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	Applied Ocean Research	36
4	Limnology and Oceanography	28
5	Progress in Oceanography	25
-	IEEE Journal of Oceanic Engineering	25
-	ICES Journal of Marine Science	25
8	Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science	24
9	Marine Ecology Progress Series	21
10	Marine Geology	20
11	Continental Shelf Research	16
-	Journal of Physical Oceanography	16
-	Journal of Sea Research	16
14	Journal of Marine Systems	15
-	Marine Chemistry	15
-	Journal of Navigation	15
17	Journal of Plankton Research	14
-	Deep-Sea Research Part I-Oceanographic Research Papers	14
-	Marine and Freshwater Research	14
-	Marine Georesources & Geotechnology	14
-	Oceanologia	14
-	Deep-Sea Research Part II-Topical Studies in Oceanography	14
23	Acta Oceanologica Sinica	12
24	Polar Research	11
-	Dynamics of Atmospheres and Oceans	11
26	Oceanography	10
-	Fisheries Oceanography	10
28	Marine Geophysical Research	9
-	Marine Technology Society Journal	9
-	Oceanology	9
-	Izvestiya Atmospheric and Oceanic Physics	9
-	New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research	9
33	Journal of Oceanography	8
-	Marine Geodesy	8
-	Atmosphere-Ocean	8
-	Geo-Marine Letters	8
-	Thalassas	8
38	Terrestrial Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences	7
-	Bulletin of Marine Science	7
40	Acta Adriatica	4
41	Revista de Biologia Marina y Oceanografia	2