Marine & Freshwater Biology: Journal Rankings

Journal Rankings

TQCC Average citations Median citations H4-Index Number of Papers Impact Factor

(The TQCC is the top quartile citation count: if all publications of a journal are sorted by citation count in descending order, then the TQCC is the citation count of the publication residing at the end of the top quartile; for example, given 100 publications, the TQCC is the citation count of the 25th ranked paper. The data are based on CrossRef. The ranking can be re-used under a CC0-license.)

(Using publications from roughly 2021-03-01 to 2025-03-01)

Rank	Journal	TQCC
1	Annual Review of Marine Science	22
2	Marine Pollution Bulletin	11
3	Harmful Algae	9
-	Aquaculture	9
5	Microbial Ecology	8
-	Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries	8
-	Aquatic Toxicology	8
-	Fish & Shellfish Immunology	8
-	ICES Journal of Marine Science	8
10	Journal of Applied Phycology	7
-	Journal of Marine Systems	7
12	Aquaculture Environment Interactions	6
-	Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science	6
-	Frontiers in Marine Science	6
-	Journal of Great Lakes Research	6
-	Coral Reefs	6
17	Marine Biotechnology	5
-	Marine Ecology Progress Series	5
-	Algae	5
-	Biofouling	5
-	Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences	5
-	Freshwater Biology	5
-	Hydrobiologia	5
-	Marine Biology	5
-	Marine Environmental Research	5
-	Animal Biotelemetry	5
-	Aquatic Botany	5
-	Aquatic Microbial Ecology	5
-	Estuaries and Coasts	5
-	Journal of Phycology	5
-	Journal of Sea Research	5
32	Aquatic Conservation-Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems	4
-	Aquatic Sciences	4
-	Environmental Biology of Fishes	4
-	Fishes	4
-	Inland Waters	4
-	Journal of Plankton Research	4
-	Aquatic Ecology	4
-	European Journal of Phycology	4
-	Journal of Coastal Conservation	4
-	Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology	4
-	Journal of Fish Diseases	4
43	Marine Mammal Science	3
-	Mediterranean Marine Science	3
-	African Journal of Aquatic Science	3
-	Invertebrate Biology	3
-	Journal of Fish Biology	3
-	Journal of Molluscan Studies	3
-	Marine and Coastal Fisheries	3
-	Marine and Freshwater Research	3

-	Phycologia	3
-	Aquatic Invasions	3
-	Biological Bulletin	3
-	Ecology of Freshwater Fish	3
-	Freshwater Science	3
-	International Review of Hydrobiology	3
-	Marine Biodiversity	3
58	New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research	2
-	Regional Studies in Marine Science	2
-	Scientia Marina	2
-	Turkish Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences	2
-	Botanica Marina	2
-	Diatom Research	2
-	Ichthyological Research	2
-	Journal of Crustacean Biology	2
-	Journal of Shellfish Research	2
-	Knowledge and Management of Aquatic Ecosystems	2
-	Marine Biology Research	2
-	Marine Ecology-An Evolutionary Perspective	2
-	Ocean Science Journal	2
-	African Journal of Marine Science	2
-	Cryptogamie Algologie	2
-	Journal of Applied Ichthyology	2
-	Limnetica	2
-	Marine and Freshwater Behaviour and Physiology	2
76	Pacific Science	1
-	Phycological Research	1
-	Aquatic Ecosystem Health & Management	1
-	Aquatic Mammals	1
-	Clean-Soil Air Water	1
-	Crustaceana	1
-	Latin American Journal of Aquatic Research	1
-	Plankton & Benthos Research	1
-	Russian Journal of Marine Biology	1
-	Thalassas	1
-	Undersea and Hyperbaric Medicine	1
-	Acta Adriatica	1
-	Bulletin of Marine Science	1
-	Ciencias Marinas	1
-	Fundamental and Applied Limnology	1
-	Inland Water Biology	1
-	Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom	1
-	Lake and Reservoir Management	1
94	Revista de Biologia Marina y Oceanografia	0
-	Hidrobiologica	0