New: Think Tank Rankings 2025

Marine & Freshwater Biology

Journal Rankings
TQCC Average citations Median citations H4-Index Number of Papers Impact Factor
(The data are based on CrossRef. The ranking can be re-used under a CC0-license.)
(Using publications from roughly 2022-05-01 to 2026-05-01)
Rank Journal Papers
1 Frontiers in Marine Science7918
2 Marine Pollution Bulletin5403
3 Aquaculture5171
4 Fish & Shellfish Immunology3020
5 Regional Studies in Marine Science2530
6 Fishes2354
7 Marine Environmental Research2054
8 Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science1551
9 Journal of Fish Biology1532
10 Hydrobiologia1333
11 Aquatic Toxicology1309
12 Marine Ecology Progress Series1177
13 Journal of Applied Phycology1109
14 ICES Journal of Marine Science877
15 Aquatic Conservation-Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems859
16 Journal of Fish Diseases788
17 Marine Biology774
18 Freshwater Biology764
19 Thalassas678
20 Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences674
21 Journal of Great Lakes Research644
22 Estuaries and Coasts636
23 Coral Reefs614
24 Harmful Algae610
25 Environmental Biology of Fishes581
26 Inland Water Biology495
27 Marine Biotechnology493
- Marine Mammal Science493
29 Journal of Phycology488
30 Clean-Soil Air Water476
31 Microbial Ecology473
32 Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom459
33 Aquatic Sciences439
34 Marine and Freshwater Research418
35 Journal of Sea Research410
36 Marine Biodiversity385
37 Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology356
- Crustaceana356
39 Journal of Marine Systems343
40 Journal of Coastal Conservation334
- Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries334
- Aquatic Ecology334
43 Aquatic Botany326
44 Journal of Crustacean Biology308
45 Biofouling306
46 Journal of Plankton Research297
47 Latin American Journal of Aquatic Research281
48 Russian Journal of Marine Biology280
49 Marine Ecology-An Evolutionary Perspective275
50 Aquatic Mammals274
51 Turkish Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences259
52 Mediterranean Marine Science247
53 Ecology of Freshwater Fish239
54 Botanica Marina228
55 Bulletin of Marine Science226
56 Phycologia219
57 Ocean Science Journal216
- New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research216
59 Freshwater Science202
60 Inland Waters199
61 Ichthyological Research197
62 Marine and Coastal Fisheries191
63 Journal of Applied Ichthyology187
64 Animal Biotelemetry173
65 Marine Biology Research168
- Journal of Shellfish Research168
67 Phycological Research160
68 Aquatic Ecosystem Health & Management159
69 Undersea and Hyperbaric Medicine152
70 Plankton & Benthos Research150
71 Journal of Molluscan Studies148
72 Biological Bulletin133
73 African Journal of Aquatic Science126
74 Hidrobiologica125
75 Invertebrate Biology123
76 African Journal of Marine Science120
77 European Journal of Phycology115
78 Limnetica111
79 Algae103
80 Lake and Reservoir Management102
- Pacific Science102
- Revista de Biologia Marina y Oceanografia102
- Aquaculture Environment Interactions102
84 Scientia Marina99
85 Knowledge and Management of Aquatic Ecosystems98
86 Annual Review of Marine Science93
87 Diatom Research92
88 Aquatic Invasions90
89 Ciencias Marinas84
90 Acta Adriatica77
91 International Review of Hydrobiology70
92 Fundamental and Applied Limnology58
93 Aquatic Microbial Ecology43
94 Cryptogamie Algologie36
95 Marine and Freshwater Behaviour and Physiology34
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