New: Think Tank Rankings 2025

Marine & Freshwater Biology

Journal Rankings
TQCC Average citations Median citations H4-Index Number of Papers Impact Factor
(The data are based on CrossRef. The ranking can be re-used under a CC0-license.)
(Using publications from roughly 2021-09-01 to 2025-09-01)
Rank Journal Papers
1 Frontiers in Marine Science8516
2 Aquaculture5261
3 Marine Pollution Bulletin5186
4 Fish & Shellfish Immunology2701
5 Fishes2011
6 Regional Studies in Marine Science2001
7 Marine Environmental Research1614
8 Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science1568
9 Journal of Fish Biology1454
10 Hydrobiologia1287
11 Aquatic Toxicology1221
12 Marine Ecology Progress Series1195
13 Journal of Applied Phycology1054
14 ICES Journal of Marine Science905
15 Aquatic Conservation-Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems844
16 Journal of Fish Diseases764
17 Marine Biology751
18 Freshwater Biology749
19 Journal of Great Lakes Research707
20 Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences672
21 Microbial Ecology647
22 Estuaries and Coasts615
23 Environmental Biology of Fishes599
24 Thalassas586
25 Coral Reefs552
26 Harmful Algae543
27 Inland Water Biology456
28 Marine Biotechnology452
29 Marine Mammal Science449
30 Journal of Phycology440
31 Marine and Freshwater Research439
32 Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom425
33 Aquatic Sciences399
34 Clean-Soil Air Water389
35 Journal of Sea Research382
36 Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology367
37 Crustaceana353
38 Marine Biodiversity346
39 Aquatic Ecology330
40 Journal of Marine Systems324
- Journal of Crustacean Biology324
42 Aquatic Botany315
43 Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries300
44 Biofouling298
45 Journal of Plankton Research297
46 Journal of Coastal Conservation288
47 Aquatic Mammals279
48 Turkish Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences273
49 Russian Journal of Marine Biology271
50 Latin American Journal of Aquatic Research269
51 Marine Ecology-An Evolutionary Perspective262
52 Mediterranean Marine Science261
53 Ecology of Freshwater Fish254
54 Phycologia236
55 Botanica Marina234
56 Bulletin of Marine Science224
57 Journal of Applied Ichthyology213
58 Freshwater Science205
59 Ichthyological Research199
60 Ocean Science Journal197
61 Marine and Coastal Fisheries188
62 Journal of Shellfish Research187
63 Marine Biology Research181
64 Inland Waters180
65 New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research176
66 Animal Biotelemetry165
67 Aquatic Ecosystem Health & Management156
68 Journal of Molluscan Studies155
69 Undersea and Hyperbaric Medicine152
- Biological Bulletin152
- Phycological Research152
72 Invertebrate Biology133
73 African Journal of Aquatic Science129
74 Plankton & Benthos Research128
75 European Journal of Phycology122
76 African Journal of Marine Science114
77 Revista de Biologia Marina y Oceanografia113
78 Hidrobiologica111
- Annual Review of Marine Science111
80 Aquatic Invasions107
- Limnetica107
82 Pacific Science106
83 Algae99
84 Knowledge and Management of Aquatic Ecosystems98
85 Lake and Reservoir Management97
86 Scientia Marina95
87 Aquaculture Environment Interactions93
88 Diatom Research90
89 Ciencias Marinas84
90 Acta Adriatica76
91 International Review of Hydrobiology75
92 Fundamental and Applied Limnology67
93 Aquatic Microbial Ecology49
94 Marine and Freshwater Behaviour and Physiology40
95 Cryptogamie Algologie37
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