Marine & Freshwater Biology

Rank	Journal	Average citations
1	Annual Review of Marine Science	21.617
2	Marine Pollution Bulletin	9.517
3	Harmful Algae	8.959
4	Aquaculture	8.322
5	Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries	7.491
6	Aquatic Toxicology	7.047
7	Fish & Shellfish Immunology	6.711
8	Microbial Ecology	6.026
9	Journal of Applied Phycology	5.333
10	Journal of Great Lakes Research	5.144
11	Frontiers in Marine Science	5.052
12	Journal of Marine Systems	4.971
13	ICES Journal of Marine Science	4.944
14	Aquaculture Environment Interactions	4.897
15	Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science	4.799
16	Journal of Phycology	4.779
17	Coral Reefs	4.427
18	Marine Ecology Progress Series	4.270
19	Animal Biotelemetry	4.182
20	Algae	4.172
21	Marine Environmental Research	4.137
22	Aquatic Conservation-Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems	3.919
23	Inland Waters	3.901
24	Biofouling	3.885
25	Estuaries and Coasts	3.814
26	Freshwater Biology	3.806
27	Journal of Fish Diseases	3.584
28	Aquatic Botany	3.550
29	Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences	3.528
30	Freshwater Science	3.525
31	Hydrobiologia	3.524
32	European Journal of Phycology	3.508
33	Marine and Freshwater Research	3.458
34	Journal of Plankton Research	3.449
35	Marine Biology	3.445
36	Aquatic Microbial Ecology	3.418
37	Biological Bulletin	3.337
38	Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology	3.326
39	Aquatic Invasions	3.077
40	Marine Mammal Science	2.799
41	Journal of Fish Biology	2.732
42	Aquatic Sciences	2.707
43	African Journal of Marine Science	2.623
44	Diatom Research	2.607
45	Fishes	2.554
46	Journal of Molluscan Studies	2.472
47	Knowledge and Management of Aquatic Ecosystems	2.445
48	Mediterranean Marine Science	2.411
49	Phycologia	2.378
50	Turkish Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences	2.350

-	African Journal of Aquatic Science	2.350
52	Marine Biodiversity	2.286
53	Environmental Biology of Fishes	2.222
54	Ecology of Freshwater Fish	2.209
55	Marine and Coastal Fisheries	2.198
56	Fundamental and Applied Limnology	2.084
57	Lake and Reservoir Management	2.058
58	Marine and Freshwater Behaviour and Physiology	2.047
59	New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research	1.989
-	Regional Studies in Marine Science	1.989
61	Journal of Shellfish Research	1.977
62	Cryptogamie Algologie	1.936
63	Ocean Science Journal	1.869
64	Marine Biology Research	1.855
65	Botanica Marina	1.813
66	Limnetica	1.713
67	Invertebrate Biology	1.679
68	Marine Ecology-An Evolutionary Perspective	1.654
69	Scientia Marina	1.579
70	Journal of Crustacean Biology	1.542
71	Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom	1.540
72	Journal of Applied Ichthyology	1.535
73	Phycological Research	1.486
74	Bulletin of Marine Science	1.464
75	Aquatic Mammals	1.395
76	Plankton & Benthos Research	1.384
77	Clean-Soil Air Water	1.327
78	Acta Adriatica	1.225
79	Inland Water Biology	1.191
80	Latin American Journal of Aquatic Research	1.162
81	Ciencias Marinas	1.159
82	Ichthyological Research	1.121
83	Pacific Science	1.076
84	Russian Journal of Marine Biology	1.007
85	Thalassas	0.969
86	Undersea and Hyperbaric Medicine	0.939
87	Crustaceana	0.766
88	Revista de Biologia Marina y Oceanografia	0.690
89	Hidrobiologica	0.259