New: Think Tank Rankings 2025

Marine & Freshwater Biology

Journal Rankings
TQCC Average citations Median citations H4-Index Number of Papers Impact Factor
(The 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 Papers
1 Aquaculture5244
2 Marine Pollution Bulletin5209
3 Fish & Shellfish Immunology2685
4 Marine Environmental Research1528
5 Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science1500
6 Journal of Fish Biology1432
7 Hydrobiologia1275
8 Aquatic Toxicology1217
9 Marine Ecology Progress Series1137
10 Journal of Applied Phycology1061
11 ICES Journal of Marine Science908
12 Aquatic Conservation-Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems848
13 Journal of Fish Diseases762
14 Marine Biology758
15 Freshwater Biology754
16 Journal of Great Lakes Research712
17 Microbial Ecology698
18 Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences660
19 Environmental Biology of Fishes607
20 Estuaries and Coasts606
21 Thalassas574
22 Coral Reefs551
23 Harmful Algae535
24 Marine Mammal Science450
25 Marine and Freshwater Research444
26 Marine Biotechnology441
27 Journal of Phycology436
28 Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom416
29 Aquatic Sciences387
30 Journal of Sea Research384
31 Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology380
32 Clean-Soil Air Water379
33 Crustaceana354
34 Marine Biodiversity339
35 Aquatic Ecology332
36 Journal of Marine Systems325
37 Journal of Crustacean Biology321
38 Aquatic Botany317
39 Biofouling295
40 Journal of Plankton Research293
41 Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries291
42 Journal of Coastal Conservation287
43 Latin American Journal of Aquatic Research285
44 Aquatic Mammals277
45 Russian Journal of Marine Biology275
46 Turkish Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences274
47 Mediterranean Marine Science259
48 Ecology of Freshwater Fish254
49 Marine Ecology-An Evolutionary Perspective249
50 Botanica Marina241
51 Phycologia239
52 Journal of Applied Ichthyology233
53 Bulletin of Marine Science211
54 Marine and Coastal Fisheries203
- Ichthyological Research203
56 Marine Biology Research192
57 Ocean Science Journal191
58 New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research181
59 Journal of Shellfish Research172
60 Aquatic Ecosystem Health & Management169
61 Biological Bulletin160
62 Journal of Molluscan Studies156
63 Undersea and Hyperbaric Medicine152
64 Phycological Research147
65 Plankton & Benthos Research130
66 African Journal of Aquatic Science129
67 Invertebrate Biology125
68 European Journal of Phycology120
69 Hidrobiologica118
- African Journal of Marine Science118
71 Limnetica115
72 Revista de Biologia Marina y Oceanografia113
73 Aquatic Invasions104
74 Pacific Science103
75 Algae99
76 Aquaculture Environment Interactions97
- Lake and Reservoir Management97
78 Annual Review of Marine Science96
79 Scientia Marina93
80 Diatom Research91
81 Acta Adriatica87
82 Ciencias Marinas84
83 International Review of Hydrobiology74
84 Fundamental and Applied Limnology65
85 Aquatic Microbial Ecology48
86 Marine and Freshwater Behaviour and Physiology40
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