New: Think Tank Rankings 2026

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 2022-07-01 to 2026-07-01)
Rank Journal Papers
1 Frontiers in Marine Science7716
2 Marine Pollution Bulletin5461
3 Aquaculture5145
4 Regional Studies in Marine Science2608
5 Fishes2428
6 Marine Environmental Research2055
7 Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science1569
8 Journal of Fish Biology1563
9 Aquatic Toxicology1315
10 Hydrobiologia1261
11 Marine Ecology Progress Series1170
12 Journal of Applied Phycology1155
13 Fish & Shellfish Immunology1000
14 Aquatic Conservation-Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems878
15 ICES Journal of Marine Science870
16 Marine Biology804
17 Journal of Fish Diseases787
18 Freshwater Biology776
19 Thalassas718
20 Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences687
21 Estuaries and Coasts661
22 Journal of Great Lakes Research657
23 Coral Reefs621
24 Harmful Algae589
25 Environmental Biology of Fishes573
26 Marine Biotechnology524
- Marine Mammal Science524
28 Clean-Soil Air Water522
29 Journal of Phycology511
30 Inland Water Biology498
31 Aquatic Sciences459
32 Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom453
33 Microbial Ecology431
34 Marine and Freshwater Research417
35 Journal of Sea Research404
36 Marine Biodiversity398
37 Crustaceana359
38 Journal of Coastal Conservation357
39 Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology354
- Journal of Marine Systems354
41 Aquatic Ecology348
42 Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries346
43 Aquatic Botany327
44 Biofouling306
45 Journal of Crustacean Biology303
46 Marine Ecology-An Evolutionary Perspective289
47 Latin American Journal of Aquatic Research279
48 Aquatic Mammals276
49 Turkish Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences255
50 Russian Journal of Marine Biology252
51 Mediterranean Marine Science249
52 Ecology of Freshwater Fish235
53 Bulletin of Marine Science229
54 Botanica Marina228
55 Journal of Plankton Research219
56 New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research214
57 Ocean Science Journal212
58 Phycologia206
59 Freshwater Science203
60 Inland Waters202
61 Marine and Coastal Fisheries196
62 Ichthyological Research195
63 Journal of Shellfish Research189
64 Animal Biotelemetry182
65 Marine Biology Research175
66 Journal of Applied Ichthyology172
67 Aquatic Ecosystem Health & Management166
68 Phycological Research161
69 Journal of Molluscan Studies149
70 Plankton & Benthos Research144
71 Undersea and Hyperbaric Medicine140
72 African Journal of Aquatic Science130
73 African Journal of Marine Science127
74 Invertebrate Biology125
75 Hidrobiologica124
76 Biological Bulletin122
77 European Journal of Phycology119
78 Algae103
- Revista de Biologia Marina y Oceanografia103
80 Diatom Research102
- Pacific Science102
- Limnetica102
83 Knowledge and Management of Aquatic Ecosystems101
84 Lake and Reservoir Management98
85 Scientia Marina97
- Aquaculture Environment Interactions97
87 Annual Review of Marine Science95
88 Aquatic Invasions94
89 Ciencias Marinas84
90 International Review of Hydrobiology74
91 Acta Adriatica73
92 Fundamental and Applied Limnology54
93 Aquatic Microbial Ecology42
94 Cryptogamie Algologie32
- Marine and Freshwater Behaviour and Physiology32
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