Marine & Freshwater Biology: Journal Rankings

Journal Rankings

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

(The TQCC is the top quartile citation count: if all publications of a journal are sorted by citation count in descending order, then the TQCC is the citation count of the publication residing at the end of the top quartile; for example, given 100 publications, the TQCC is the citation count of the 25th ranked paper. 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	TQCC
1	Annual Review of Marine Science	29
2	Marine Pollution Bulletin	12
3	Aquaculture	11
4	Fish & Shellfish Immunology	10
-	Aquatic Toxicology	10
-	Harmful Algae	10
-	Microbial Ecology	10
8	ICES Journal of Marine Science	8
-	Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries	8
-	Aquaculture Environment Interactions	8
11	Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science	7
-	Journal of Marine Systems	7
-	Journal of Applied Phycology	7
-	Journal of Great Lakes Research	7
15	Coral Reefs	6
-	Journal of Phycology	6
-	Journal of Sea Research	6
-	Marine Ecology Progress Series	6
-	Aquatic Botany	6
-	Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences	6
-	Freshwater Biology	6
-	Marine Environmental Research	6
23	Biological Bulletin	5
-	Journal of Coastal Conservation	5
-	Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology	5
-	Journal of Fish Diseases	5
-	Marine Biology	5
-	Marine Biotechnology	5
-	Algae	5
-	Aquatic Invasions	5
-	Biofouling	5
-	Estuaries and Coasts	5
-	European Journal of Phycology	5
-	Hydrobiologia	5
-	Aquatic Conservation-Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems	5
36	Environmental Biology of Fishes	4
-	Marine and Coastal Fisheries	4
-	Marine and Freshwater Research	4
-	Marine Mammal Science	4
-	Aquatic Ecology	4
-	Ecology of Freshwater Fish	4
-	Journal of Fish Biology	4
-	Journal of Plankton Research	4
-	Aquatic Sciences	4
45	Mediterranean Marine Science	3
-	New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research	3
-	African Journal of Aquatic Science	3
-	Aquatic Microbial Ecology	3
-	Botanica Marina	3
-	Invertebrate Biology	3

-	Limnetica	3
-	Marine Biodiversity	3
-	Marine Biology Research	3
-	Marine Ecology-An Evolutionary Perspective	3
-	Phycologia	3
-	Turkish Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences	3
-	African Journal of Marine Science	3
58	Bulletin of Marine Science	2
-	Diatom Research	2
-	Fundamental and Applied Limnology	2
-	Journal of Applied Ichthyology	2
-	Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom	2
-	Latin American Journal of Aquatic Research	2
-	Phycological Research	2
-	Thalassas	2
-	Clean-Soil Air Water	2
-	Ichthyological Research	2
-	Journal of Crustacean Biology	2
-	Journal of Molluscan Studies	2
-	Journal of Shellfish Research	2
-	Lake and Reservoir Management	2
-	Marine and Freshwater Behaviour and Physiology	2
-	Ocean Science Journal	2
-	Plankton & Benthos Research	2
-	Scientia Marina	2
-	Acta Adriatica	2
-	Aquatic Ecosystem Health & Management	2
-	Aquatic Mammals	2
79	Ciencias Marinas	1
-	Hidrobiologica	1
-	International Review of Hydrobiology	1
-	Pacific Science	1
-	Russian Journal of Marine Biology	1
-	Undersea and Hyperbaric Medicine	1
-	Crustaceana	1
-	Revista de Biologia Marina y Oceanografia	1