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 2022-07-01 to 2026-07-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	Journal of Marine Science and Engineering	53
2	Ocean & Coastal Management	49
-	Ocean Engineering	49
4	Applied Ocean Research	32
5	IEEE Journal of Oceanic Engineering	30
6	Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science	27
-	Journal of Geophysical Research-Oceans	27
8	Progress in Oceanography	26
-	Limnology and Oceanography	26
10	Annual Review of Marine Science	25
-	ICES Journal of Marine Science	25
12	Limnology and Oceanography Letters	23
13	Marine Ecology Progress Series	21
-	Journal of Sea Research	21
15	Ocean Modelling	20
-	Ocean Science	20
17	Continental Shelf Research	18
-	Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology	18
19	Marine Geology	17
20	Deep-Sea Research Part II-Topical Studies in Oceanography	16
-	Marine Chemistry	16
22	Marine and Freshwater Research	15
-	Journal of Marine Systems	15
24	Deep-Sea Research Part I-Oceanographic Research Papers	14
-	Fisheries Oceanography	14
-	Journal of Oceanology and Limnology	14
-	Journal of Plankton Research	14
-	Journal of Ocean University of China	14
-	Journal of Physical Oceanography	14
-	Oceanologia	14
31	Environmental Fluid Mechanics	13
-	Dynamics of Atmospheres and Oceans	13
-	Limnology and Oceanography-Methods	13
34	Acta Oceanologica Sinica	12
-	Ocean Dynamics	12
36	Journal of Navigation	11
-	Journal of Southern Hemisphere Earth Systems Science	11
-	Oceanography	11
39	Thalassas	10
-	Atmosphere-Ocean	10
-	Marine Geophysical Research	10
-	New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research	10
43	Izvestiya Atmospheric and Oceanic Physics	9
-	Terrestrial Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences	9
-	Journal of Oceanography	9
46	Oceanology	8
-	Ocean Science Journal	8
-	Marine Geodesy	8
49	Bulletin of Marine Science	7
-	Geo-Marine Letters	7

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