Marine & Freshwater Biology: 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 2020-04-01 to 2024-04-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	Marine Pollution Bulletin	63
2	Aquaculture	51
3	Frontiers in Marine Science	49
4	Fish & Shellfish Immunology	45
5	Aquatic Toxicology	32
6	Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science	30
7	Harmful Algae	28
8	Marine Environmental Research	27
-	Journal of Applied Phycology	27
10	Microbial Ecology	26
11	Marine Ecology Progress Series	25
12	Annual Review of Marine Science	24
-	Hydrobiologia	24
14	Coral Reefs	23
-	Journal of Fish Biology	23
-	Journal of Great Lakes Research	23
17	Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries	22
-	Aquatic Conservation-Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems	22
19	Journal of Phycology	20
-	ICES Journal of Marine Science	20
-	Freshwater Biology	20
22	Journal of Fish Diseases	19
-	Estuaries and Coasts	19
24	Marine Biology	18
-	Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences	18
26	Journal of Marine Systems	17
27	Marine Biotechnology	16
28	Freshwater Science	15
-	Regional Studies in Marine Science	15
-	Biofouling	15
31	Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology	14
-	Marine Mammal Science	14
-	Fishes	14
-	Inland Waters	14
35	Journal of Coastal Conservation	13
-	Animal Biotelemetry	13
-	Aquatic Botany	13
-	Journal of Plankton Research	13
-	Marine and Freshwater Research	13
-	Aquaculture Environment Interactions	13
41	Journal of Sea Research	12
-	Aquatic Ecology	12
-	Biological Bulletin	12
44	Marine Biodiversity	11
-	Phycologia	11
-	Journal of Shellfish Research	11
-	Marine and Coastal Fisheries	11
-	Mediterranean Marine Science	11
-	Algae	11
-	Aquatic Sciences	11

51	Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom	10
-	Marine Ecology-An Evolutionary Perspective	10
-	Ecology of Freshwater Fish	10
-	European Journal of Phycology	10
-	Clean-Soil Air Water	10
-	Environmental Biology of Fishes	10
57	Journal of Applied Ichthyology	9
-	Ocean Science Journal	9
-	African Journal of Marine Science	9
-	Aquatic Microbial Ecology	9
-	Bulletin of Marine Science	9
-	Journal of Crustacean Biology	9
-	Journal of Molluscan Studies	9
-	Turkish Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences	9
-	African Journal of Aquatic Science	9
-	Botanica Marina	9
67	International Review of Hydrobiology	8
-	Lake and Reservoir Management	8
-	Marine Biology Research	8
-	Inland Water Biology	8
-	Latin American Journal of Aquatic Research	8
-	New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research	8
-	Aquatic Ecosystem Health & Management	8
-	Aquatic Mammals	8
75	Aquatic Invasions	7
-	Fundamental and Applied Limnology	7
-	Knowledge and Management of Aquatic Ecosystems	7
-	Phycological Research	7
-	Crustaceana	7
-	Ichthyological Research	7
81	Limnetica	6
-	Plankton & Benthos Research	6
-	Russian Journal of Marine Biology	6
-	Thalassas	6
-	Undersea and Hyperbaric Medicine	6
-	Invertebrate Biology	6
-	Scientia Marina	6
-	Diatom Research	6
89	Ciencias Marinas	5
-	Cryptogamie Algologie	5
91	Marine and Freshwater Behaviour and Physiology	4
-	Acta Adriatica	4
-	Pacific Science	4
94	Hidrobiologica	3
-	Revista de Biologia Marina y Oceanografia	3