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 2021-08-01 to 2025-08-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	Marine Pollution Bulletin	62
2	Aquaculture	50
3	Frontiers in Marine Science	48
4	Fish & Shellfish Immunology	46
5	Aquatic Toxicology	35
6	Annual Review of Marine Science	28
7	Harmful Algae	27
-	Journal of Applied Phycology	27
9	Marine Environmental Research	26
-	Microbial Ecology	26
-	Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science	26
12	ICES Journal of Marine Science	25
-	Journal of Great Lakes Research	25
14	Fishes	24
15	Hydrobiologia	22
16	Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries	21
-	Marine Ecology Progress Series	21
18	Journal of Phycology	20
19	Journal of Fish Diseases	19
-	Coral Reefs	19
21	Journal of Sea Research	18
-	Journal of Fish Biology	18
23	Estuaries and Coasts	17
-	Marine Biotechnology	17
-	Aquatic Conservation-Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems	17
-	Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences	17
-	Freshwater Biology	17
28	Journal of Marine Systems	16
-	Marine Biology	16
-	Regional Studies in Marine Science	16
31	Journal of Coastal Conservation	14
-	Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology	14
-	Aquatic Botany	14
-	Journal of Plankton Research	14
-	Marine Mammal Science	14
-	Biofouling	14
37	Biological Bulletin	13
-	Marine and Freshwater Research	13
-	Mediterranean Marine Science	13
-	Aquatic Sciences	13
-	Environmental Biology of Fishes	13
42	Animal Biotelemetry	12
-	Aquatic Ecology	12
44	Freshwater Science	11
-	Inland Waters	11
-	Turkish Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences	11
-	Aquaculture Environment Interactions	11
-	Botanica Marina	11
49	Marine Biodiversity	10
-	Phycologia	10

-	Marine and Coastal Fisheries	10
-	Clean-Soil Air Water	10
53	Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom	9
-	Marine Ecology-An Evolutionary Perspective	9
-	Ecology of Freshwater Fish	9
-	New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research	9
-	Algae	9
58	Inland Water Biology	8
-	Marine Biology Research	8
-	Ocean Science Journal	8
-	Thalassas	8
-	Aquatic Invasions	8
-	Bulletin of Marine Science	8
-	European Journal of Phycology	8
-	Invertebrate Biology	8
-	Journal of Crustacean Biology	8
-	Phycological Research	8
68	International Review of Hydrobiology	7
-	Journal of Applied Ichthyology	7
-	African Journal of Marine Science	7
-	Aquatic Microbial Ecology	7
-	Ichthyological Research	7
-	Journal of Molluscan Studies	7
-	Journal of Shellfish Research	7
-	Knowledge and Management of Aquatic Ecosystems	7
-	Latin American Journal of Aquatic Research	7
-	African Journal of Aquatic Science	7
-	Aquatic Ecosystem Health & Management	7
-	Aquatic Mammals	7
80	Lake and Reservoir Management	6
-	Limnetica	6
-	Plankton & Benthos Research	6
-	Russian Journal of Marine Biology	6
-	Scientia Marina	6
85	Cryptogamie Algologie	5
-	Pacific Science	5
-	Crustaceana	5
-	Diatom Research	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
94	Hidrobiologica	3
-	Revista de Biologia Marina y Oceanografia	3