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 2021-04-01 to 2025-04-01)

Rank	Journal	TQCC
1	Annual Review of Marine Science	23
2	Ocean & Coastal Management	12
3	Ocean Engineering	10
4	Applied Ocean Research	9
-	Progress in Oceanography	9
6	ICES Journal of Marine Science	8
-	Limnology and Oceanography Letters	8
-	Limnology and Oceanography	8
9	IEEE Journal of Oceanic Engineering	7
-	Journal of Marine Systems	7
-	Marine Chemistry	7
12	Journal of Marine Science and Engineering	6
-	Marine Geology	6
-	Oceanologia	6
-	Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology	6
-	Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science	6
-	Journal of Geophysical Research-Oceans	6
18	Continental Shelf Research	5
-	Marine Ecology Progress Series	5
-	Ocean Modelling	5
-	Ocean Science	5
-	Deep-Sea Research Part II-Topical Studies in Oceanography	5
-	Journal of Sea Research	5
-	Marine Geophysical Research	5
25	Deep-Sea Research Part I-Oceanographic Research Papers	4
-	Environmental Fluid Mechanics	4
-	Journal of Navigation	4
-	Journal of Plankton Research	4
-	Journal of Southern Hemisphere Earth Systems Science	4
-	Journal of Physical Oceanography	4
31	Atmosphere-Ocean	3
-	Fisheries Oceanography	3
-	Journal of Oceanology and Limnology	3
-	Marine and Freshwater Research	3
-	Marine Georesources & Geotechnology	3
-	Ocean Dynamics	3
-	Polar Research	3
-	Acta Oceanologica Sinica	3
-	Dynamics of Atmospheres and Oceans	3
-	Geo-Marine Letters	3
-	Journal of Oceanography	3
-	Journal of Ocean University of China	3
-	Limnology and Oceanography-Methods	3
-	Marine Geodesy	3
45	New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research	2
-	Terrestrial Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences	2
-	Bulletin of Marine Science	2
-	Marine Technology Society Journal	2
-	Oceanology	2
-	Ocean Science Journal	2

-	Tellus Series A-Dynamic Meteorology and Oceanography	2
-	Thalassas	2
53	Acta Adriatica	1
-	Izvestiya Atmospheric and Oceanic Physics	1
-	Journal of Operational Oceanography	1
-	Oceanography	1
-	Plankton & Benthos Research	1
58	Revista de Biologia Marina y Oceanografia	0