Oceanography: 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	Ocean Engineering	69
2	Ocean & Coastal Management	48
3	Journal of Marine Science and Engineering	46
4	Applied Ocean Research	37
5	Limnology and Oceanography	29
6	Annual Review of Marine Science	28
7	IEEE Journal of Oceanic Engineering	27
-	Journal of Geophysical Research-Oceans	27
9	Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science	26
10	ICES Journal of Marine Science	25
11	Progress in Oceanography	24
-	Limnology and Oceanography Letters	24
13	Marine Ecology Progress Series	21
14	Marine Geology	19
-	Ocean Science	19
16	Journal of Sea Research	18
17	Continental Shelf Research	17
-	Ocean Modelling	17
-	Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology	17
20	Deep-Sea Research Part II-Topical Studies in Oceanography	16
-	Journal of Marine Systems	16
-	Marine Chemistry	16
-	Deep-Sea Research Part I-Oceanographic Research Papers	16
24	Journal of Physical Oceanography	15
-	Marine Georesources & Geotechnology	15
26	Limnology and Oceanography-Methods	14
-	Journal of Plankton Research	14
-	Oceanologia	14
29	Journal of Navigation	13
-	Journal of Oceanology and Limnology	13
-	Marine and Freshwater Research	13
32	Acta Oceanologica Sinica	12
-	Dynamics of Atmospheres and Oceans	12
-	Journal of Ocean University of China	12
-	Environmental Fluid Mechanics	12
-	Fisheries Oceanography	12
37	Oceanography	11
38	Marine Geophysical Research	10
-	Oceanology	10
-	Atmosphere-Ocean	10
-	Izvestiya Atmospheric and Oceanic Physics	10
-	Ocean Dynamics	10
43	Journal of Oceanography	9
-	Marine Technology Society Journal	9
-	Journal of Southern Hemisphere Earth Systems Science	9
-	New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research	9
-	Polar Research	9
48	Bulletin of Marine Science	8
-	Marine Geodesy	8
-	Ocean Science Journal	8

-	Thalassas	8
-	Terrestrial Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences	8
53	Geo-Marine Letters	7
-	Tellus Series A-Dynamic Meteorology and Oceanography	7
55	Plankton & Benthos Research	6
56	Acta Adriatica	4
-	Journal of Operational Oceanography	4
58	Revista de Biologia Marina y Oceanografia	3