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 2021-04-01 to 2025-04-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	Ocean Engineering	65
2	Ocean & Coastal Management	44
3	Journal of Marine Science and Engineering	43
4	Applied Ocean Research	36
5	Limnology and Oceanography	28
6	Journal of Geophysical Research-Oceans	26
7	Progress in Oceanography	25
-	IEEE Journal of Oceanic Engineering	25
-	ICES Journal of Marine Science	25
10	Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science	24
11	Annual Review of Marine Science	23
12	Limnology and Oceanography Letters	22
13	Marine Ecology Progress Series	21
14	Marine Geology	20
15	Ocean Science	18
-	Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology	18
17	Journal of Physical Oceanography	16
-	Journal of Sea Research	16
-	Ocean Modelling	16
-	Continental Shelf Research	16
21	Marine Chemistry	15
-	Journal of Marine Systems	15
-	Journal of Navigation	15
24	Deep-Sea Research Part II-Topical Studies in Oceanography	14
-	Marine and Freshwater Research	14
-	Marine Georesources & Geotechnology	14
-	Oceanologia	14
-	Deep-Sea Research Part I-Oceanographic Research Papers	14
-	Journal of Plankton Research	14
30	Limnology and Oceanography-Methods	13
31	Acta Oceanologica Sinica	12
-	Environmental Fluid Mechanics	12
33	Dynamics of Atmospheres and Oceans	11
-	Journal of Ocean University of China	11
-	Ocean Dynamics	11
-	Polar Research	11
-	Journal of Oceanology and Limnology	11
38	Oceanography	10
-	Fisheries Oceanography	10
40	Marine Geophysical Research	9
-	Marine Technology Society Journal	9
-	Oceanology	9
-	Ocean Science Journal	9
-	New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research	9
-	Izvestiya Atmospheric and Oceanic Physics	9
46	Marine Geodesy	8
-	Thalassas	8
-	Geo-Marine Letters	8
-	Journal of Oceanography	8
-	Atmosphere-Ocean	8

-	Journal of Southern Hemisphere Earth Systems Science	8
52	Bulletin of Marine Science	7
-	Terrestrial Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences	7
54	Plankton & Benthos Research	6
-	Tellus Series A-Dynamic Meteorology and Oceanography	6
56	Journal of Operational Oceanography	5
57	Acta Adriatica	4
58	Revista de Biologia Marina y Oceanografia	2