Marine & Freshwater Biology

Rank	Journal	Average citations
1	Annual Review of Marine Science	23.973
2	Marine Pollution Bulletin	9.932
3	Aquaculture	8.546
4	Fish & Shellfish Immunology	8.355
5	Microbial Ecology	8.272
6	Harmful Algae	7.972
7	Aquatic Toxicology	7.589
8	Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries	6.159
9	Frontiers in Marine Science	5.922
10	ICES Journal of Marine Science	5.759
11	Journal of Great Lakes Research	5.602
12	Journal of Applied Phycology	5.168
13	Journal of Sea Research	4.827
14	Journal of Phycology	4.724
15	Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science	4.710
16	Aquatic Botany	4.663
17	Journal of Marine Systems	4.572
18	Algae	4.480
19	Aquaculture Environment Interactions	4.415
20	Coral Reefs	4.355
21	Marine Environmental Research	4.314
22	Hydrobiologia	4.153
23	Marine Ecology Progress Series	4.101
24	Animal Biotelemetry	4.063
25	Marine Biotechnology	4.062
26	Biological Bulletin	4.058
27	Fishes	3.986
28	Aquatic Invasions	3.956
29	Freshwater Biology	3.908
30	Journal of Coastal Conservation	3.877
31	Biofouling	3.797
32	Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences	3.785
33	Estuaries and Coasts	3.755
34	Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology	3.634
35	Marine Biology	3.377
36	Journal of Fish Diseases	3.220
37	Mediterranean Marine Science	3.166
38	Marine and Freshwater Research	3.154
39	Journal of Plankton Research	3.140
40	Aquatic Sciences	3.083
41	Inland Waters	3.033
42	Diatom Research	3.022
43	Aquatic Conservation-Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems	2.978
44	Aquatic Ecology	2.942
45	European Journal of Phycology	2.877
46	Journal of Fish Biology	2.839
47	Environmental Biology of Fishes	2.780
48	Freshwater Science	2.743
49	Cryptogamie Algologie	2.676
50	Marine Mammal Science	2.610

51	Phycologia	2.564
52	Knowledge and Management of Aquatic Ecosystems	2.446
53	New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research	2.370
54	Ecology of Freshwater Fish	2.343
55	Aquatic Microbial Ecology	2.306
56	Marine and Coastal Fisheries	2.286
57	African Journal of Marine Science	2.205
58	Marine Biodiversity	2.178
59	Botanica Marina	2.167
60	Turkish Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences	2.131
61	Regional Studies in Marine Science	2.072
62	African Journal of Aquatic Science	2.047
63	Marine Biology Research	1.971
64	Bulletin of Marine Science	1.961
65	Ocean Science Journal	1.926
66	Limnetica	1.899
67	Marine Ecology-An Evolutionary Perspective	1.863
68	Marine and Freshwater Behaviour and Physiology	1.850
69	Journal of Crustacean Biology	1.818
70	Journal of Molluscan Studies	1.745
71	Clean-Soil Air Water	1.689
72	Scientia Marina	1.667
73	Journal of Applied Ichthyology	1.635
74	Aquatic Ecosystem Health & Management	1.628
75	Lake and Reservoir Management	1.602
76	Invertebrate Biology	1.580
77	Journal of Shellfish Research	1.451
78	Aquatic Mammals	1.380
79	Phycological Research	1.355
80	Acta Adriatica	1.338
81	Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom	1.283
82	Plankton & Benthos Research	1.267
83	Latin American Journal of Aquatic Research	1.230
84	International Review of Hydrobiology	1.176
85	Ichthyological Research	1.168
86	Thalassas	1.162
87	Fundamental and Applied Limnology	1.131
88	Inland Water Biology	1.129
89	Russian Journal of Marine Biology	1.075
90	Pacific Science	0.897
91	Ciencias Marinas	0.869
92	Crustaceana	0.788
93	Undersea and Hyperbaric Medicine	0.708
94	Hidrobiologica	0.521
95	Revista de Biologia Marina y Oceanografia	0.513