Oceanography: Journal Rankings

Journal Rankings

TQCC Average citations Median citations H4-Index Number of Papers Impact Factor

(The TQCC is the top quartile citation count: if all publications of a journal are sorted by citation count in descending order, then the TQCC is the citation count of the publication residing at the end of the top quartile; for example, given 100 publications, the TQCC is the citation count of the 25th ranked paper. The data are based on CrossRef. The ranking can be re-used under a CC0-license.)

(Using publications from roughly 2022-01-01 to 2026-01-01)

Rank	Journal	TQCC
1	Annual Review of Marine Science	35
2	Ocean Engineering	13
3	Ocean & Coastal Management	12
4	Applied Ocean Research	10
5	Progress in Oceanography	9
-	Limnology and Oceanography Letters	9
7	IEEE Journal of Oceanic Engineering	8
-	ICES Journal of Marine Science	8
-	Oceanologia	8
10	Deep-Sea Research Part II-Topical Studies in Oceanography	7
-	Journal of Geophysical Research-Oceans	7
-	Journal of Sea Research	7
-	Limnology and Oceanography	7
-	Journal of Marine Science and Engineering	7
-	Marine Geology	7
16	Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science	6
-	Journal of Marine Systems	6
-	Marine Chemistry	6
-	Marine Ecology Progress Series	6
-	Ocean Modelling	6
-	Ocean Science	6
22	Marine Geophysical Research	5
-	Continental Shelf Research	5
-	Deep-Sea Research Part I-Oceanographic Research Papers	5
-	Environmental Fluid Mechanics	5
-	Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology	5
27	Acta Oceanologica Sinica	4
-	Dynamics of Atmospheres and Oceans	4
-	Journal of Physical Oceanography	4
-	Tellus Series A-Dynamic Meteorology and Oceanography	4
-	Atmosphere-Ocean	4
-	Fisheries Oceanography	4
-	Journal of Navigation	4
-	Journal of Oceanology and Limnology	4
-	Journal of Plankton Research	4
-	Marine and Freshwater Research	4
-	Marine Georesources & Geotechnology	4
-	Ocean Dynamics	4
-	Terrestrial Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences	4
40	Geo-Marine Letters	3
-	Journal of Oceanography	3
-	Journal of Ocean University of China	3
-	Limnology and Oceanography-Methods	3
-	Marine Geodesy	3
-	Ocean Science Journal	3
-	Journal of Southern Hemisphere Earth Systems Science	3
-	New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research	3
-	Polar Research	3
49	Bulletin of Marine Science	2
-	Marine Technology Society Journal	2

-	Oceanography	2
-	Oceanology	2
-	Plankton & Benthos Research	2
-	Thalassas	2
-	Acta Adriatica	2
-	Izvestiya Atmospheric and Oceanic Physics	2
-	Journal of Operational Oceanography	2
58	Revista de Biologia Marina y Oceanografia	1