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 Inland Water Biology449
26 Marine and Freshwater Research444
27 Marine Biotechnology441
28 Journal of Phycology436
29 Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom416
30 Aquatic Sciences387
31 Journal of Sea Research384
32 Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology380
33 Clean-Soil Air Water379
34 Crustaceana354
35 Marine Biodiversity339
36 Aquatic Ecology332
37 Journal of Marine Systems325
38 Journal of Crustacean Biology321
39 Aquatic Botany317
40 Biofouling295
41 Journal of Plankton Research293
42 Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries291
43 Journal of Coastal Conservation287
44 Latin American Journal of Aquatic Research285
45 Aquatic Mammals277
46 Russian Journal of Marine Biology275
47 Turkish Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences274
48 Mediterranean Marine Science259
49 Ecology of Freshwater Fish254
50 Marine Ecology-An Evolutionary Perspective249
51 Botanica Marina241
52 Phycologia239
53 Journal of Applied Ichthyology233
54 Bulletin of Marine Science211
55 Marine and Coastal Fisheries203
- Ichthyological Research203
57 Marine Biology Research192
58 Ocean Science Journal191
59 Inland Waters187
60 New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research181
61 Journal of Shellfish Research172
62 Aquatic Ecosystem Health & Management169
63 Biological Bulletin160
64 Journal of Molluscan Studies156
65 Undersea and Hyperbaric Medicine152
66 Phycological Research147
67 Plankton & Benthos Research130
68 African Journal of Aquatic Science129
69 Invertebrate Biology125
70 European Journal of Phycology120
71 Hidrobiologica118
- African Journal of Marine Science118
73 Limnetica115
74 Revista de Biologia Marina y Oceanografia113
75 Aquatic Invasions104
76 Pacific Science103
77 Algae99
78 Lake and Reservoir Management97
- Aquaculture Environment Interactions97
80 Annual Review of Marine Science96
81 Scientia Marina93
82 Diatom Research91
83 Acta Adriatica87
84 Ciencias Marinas84
85 International Review of Hydrobiology74
86 Fundamental and Applied Limnology65
87 Aquatic Microbial Ecology48
88 Marine and Freshwater Behaviour and Physiology40
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