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 2021-10-01 to 2025-10-01)
Rank Journal Papers
1 Frontiers in Marine Science8475
2 Aquaculture5294
3 Marine Pollution Bulletin5199
4 Fish & Shellfish Immunology2800
5 Fishes2063
6 Regional Studies in Marine Science1940
7 Marine Environmental Research1724
8 Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science1565
9 Journal of Fish Biology1470
10 Hydrobiologia1304
11 Aquatic Toxicology1256
12 Marine Ecology Progress Series1183
13 Journal of Applied Phycology1067
14 ICES Journal of Marine Science910
15 Aquatic Conservation-Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems836
16 Marine Biology755
17 Journal of Fish Diseases754
18 Freshwater Biology746
19 Journal of Great Lakes Research719
20 Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences662
21 Microbial Ecology618
22 Estuaries and Coasts613
23 Environmental Biology of Fishes600
24 Thalassas580
25 Coral Reefs560
26 Harmful Algae541
27 Inland Water Biology459
28 Marine Biotechnology454
29 Journal of Phycology450
30 Marine Mammal Science449
31 Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom435
32 Marine and Freshwater Research429
33 Aquatic Sciences399
34 Journal of Sea Research392
35 Clean-Soil Air Water386
36 Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology361
37 Marine Biodiversity348
38 Crustaceana345
39 Journal of Marine Systems341
40 Aquatic Ecology330
41 Journal of Crustacean Biology318
42 Aquatic Botany306
43 Journal of Plankton Research301
- Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries301
45 Biofouling296
46 Journal of Coastal Conservation292
47 Latin American Journal of Aquatic Research283
48 Aquatic Mammals274
49 Turkish Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences267
50 Russian Journal of Marine Biology266
51 Marine Ecology-An Evolutionary Perspective262
52 Mediterranean Marine Science253
53 Ecology of Freshwater Fish245
54 Botanica Marina239
55 Phycologia234
56 Bulletin of Marine Science228
57 Journal of Applied Ichthyology211
58 Ocean Science Journal203
59 Ichthyological Research202
- Freshwater Science202
61 Marine and Coastal Fisheries196
62 Inland Waters182
63 Journal of Shellfish Research173
- New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research173
65 Marine Biology Research170
66 Undersea and Hyperbaric Medicine161
67 Animal Biotelemetry159
68 Aquatic Ecosystem Health & Management156
- Biological Bulletin156
70 Phycological Research155
71 Plankton & Benthos Research150
72 Journal of Molluscan Studies141
73 Invertebrate Biology138
74 African Journal of Aquatic Science128
75 European Journal of Phycology122
76 Hidrobiologica119
77 African Journal of Marine Science117
78 Aquatic Invasions114
79 Revista de Biologia Marina y Oceanografia113
80 Annual Review of Marine Science111
81 Limnetica109
82 Lake and Reservoir Management103
83 Algae102
84 Knowledge and Management of Aquatic Ecosystems101
85 Pacific Science97
86 Aquaculture Environment Interactions94
87 Diatom Research92
88 Scientia Marina90
89 Ciencias Marinas84
90 Acta Adriatica77
91 International Review of Hydrobiology74
92 Fundamental and Applied Limnology61
93 Aquatic Microbial Ecology49
94 Marine and Freshwater Behaviour and Physiology40
95 Cryptogamie Algologie37
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