Marine & Freshwater Biology: Journal Rankings

Journal Rankings

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

(The Journal Impact Factor, or JIF, denotes the average number of citations a paper of a given journal accrues within a two-year timespan, as calculated by Clarivate Analytics' database Web of Science; note that the journal coverage here at OOIR might deviate slightly from Web of Science's. The JIFs that used to have more than one decimal point are rounded here for copyright-related reasons.)

Rank	Journal	Impact Factor 2025
1	Annual Review of Marine Science	ca. 22.5
2	Marine Pollution Bulletin	ca. 4.9
3	Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries	ca. 4.7
4	Aquatic Toxicology	ca. 4.6
5	Aquaculture	ca. 4.4
6	Microbial Ecology	ca. 4.3
7	Fish & Shellfish Immunology	ca. 4.2
8	Harmful Algae	ca. 4.1
9	ICES Journal of Marine Science	ca. 3.9
10	Journal of Sea Research	ca. 3.8
11	Journal of Applied Phycology	ca. 3.6
12	Coral Reefs	ca. 3.5
13	Frontiers in Marine Science	ca. 3.4
-	Marine Environmental Research	ca. 3.4
15	Algae	ca. 3.3
16	Animal Biotelemetry	ca. 3
17	Fishes	ca. 2.9
18	Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science	ca. 2.8
-	Marine Biotechnology	ca. 2.8
20	Marine and Coastal Fisheries	ca. 2.7
-	Regional Studies in Marine Science	ca. 2.7
22	Freshwater Biology	ca. 2.6
23	Aquatic Conservation-Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems	ca. 2.5
-	Biofouling	ca. 2.5
-	Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences	ca. 2.5
-	Mediterranean Marine Science	ca. 2.5
-	Journal of Great Lakes Research	ca. 2.5
28	Aquatic Sciences	ca. 2.4
-	Hydrobiologia	ca. 2.4
-	Aquaculture Environment Interactions	ca. 2.4
-	Estuaries and Coasts	ca. 2.4
32	Journal of Fish Diseases	ca. 2.3
-	Marine Biology	ca. 2.3
-	Marine Ecology Progress Series	ca. 2.3
-	Cryptogamie Algologie	ca. 2.3
-	Aquatic Botany	ca. 2.3
37	Journal of Marine Systems	ca. 2.2
-	Aquatic Ecology	ca. 2.2
-	European Journal of Phycology	ca. 2.2
-	Journal of Coastal Conservation	ca. 2.2
41	Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology	ca. 2.1
-	Marine Biodiversity	ca. 2.1
43	Clean-Soil Air Water	ca. 2
-	Journal of Plankton Research	ca. 2
45	New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research	ca. 1.9
-	Aquatic Living Resources	ca. 1.9
-	Marine Ecology-An Evolutionary Perspective	ca. 1.9
-	Phycologia	ca. 1.9
49	Marine and Freshwater Research	ca. 1.8
-	Scientia Marina	ca. 1.8

51	Inland Waters	ca. 1.7
-	Marine Mammal Science	ca. 1.7
53	Botanica Marina	ca. 1.6
-	Ecology of Freshwater Fish	ca. 1.6
-	Journal of Applied Ichthyology	ca. 1.6
-	Marine and Freshwater Behaviour and Physiology	ca. 1.6
57	Environmental Biology of Fishes	ca. 1.5
-	Knowledge and Management of Aquatic Ecosystems	ca. 1.5
-	Phycological Research	ca. 1.5
-	Turkish Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences	ca. 1.5
-	Ocean Science Journal	ca. 1.5
62	Diatom Research	ca. 1.4
-	Journal of Crustacean Biology	ca. 1.4
-	Freshwater Science	ca. 1.4
65	Aquatic Microbial Ecology	ca. 1.3
-	Acta Adriatica	ca. 1.3
67	Aquatic Mammals	ca. 1.2
-	International Review of Hydrobiology	ca. 1.2
-	Marine Biology Research	ca. 1.2
70	Biological Bulletin	ca. 1.1
-	Ciencias Marinas	ca. 1.1
-	Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom	ca. 1.1
-	Limnetica	ca. 1.1
-	African Journal of Marine Science	ca. 1.1
75	Bulletin of Marine Science	ca. 1
-	Thalassas	ca. 1
77	Aquatic Ecosystem Health & Management	ca. 0.9
-	Ichthyological Research	ca. 0.9
-	Journal of Shellfish Research	ca. 0.9
-	African Journal of Aquatic Science	ca. 0.9
-	Inland Water Biology	ca. 0.9
-	Journal of Molluscan Studies	ca. 0.9
-	Lake and Reservoir Management	ca. 0.9
84	Invertebrate Biology	ca. 0.8
-	Latin American Journal of Aquatic Research	ca. 0.8
86	Plankton & Benthos Research	ca. 0.7
87	Crustaceana	ca. 0.6
-	Pacific Science	ca. 0.6
-	Undersea and Hyperbaric Medicine	ca. 0.6
90	Russian Journal of Marine Biology	ca. 0.5
91	Revista de Biologia Marina y Oceanografia	ca. 0.4
-	Fundamental and Applied Limnology	ca. 0.4
93	Hidrobiologica	ca. 0.3