Marine & Freshwater Biology

Rank	Journal	Average citations
1	Annual Review of Marine Science	21.245
2	Marine Pollution Bulletin	9.587
3	Harmful Algae	7.778
4	Fish & Shellfish Immunology	7.598
5	Aquaculture	7.584
6	Aquatic Toxicology	7.524
7	Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries	7.131
8	Microbial Ecology	7.014
9	ICES Journal of Marine Science	5.632
10	Frontiers in Marine Science	5.438
11	Journal of Applied Phycology	5.354
12	Journal of Great Lakes Research	5.199
13	Aquaculture Environment Interactions	4.954
14	Journal of Marine Systems	4.919
15	Journal of Phycology	4.865
16	Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science	4.727
17	Coral Reefs	4.671
18	Marine Environmental Research	4.303
19	Animal Biotelemetry	4.195
20	Journal of Sea Research	4.083
21	Aquatic Botany	3.944
22	Algae	3.890
23	Marine Ecology Progress Series	3.862
24	Biofouling	3.857
25	Freshwater Biology	3.837
26	Marine Biotechnology	3.738
27	Hydrobiologia	3.714
28	Biological Bulletin	3.695
29	Estuaries and Coasts	3.612
30	Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences	3.561
31	European Journal of Phycology	3.517
32	Marine Biology	3.509
33	Journal of Fish Diseases	3.384
34	Fishes	3.319
35	Journal of Coastal Conservation	3.293
36	Journal of Plankton Research	3.267
37	Aquatic Invasions	3.245
38	Aquatic Conservation-Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems	3.229
39	Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology	3.207
40	Aquatic Microbial Ecology	3.111
41	Marine and Freshwater Research	3.095
42	Aquatic Ecology	2.895
43	Inland Waters	2.885
44	Diatom Research	2.814
45	Aquatic Sciences	2.751
46	Freshwater Science	2.739
47	Marine Mammal Science	2.668
48	Mediterranean Marine Science	2.610
49	Marine and Coastal Fisheries	2.596
50	African Journal of Marine Science	2.586

51	Journal of Fish Biology	2.575
52	Environmental Biology of Fishes	2.507
53	Phycologia	2.476
54	Ecology of Freshwater Fish	2.189
55	Cryptogamie Algologie	2.175
56	Marine Biodiversity	2.105
57	Botanica Marina	2.068
58	Journal of Molluscan Studies	1.975
59	Knowledge and Management of Aquatic Ecosystems	1.965
60	African Journal of Aquatic Science	1.950
61	Turkish Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences	1.930
62	Regional Studies in Marine Science	1.888
63	New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research	1.882
64	Ocean Science Journal	1.774
65	Journal of Shellfish Research	1.735
66	Marine Biology Research	1.719
67	Limnetica	1.694
68	Journal of Crustacean Biology	1.672
69	Bulletin of Marine Science	1.625
70	International Review of Hydrobiology	1.611
71	Invertebrate Biology	1.484
72	Marine Ecology-An Evolutionary Perspective	1.465
73	Journal of Applied Ichthyology	1.457
74	Marine and Freshwater Behaviour and Physiology	1.450
75	Lake and Reservoir Management	1.434
76	Aquatic Ecosystem Health & Management	1.331
77	Scientia Marina	1.324
78	Clean-Soil Air Water	1.320
79	Aquatic Mammals	1.273
80	Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom	1.268
81	Plankton & Benthos Research	1.237
82	Latin American Journal of Aquatic Research	1.226
83	Fundamental and Applied Limnology	1.186
84	Phycological Research	1.182
85	Inland Water Biology	1.128
86	Ichthyological Research	1.120
87	Acta Adriatica	1.098
88	Pacific Science	1.084
89	Thalassas	1.065
90	Russian Journal of Marine Biology	0.986
91	Ciencias Marinas	0.723
92	Crustaceana	0.650
93	Undersea and Hyperbaric Medicine	0.586
94	Revista de Biologia Marina y Oceanografia	0.353
95	Hidrobiologica	0.305