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

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	Marine Pollution Bulletin	59
2	Aquaculture	51
3	Fish & Shellfish Immunology	48
-	Frontiers in Marine Science	48
5	Aquatic Toxicology	35
6	Annual Review of Marine Science	31
7	Fishes	28
8	Marine Environmental Research	27
-	Microbial Ecology	27
-	Harmful Algae	27
11	ICES Journal of Marine Science	26
-	Journal of Applied Phycology	26
13	Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science	25
14	Hydrobiologia	24
15	Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries	21
16	Journal of Sea Research	20
-	Coral Reefs	20
-	Journal of Fish Biology	20
-	Journal of Great Lakes Research	20
-	Marine Ecology Progress Series	20
21	Journal of Fish Diseases	19
-	Journal of Phycology	19
23	Freshwater Biology	18
-	Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences	18
25	Estuaries and Coasts	17
-	Journal of Marine Systems	17
-	Aquatic Botany	17
-	Regional Studies in Marine Science	17
29	Environmental Biology of Fishes	16
-	Marine Biotechnology	16
-	Aquatic Conservation-Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems	16
32	Journal of Coastal Conservation	15
-	Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology	15
-	Marine Biology	15
35	Journal of Plankton Research	14
-	Aquatic Sciences	14
37	Animal Biotelemetry	13
-	Aquatic Ecology	13
-	Marine and Freshwater Research	13
-	Marine Mammal Science	13
-	Mediterranean Marine Science	13
-	Biofouling	13
43	Freshwater Science	11
-	Biological Bulletin	11
-	Marine and Coastal Fisheries	11
-	Aquaculture Environment Interactions	11
-	Clean-Soil Air Water	11
48	Marine Ecology-An Evolutionary Perspective	10
-	Aquatic Invasions	10
-	Turkish Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences	10

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