Oceanography: Journal Rankings

Journal Rankings

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

(A journal has H4-Index of h when h of its past four year's publications has h citations, whereby h is the highest possible number that renders the former statement true. The citation data are based on CrossRef. The ranking can be re-used under a CC0-license.)

(Using publications from roughly 2022-05-01 to 2026-05-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	Ocean Engineering	78
2	Journal of Marine Science and Engineering	52
3	Ocean & Coastal Management	49
4	Applied Ocean Research	37
5	IEEE Journal of Oceanic Engineering	28
6	Journal of Geophysical Research-Oceans	27
-	Limnology and Oceanography	27
8	Progress in Oceanography	26
9	Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science	25
-	ICES Journal of Marine Science	25
11	Annual Review of Marine Science	24
12	Limnology and Oceanography Letters	23
13	Journal of Sea Research	20
-	Marine Ecology Progress Series	20
15	Ocean Modelling	19
-	Ocean Science	19
-	Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology	19
18	Continental Shelf Research	18
-	Marine Geology	18
20	Deep-Sea Research Part II-Topical Studies in Oceanography	16
-	Journal of Marine Systems	16
-	Marine Chemistry	16
23	Journal of Physical Oceanography	15
24	Journal of Ocean University of China	14
-	Limnology and Oceanography-Methods	14
-	Deep-Sea Research Part I-Oceanographic Research Papers	14
-	Fisheries Oceanography	14
-	Journal of Plankton Research	14
-	Marine and Freshwater Research	14
-	Marine Georesources & Geotechnology	14
-	Oceanologia	14
32	Environmental Fluid Mechanics	13
-	Journal of Oceanology and Limnology	13
34	Acta Oceanologica Sinica	12
-	Dynamics of Atmospheres and Oceans	12
-	Ocean Dynamics	12
37	Atmosphere-Ocean	11
-	Journal of Navigation	11
39	Marine Geophysical Research	10
-	Oceanography	10
-	Journal of Southern Hemisphere Earth Systems Science	10
-	New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research	10
43	Journal of Oceanography	9
-	Ocean Science Journal	9
-	Thalassas	9
-	Izvestiya Atmospheric and Oceanic Physics	9
-	Terrestrial Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences	9
48	Marine Geodesy	8
-	Oceanology	8
50	Bulletin of Marine Science	7

-	Marine Technology Society Journal	7
52	Geo-Marine Letters	6
-	Plankton & Benthos Research	6
-	Tellus Series A-Dynamic Meteorology and Oceanography	6
-	Polar Research	6
-	Acta Adriatica	6
57	Journal of Operational Oceanography	5
58	Revista de Biologia Marina y Oceanografia	3