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 2022-08-01 to 2026-08-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	Marine Pollution Bulletin	59
2	Frontiers in Marine Science	49
3	Aquaculture	48
4	Fish & Shellfish Immunology	43
5	Aquatic Toxicology	37
6	Fishes	35
7	Microbial Ecology	30
8	Marine Environmental Research	29
9	Journal of Applied Phycology	28
10	Annual Review of Marine Science	27
-	Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science	27
12	ICES Journal of Marine Science	26
13	Hydrobiologia	25
14	Harmful Algae	24
15	Coral Reefs	23
16	Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries	22
17	Journal of Phycology	21
-	Journal of Sea Research	21
-	Marine Ecology Progress Series	21
20	Regional Studies in Marine Science	20
-	Journal of Fish Biology	20
22	Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences	19
-	Freshwater Biology	19
-	Journal of Great Lakes Research	19
25	Aquatic Botany	18
-	Estuaries and Coasts	18
-	Journal of Fish Diseases	18
28	Aquatic Conservation-Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems	17
-	Marine Biology	17
-	Marine Biotechnology	17
31	Aquatic Sciences	16
32	Journal of Coastal Conservation	15
-	Journal of Marine Systems	15
-	Environmental Biology of Fishes	15
-	Marine and Freshwater Research	15
36	Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology	14
-	Biofouling	14
-	Journal of Plankton Research	14
-	Marine Mammal Science	14
40	Animal Biotelemetry	13
-	Aquatic Ecology	13
-	Clean-Soil Air Water	13
-	Mediterranean Marine Science	13
44	Biological Bulletin	12
-	Freshwater Science	12
-	Aquaculture Environment Interactions	12
-	Marine and Coastal Fisheries	12
48	Marine Ecology-An Evolutionary Perspective	11
-	Turkish Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences	11
-	Algae	11

51	Phycologia	10
-	Thalassas	10
-	Aquatic Invasions	10
-	Ecology of Freshwater Fish	10
-	Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom	10
-	Marine Biodiversity	10
57	European Journal of Phycology	9
-	Inland Water Biology	9
-	Aquatic Mammals	9
-	Botanica Marina	9
-	Inland Waters	9
-	Journal of Crustacean Biology	9
63	Ocean Science Journal	8
-	Marine Biology Research	8
-	New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research	8
-	Phycological Research	8
-	Journal of Shellfish Research	8
-	Knowledge and Management of Aquatic Ecosystems	8
69	Russian Journal of Marine Biology	7
-	African Journal of Marine Science	7
-	Journal of Applied Ichthyology	7
-	Lake and Reservoir Management	7
-	African Journal of Aquatic Science	7
-	Aquatic Ecosystem Health & Management	7
-	Ichthyological Research	7
-	Journal of Molluscan Studies	7
-	Latin American Journal of Aquatic Research	7
78	Plankton & Benthos Research	6
-	Acta Adriatica	6
-	Bulletin of Marine Science	6
-	Cryptogamie Algologie	6
-	Limnetica	6
-	Scientia Marina	6
-	Invertebrate Biology	6
85	Aquatic Microbial Ecology	5
-	Ciencias Marinas	5
-	Marine and Freshwater Behaviour and Physiology	5
-	Pacific Science	5
-	Crustaceana	5
-	Diatom Research	5
91	Undersea and Hyperbaric Medicine	4
-	Fundamental and Applied Limnology	4
-	Hidrobiologica	4
-	International Review of Hydrobiology	4
95	Revista de Biologia Marina y Oceanografia	3