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	Frontiers in Marine Science	47
-	Aquaculture	47
4	Fish & Shellfish Immunology	43
5	Aquatic Toxicology	36
6	Harmful Algae	28
7	Journal of Applied Phycology	26
-	Marine Environmental Research	26
9	Microbial Ecology	25
-	ICES Journal of Marine Science	25
11	Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science	24
12	Journal of Great Lakes Research	23
-	Annual Review of Marine Science	23
-	Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries	23
15	Hydrobiologia	22
16	Marine Ecology Progress Series	21
17	Fishes	20
18	Aquatic Conservation-Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems	19
-	Freshwater Biology	19
-	Journal of Phycology	19
-	Coral Reefs	19
-	Estuaries and Coasts	19
23	Marine Biology	18
-	Journal of Fish Diseases	18
25	Journal of Fish Biology	17
-	Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences	17
27	Marine Biotechnology	16
-	Journal of Sea Research	16
29	Regional Studies in Marine Science	15
-	Journal of Marine Systems	15
31	Journal of Plankton Research	14
-	Marine and Freshwater Research	14
-	Biofouling	14
34	Marine Mammal Science	13
-	Environmental Biology of Fishes	13
-	Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology	13
-	Aquatic Botany	13
-	Aquatic Ecology	13
-	Biological Bulletin	13
-	Journal of Coastal Conservation	13
41	Mediterranean Marine Science	12
-	Inland Waters	12
-	Animal Biotelemetry	12
44	Aquatic Sciences	11
45	Marine and Coastal Fisheries	10
-	Aquaculture Environment Interactions	10
-	Botanica Marina	10
-	Phycologia	10
-	Freshwater Science	10
50	New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research	9

-	Turkish Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences	9
-	Algae	9
-	Clean-Soil Air Water	9
-	Journal of Crustacean Biology	9
-	Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom	9
-	Marine Biodiversity	9
-	Ocean Science Journal	9
-	African Journal of Marine Science	9
-	Ecology of Freshwater Fish	9
-	European Journal of Phycology	9
61	Journal of Molluscan Studies	8
-	Marine Biology Research	8
-	Marine Ecology-An Evolutionary Perspective	8
-	Thalassas	8
65	Knowledge and Management of Aquatic Ecosystems	7
-	Latin American Journal of Aquatic Research	7
-	Phycological Research	7
-	African Journal of Aquatic Science	7
-	Aquatic Ecosystem Health & Management	7
-	Aquatic Mammals	7
-	Limnetica	7
-	Aquatic Invasions	7
-	Aquatic Microbial Ecology	7
-	Bulletin of Marine Science	7
-	Inland Water Biology	7
-	Journal of Applied Ichthyology	7
77	Journal of Shellfish Research	6
-	Scientia Marina	6
-	Diatom Research	6
-	Ichthyological Research	6
-	Invertebrate Biology	6
-	Lake and Reservoir Management	6
-	Plankton & Benthos Research	6
-	Russian Journal of Marine Biology	6
-	International Review of Hydrobiology	6
86	Pacific Science	5
-	Crustaceana	5
-	Marine and Freshwater Behaviour and Physiology	5
89	Undersea and Hyperbaric Medicine	4
-	Acta Adriatica	4
-	Ciencias Marinas	4
-	Cryptogamie Algologie	4
-	Fundamental and Applied Limnology	4
94	Hidrobiologica	3
95	Revista de Biologia Marina y Oceanografia	2