Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences	9
-	African Journal of Marine Science	9
-	Ecology of Freshwater Fish	9
-	European Journal of Phycology	9
-	Journal of Crustacean Biology	9
-	Ocean Science Journal	9
-	Algae	9
50	Journal of Molluscan Studies	8

-	Marine Biology Research	8
-	Marine Ecology-An Evolutionary Perspective	8
-	Thalassas	8
54	Journal of Applied Ichthyology	7
-	Latin American Journal of Aquatic Research	7
-	Phycological Research	7
-	Aquatic Ecosystem Health & Management	7
-	Aquatic Mammals	7
-	Limnetica	7
-	African Journal of Aquatic Science	7
-	Aquatic Invasions	7
-	Aquatic Microbial Ecology	7
-	Bulletin of Marine Science	7
64	International Review of Hydrobiology	6
-	Scientia Marina	6
-	Ichthyological Research	6
-	Invertebrate Biology	6
-	Journal of Shellfish Research	6
-	Lake and Reservoir Management	6
-	Russian Journal of Marine Biology	6
-	Diatom Research	6
72	Marine and Freshwater Behaviour and Physiology	5
-	Pacific Science	5
-	Crustaceana	5
75	Acta Adriatica	4
-	Cryptogamie Algologie	4
-	Undersea and Hyperbaric Medicine	4
-	Ciencias Marinas	4
79	Hidrobiologica	3
80	Revista de Biologia Marina y Oceanografia	2