Marine & Freshwater Biology

Rank	Journal	Average citations
1	Annual Review of Marine Science	19.277
2	Marine Pollution Bulletin	9.260
3	Harmful Algae	7.328
4	Aquatic Toxicology	7.118
5	Fish & Shellfish Immunology	7.076
6	Aquaculture	7.050
7	Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries	7.007
8	Microbial Ecology	6.537
9	ICES Journal of Marine Science	5.494
10	Frontiers in Marine Science	5.173
11	Journal of Applied Phycology	5.054
12	Journal of Great Lakes Research	4.966
13	Journal of Marine Systems	4.733
14	Coral Reefs	4.551
15	Journal of Phycology	4.524
16	Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science	4.461
17	Aquaculture Environment Interactions	4.290
18	Marine Environmental Research	4.006
19	Animal Biotelemetry	3.923
20	Aquatic Botany	3.822
21	Journal of Sea Research	3.759
22	Biofouling	3.691
23	Algae	3.650
24	Marine Biotechnology	3.588
25	Marine Ecology Progress Series	3.587
26	Hydrobiologia	3.578
27	Estuaries and Coasts	3.574
28	Freshwater Biology	3.568
29	Marine Biology	3.496
30	Biological Bulletin	3.424
31	Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences	3.416
32	European Journal of Phycology	3.371
33	Journal of Plankton Research	3.255
34	Aquatic Invasions	3.202
35	Journal of Fish Diseases	3.186
36	Aquatic Microbial Ecology	3.155
37	Inland Waters	3.149
38	Fishes	3.121
39	Aquatic Conservation-Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems	3.038
40	Journal of Coastal Conservation	3.025
41	Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology	3.015
42	Diatom Research	2.977
43	Marine and Freshwater Research	2.923
44	Aquatic Ecology	2.783
45	African Journal of Marine Science	2.608
46	Aquatic Sciences	2.584
47	Environmental Biology of Fishes	2.507
48	Freshwater Science	2.480
49	Marine and Coastal Fisheries	2.478
50	Phycologia	2.404

51	Journal of Fish Biology	2.359
52	Mediterranean Marine Science	2.358
53	Marine Mammal Science	2.292
54	Marine Biodiversity	1.985
55	Cryptogamie Algologie	1.976
56	African Journal of Aquatic Science	1.972
57	Journal of Molluscan Studies	1.938
58	Botanica Marina	1.916
59	Ecology of Freshwater Fish	1.900
60	Knowledge and Management of Aquatic Ecosystems	1.869
61	Ocean Science Journal	1.853
62	Marine Biology Research	1.837
63	New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research	1.761
64	Journal of Shellfish Research	1.701
65	Regional Studies in Marine Science	1.699
66	Turkish Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences	1.681
67	Limnetica	1.679
68	International Review of Hydrobiology	1.636
69	Journal of Crustacean Biology	1.625
70	Bulletin of Marine Science	1.614
71	Scientia Marina	1.448
72	Lake and Reservoir Management	1.424
73	Marine and Freshwater Behaviour and Physiology	1.410
74	Invertebrate Biology	1.358
75	Journal of Applied Ichthyology	1.328
76	Marine Ecology-An Evolutionary Perspective	1.283
77	Aquatic Ecosystem Health & Management	1.219
78	Clean-Soil Air Water	1.206
79	Aquatic Mammals	1.192
80	Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom	1.191
81	Plankton & Benthos Research	1.145
82	Fundamental and Applied Limnology	1.100
83	Thalassas	1.071
84	Phycological Research	1.056
85	Latin American Journal of Aquatic Research	1.052
86	Ichthyological Research	1.047
87	Inland Water Biology	1.021
88	Pacific Science	1.009
89	Acta Adriatica	0.988
90	Russian Journal of Marine Biology	0.854
91	Ciencias Marinas	0.741
92	Crustaceana	0.649
93	Undersea and Hyperbaric Medicine	0.531
94	Revista de Biologia Marina y Oceanografia	0.361
95	Hidrobiologica	0.279