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 2021-07-01 to 2025-07-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	Marine Pollution Bulletin	62
2	Aquaculture	49
3	Fish & Shellfish Immunology	45
4	Aquatic Toxicology	35
5	Harmful Algae	30
6	Journal of Applied Phycology	28
7	Marine Environmental Research	26
-	Annual Review of Marine Science	26
9	Journal of Great Lakes Research	25
-	Microbial Ecology	25
-	Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science	25
-	ICES Journal of Marine Science	25
13	Hydrobiologia	22
14	Journal of Phycology	21
-	Marine Ecology Progress Series	21
16	Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries	20
17	Journal of Fish Biology	19
-	Coral Reefs	19
-	Journal of Fish Diseases	19
20	Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences	18
-	Freshwater Biology	18
-	Journal of Sea Research	18
23	Aquatic Conservation-Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems	17
-	Estuaries and Coasts	17
-	Marine Biotechnology	17
26	Journal of Marine Systems	16
27	Biofouling	15
-	Marine Biology	15
29	Journal of Plankton Research	14
-	Aquatic Botany	14
-	Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology	14
-	Marine Mammal Science	14
33	Aquatic Ecology	13
-	Biological Bulletin	13
-	Environmental Biology of Fishes	13
-	Journal of Coastal Conservation	13
-	Marine and Freshwater Research	13
-	Mediterranean Marine Science	13
39	Aquatic Sciences	12
40	Aquaculture Environment Interactions	11
-	Botanica Marina	11
-	Inland Waters	11
-	Marine Biodiversity	11
-	Turkish Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences	11
45	Ecology of Freshwater Fish	10
-	Phycologia	10
-	Marine and Coastal Fisheries	10
48	Clean-Soil Air Water	9
-	Journal of Crustacean Biology	9
-	African Journal of Marine Science	9

-	Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom	9
-	New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research	9
-	Algae	9
54	Aquatic Ecosystem Health & Management	8
-	Marine Biology Research	8
-	Marine Ecology-An Evolutionary Perspective	8
-	Ocean Science Journal	8
-	Aquatic Invasions	8
-	Inland Water Biology	8
-	Latin American Journal of Aquatic Research	8
-	Phycological Research	8
-	Thalassas	8
63	Aquatic Mammals	7
-	European Journal of Phycology	7
-	Ichthyological Research	7
-	Invertebrate Biology	7
-	Journal of Molluscan Studies	7
-	Journal of Shellfish Research	7
-	Limnetica	7
-	Aquatic Microbial Ecology	7
-	Bulletin of Marine Science	7
-	Journal of Applied Ichthyology	7
-	African Journal of Aquatic Science	7
74	Lake and Reservoir Management	6
-	Plankton & Benthos Research	6
-	Scientia Marina	6
-	Diatom Research	6
-	International Review of Hydrobiology	6
-	Pacific Science	6
-	Russian Journal of Marine Biology	6
81	Crustaceana	5
-	Marine and Freshwater Behaviour and Physiology	5
83	Acta Adriatica	4
-	Ciencias Marinas	4
-	Fundamental and Applied Limnology	4
-	Undersea and Hyperbaric Medicine	4
87	Revista de Biologia Marina y Oceanografia	3
-	Hidrobiologica	3