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 2021-06-01 to 2025-06-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	Ocean Engineering	68
2	Ocean & Coastal Management	46
3	Applied Ocean Research	36
4	Limnology and Oceanography	28
5	Annual Review of Marine Science	26
6	Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science	25
-	IEEE Journal of Oceanic Engineering	25
-	Progress in Oceanography	25
-	ICES Journal of Marine Science	25
10	Marine Ecology Progress Series	22
11	Marine Geology	20
12	Ocean Science	18
-	Continental Shelf Research	18
14	Deep-Sea Research Part II-Topical Studies in Oceanography	17
-	Journal of Marine Systems	17
-	Journal of Sea Research	17
17	Marine Georesources & Geotechnology	16
-	Ocean Modelling	16
-	Deep-Sea Research Part I-Oceanographic Research Papers	16
20	Journal of Physical Oceanography	15
-	Marine Chemistry	15
22	Journal of Plankton Research	14
-	Oceanologia	14
-	Journal of Navigation	14
-	Limnology and Oceanography-Methods	14
26	Acta Oceanologica Sinica	13
-	Marine and Freshwater Research	13
28	Environmental Fluid Mechanics	12
-	Fisheries Oceanography	12
-	Journal of Ocean University of China	12
-	Oceanography	12
32	Dynamics of Atmospheres and Oceans	11
33	Ocean Dynamics	10
-	Izvestiya Atmospheric and Oceanic Physics	10
-	Marine Geophysical Research	10
-	Oceanology	10
-	Polar Research	10
38	Journal of Oceanography	9
-	New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research	9
-	Atmosphere-Ocean	9
-	Marine Technology Society Journal	9
-	Ocean Science Journal	9
43	Thalassas	8
-	Marine Geodesy	8
45	Bulletin of Marine Science	7
-	Geo-Marine Letters	7
-	Terrestrial Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences	7
48	Plankton & Benthos Research	6
-	Tellus Series A-Dynamic Meteorology and Oceanography	6
50	Journal of Operational Oceanography	4

-	Acta Adriatica	4
52	Revista de Biologia Marina y Oceanografia	3