New: Think Tank Rankings 2026

Oceanography

Journal Rankings
TQCC Average citations Median citations H4-Index Number of Papers Impact Factor
(The Journal Impact Factor, or JIF, denotes the average number of citations a paper of a given journal accrues within a two-year timespan, as calculated by Clarivate Analytics' database Web of Science; note that the journal coverage here at OOIR might deviate slightly from Web of Science's. The JIFs that used to have more than one decimal point are rounded here for copyright-related reasons.)
Rank Journal Impact Factor 2024
1 Annual Review of Marine Science ca. 22.5
2 Limnology and Oceanography Letters ca. 7.3
3 Ocean Engineering ca. 6.3
4 Ocean & Coastal Management ca. 5.9
5 IEEE Journal of Oceanic Engineering ca. 5.6
6 Applied Ocean Research ca. 5.1
7 ICES Journal of Marine Science ca. 3.9
- Progress in Oceanography ca. 3.9
9 Journal of Sea Research ca. 3.8
10 Limnology and Oceanography ca. 3.5
11 Deep-Sea Research Part II-Topical Studies in Oceanography ca. 3.3
- Journal of Geophysical Research-Oceans ca. 3.3
13 Journal of Marine Science and Engineering ca. 3.2
14 Ocean Modelling ca. 3.1
15 Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology ca. 3
16 Journal of Physical Oceanography ca. 2.9
17 Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science ca. 2.8
- Journal of Operational Oceanography ca. 2.8
19 Oceanography ca. 2.7
20 Environmental Fluid Mechanics ca. 2.6
- Journal of Navigation ca. 2.6
- Marine Geology ca. 2.6
- Oceanologia ca. 2.6
24 Marine Chemistry ca. 2.5
- Fisheries Oceanography ca. 2.5
- Ocean Dynamics ca. 2.5
27 Journal of Oceanography ca. 2.4
- Marine Geophysical Research ca. 2.4
- Deep-Sea Research Part I-Oceanographic Research Papers ca. 2.4
- Marine Georesources & Geotechnology ca. 2.4
31 Continental Shelf Research ca. 2.3
- Marine Ecology Progress Series ca. 2.3
33 Journal of Marine Systems ca. 2.2
- Limnology and Oceanography-Methods ca. 2.2
35 Dynamics of Atmospheres and Oceans ca. 2
- Journal of Plankton Research ca. 2
37 Journal of Oceanology and Limnology ca. 1.9
- Journal of Southern Hemisphere Earth Systems Science ca. 1.9
- New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research ca. 1.9
40 Marine and Freshwater Research ca. 1.8
41 Terrestrial Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences ca. 1.7
42 Journal of Ocean University of China ca. 1.6
- Marine Geodesy ca. 1.6
44 Atmosphere-Ocean ca. 1.5
- Ocean Science Journal ca. 1.5
46 Acta Oceanologica Sinica ca. 1.4
- Geo-Marine Letters ca. 1.4
- Tellus Series A-Dynamic Meteorology and Oceanography ca. 1.4
49 Acta Adriatica ca. 1.3
50 Polar Research ca. 1.2
51 Marine Technology Society Journal ca. 1.1
52 Bulletin of Marine Science ca. 1
- Thalassas ca. 1
54 Oceanology ca. 0.7
- Plankton & Benthos Research ca. 0.7
56 Izvestiya Atmospheric and Oceanic Physics ca. 0.6
57 Revista de Biologia Marina y Oceanografia ca. 0.4
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