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 2021-10-01 to 2025-10-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	Marine Pollution Bulletin	61
2	Aquaculture	51
3	Frontiers in Marine Science	49
4	Fish & Shellfish Immunology	48
5	Aquatic Toxicology	35
6	Annual Review of Marine Science	30
7	Harmful Algae	27
-	Marine Environmental Research	27
-	Microbial Ecology	27
10	Fishes	26
11	Journal of Applied Phycology	25
-	Journal of Great Lakes Research	25
-	Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science	25
-	ICES Journal of Marine Science	25
15	Hydrobiologia	23
16	Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries	21
17	Marine Ecology Progress Series	20
18	Journal of Fish Biology	19
-	Journal of Phycology	19
-	Journal of Sea Research	19
-	Coral Reefs	19
22	Journal of Fish Diseases	18
23	Regional Studies in Marine Science	17
-	Aquatic Conservation-Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems	17
-	Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences	17
-	Freshwater Biology	17
-	Journal of Marine Systems	17
-	Estuaries and Coasts	17
29	Marine Biology	16
-	Marine Biotechnology	16
31	Journal of Coastal Conservation	15
-	Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology	15
-	Aquatic Botany	15
34	Environmental Biology of Fishes	14
35	Journal of Plankton Research	13
-	Marine and Freshwater Research	13
-	Marine Mammal Science	13
-	Mediterranean Marine Science	13
-	Aquatic Sciences	13
-	Biofouling	13
-	Aquatic Ecology	13
-	Biological Bulletin	13
43	Animal Biotelemetry	12
44	Aquaculture Environment Interactions	11
-	Botanica Marina	11
-	Phycologia	11
-	Freshwater Science	11
48	Marine and Coastal Fisheries	10
-	New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research	10
-	Turkish Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences	10

-	Algae	10
-	Clean-Soil Air Water	10
-	Inland Waters	10
54	Journal of Crustacean Biology	9
-	Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom	9
-	Marine Biodiversity	9
-	Marine Ecology-An Evolutionary Perspective	9
-	Ocean Science Journal	9
-	Ecology of Freshwater Fish	9
60	Invertebrate Biology	8
-	Journal of Molluscan Studies	8
-	Aquatic Ecosystem Health & Management	8
-	Aquatic Mammals	8
-	Marine Biology Research	8
-	Thalassas	8
-	Aquatic Invasions	8
-	Bulletin of Marine Science	8
-	European Journal of Phycology	8
-	Inland Water Biology	8
70	Journal of Shellfish Research	7
-	Knowledge and Management of Aquatic Ecosystems	7
-	Latin American Journal of Aquatic Research	7
-	Phycological Research	7
-	African Journal of Aquatic Science	7
-	Journal of Applied Ichthyology	7
-	Limnetica	7
-	African Journal of Marine Science	7
-	Aquatic Microbial Ecology	7
79	Scientia Marina	6
-	Crustaceana	6
-	Ichthyological Research	6
-	Lake and Reservoir Management	6
-	Plankton & Benthos Research	6
-	Russian Journal of Marine Biology	6
-	International Review of Hydrobiology	6
86	Pacific Science	5
-	Diatom Research	5
-	Cryptogamie Algologie	5
89	Marine and Freshwater Behaviour and Physiology	4
-	Undersea and Hyperbaric Medicine	4
-	Acta Adriatica	4
-	Ciencias Marinas	4
-	Fundamental and Applied Limnology	4
-	Hidrobiologica	4
95	Revista de Biologia Marina y Oceanografia	3