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 2021-06-01 to 2025-06-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	Marine Pollution Bulletin	62
2	Aquaculture	49
3	Fish & Shellfish Immunology	45
4	Aquatic Toxicology	35
5	Harmful Algae	29
6	Journal of Applied Phycology	27
7	Marine Environmental Research	26
-	Annual Review of Marine Science	26
9	Microbial Ecology	25
-	Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science	25
-	ICES Journal of Marine Science	25
12	Journal of Great Lakes Research	24
13	Marine Ecology Progress Series	22
-	Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries	22
-	Hydrobiologia	22
16	Freshwater Biology	20
-	Journal of Phycology	20
18	Journal of Fish Biology	19
-	Coral Reefs	19
-	Journal of Fish Diseases	19
-	Aquatic Conservation-Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems	19
22	Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences	18
23	Marine Biotechnology	17
-	Estuaries and Coasts	17
-	Journal of Marine Systems	17
-	Journal of Sea Research	17
27	Marine Biology	16
28	Biofouling	15
29	Journal of Plankton Research	14
-	Marine Mammal Science	14
-	Aquatic Botany	14
-	Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology	14
33	Marine and Freshwater Research	13
-	Biological Bulletin	13
-	Journal of Coastal Conservation	13
-	Environmental Biology of Fishes	13
37	Mediterranean Marine Science	12
-	Aquatic Ecology	12
-	Aquatic Sciences	12
40	Inland Waters	11
-	Botanica Marina	11
42	Marine and Coastal Fisheries	10
-	Ecology of Freshwater Fish	10
-	Marine Biodiversity	10
-	Phycologia	10
-	Turkish Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences	10
-	Aquaculture Environment Interactions	10
48	Journal of Crustacean Biology	9
-	New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research	9
-	Algae	9

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