Marine & Freshwater Biology

Rank	Journal	Average citations
1	Annual Review of Marine Science	27.946
2	Microbial Ecology	10.592
3	Marine Pollution Bulletin	9.335
4	Aquatic Toxicology	7.869
5	Aquaculture	7.661
6	Fish & Shellfish Immunology	7.409
7	Harmful Algae	6.974
8	Frontiers in Marine Science	6.520
9	Journal of Sea Research	6.110
10	ICES Journal of Marine Science	5.919
11	Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries	5.889
12	Journal of Applied Phycology	5.470
13	Algae	5.175
14	Journal of Phycology	5.039
15	Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science	4.740
16	Coral Reefs	4.726
17	Marine Environmental Research	4.721
18	Fishes	4.652
19	Aquaculture Environment Interactions	4.539
20	Aquatic Botany	4.503
21	Hydrobiologia	4.411
22	Marine Biotechnology	4.134
23	Journal of Great Lakes Research	4.104
24	Animal Biotelemetry	4.029
25	Biofouling	3.987
26	Freshwater Biology	3.955
27	Marine Ecology Progress Series	3.923
28	Journal of Marine Systems	3.910
29	Estuaries and Coasts	3.903
30	Journal of Coastal Conservation	3.749
31	Biological Bulletin	3.699
32	Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences	3.697
33	Aquatic Sciences	3.679
34	Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology	3.666
35	Marine Biology	3.641
36	Marine and Freshwater Research	3.476
37	Journal of Fish Diseases	3.354
38	Journal of Plankton Research	3.330
39	Mediterranean Marine Science	3.291
40	European Journal of Phycology	3.104
41	Journal of Fish Biology	3.038
42	Aquatic Conservation-Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems	3.019
43	Freshwater Science	2.926
44	Marine and Coastal Fisheries	2.743
45	Aquatic Ecology	2.734
46	Aquatic Invasions	2.711
47	Environmental Biology of Fishes	2.680
48	Phycologia	2.667
49	Marine Mammal Science	2.625
50	Ecology of Freshwater Fish	2.556

51	Cryptogamie Algologie	2.528
52	Marine and Freshwater Behaviour and Physiology	2.412
53	Botanica Marina	2.399
54	Inland Waters	2.357
55	Marine Biodiversity	2.351
56	New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research	2.306
57	Marine Ecology-An Evolutionary Perspective	2.287
58	Ocean Science Journal	2.227
59	Turkish Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences	2.197
60	Knowledge and Management of Aquatic Ecosystems	2.102
61	African Journal of Aquatic Science	2.071
62	Lake and Reservoir Management	2.069
63	Marine Biology Research	2.054
64	Regional Studies in Marine Science	2.037
65	Journal of Crustacean Biology	1.916
66	Journal of Molluscan Studies	1.885
67	Journal of Applied Ichthyology	1.829
68	Scientia Marina	1.828
69	Limnetica	1.820
70	Acta Adriatica	1.727
71	Phycological Research	1.713
72	Clean-Soil Air Water	1.712
73	Aquatic Microbial Ecology	1.674
74	Aquatic Mammals	1.650
75	Journal of Shellfish Research	1.619
76	African Journal of Marine Science	1.608
77	Latin American Journal of Aquatic Research	1.580
78	Invertebrate Biology	1.553
79	Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom	1.545
80	Bulletin of Marine Science	1.518
81	Diatom Research	1.511
82	Inland Water Biology	1.436
83	Aquatic Ecosystem Health & Management	1.403
84	Ciencias Marinas	1.381
85	Plankton & Benthos Research	1.340
86	Ichthyological Research	1.274
87	Fundamental and Applied Limnology	1.241
88	Thalassas	1.233
89	Russian Journal of Marine Biology	1.132
90	Pacific Science	0.922
91	Crustaceana	0.756
92	Revista de Biologia Marina y Oceanografia	0.716
93	Hidrobiologica	0.688
94	Undersea and Hyperbaric Medicine	0.664
95	International Review of Hydrobiology	0.443