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 2022-08-01 to 2026-08-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	Ocean Engineering	81
2	Journal of Marine Science and Engineering	54
3	Ocean & Coastal Management	50
4	Applied Ocean Research	37
5	IEEE Journal of Oceanic Engineering	31
6	Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science	27
-	Journal of Geophysical Research-Oceans	27
-	Limnology and Oceanography	27
-	Annual Review of Marine Science	27
10	Progress in Oceanography	26
-	ICES Journal of Marine Science	26
12	Limnology and Oceanography Letters	23
13	Journal of Sea Research	21
-	Ocean Modelling	21
-	Marine Ecology Progress Series	21
16	Ocean Science	20
17	Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology	19
18	Marine Geology	18
19	Deep-Sea Research Part II-Topical Studies in Oceanography	16
-	Continental Shelf Research	16
21	Journal of Marine Systems	15
-	Journal of Ocean University of China	15
-	Marine Chemistry	15
-	Marine and Freshwater Research	15
-	Marine Georesources & Geotechnology	15
26	Journal of Physical Oceanography	14
-	Oceanologia	14
-	Deep-Sea Research Part I-Oceanographic Research Papers	14
-	Fisheries Oceanography	14
-	Journal of Plankton Research	14
31	Dynamics of Atmospheres and Oceans	13
-	Limnology and Oceanography-Methods	13
-	Journal of Oceanology and Limnology	13
34	Oceanography	12
-	Acta Oceanologica Sinica	12
-	Environmental Fluid Mechanics	12
-	Journal of Navigation	12
-	Ocean Dynamics	12
39	Thalassas	10
-	Marine Geophysical Research	10
-	Journal of Southern Hemisphere Earth Systems Science	10
42	Journal of Oceanography	9
-	Terrestrial Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences	9
-	Izvestiya Atmospheric and Oceanic Physics	9
45	Oceanology	8
-	Ocean Science Journal	8
-	Marine Geodesy	8
-	New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research	8
49	Geo-Marine Letters	7
-	Atmosphere-Ocean	7

51	Plankton & Benthos Research	6
-	Tellus Series A-Dynamic Meteorology and Oceanography	6
-	Bulletin of Marine Science	6
-	Marine Technology Society Journal	6
-	Acta Adriatica	6
56	Polar Research	5
57	Journal of Operational Oceanography	4
58	Revista de Biologia Marina y Oceanografia	3