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

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	Ocean Engineering	75
2	Journal of Marine Science and Engineering	51
3	Ocean & Coastal Management	47
4	Applied Ocean Research	38
5	Annual Review of Marine Science	31
6	IEEE Journal of Oceanic Engineering	29
7	Journal of Geophysical Research-Oceans	28
8	Limnology and Oceanography	27
9	ICES Journal of Marine Science	26
10	Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science	25
-	Progress in Oceanography	25
12	Limnology and Oceanography Letters	23
13	Journal of Sea Research	20
-	Marine Ecology Progress Series	20
-	Ocean Modelling	20
16	Ocean Science	19
-	Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology	19
18	Deep-Sea Research Part II-Topical Studies in Oceanography	17
-	Journal of Marine Systems	17
-	Continental Shelf Research	17
-	Marine Geology	17
22	Journal of Physical Oceanography	16
-	Marine Chemistry	16
24	Marine Georesources & Geotechnology	15
25	Limnology and Oceanography-Methods	14
-	Deep-Sea Research Part I-Oceanographic Research Papers	14
-	Journal of Plankton Research	14
-	Oceanologia	14
29	Journal of Ocean University of China	13
-	Fisheries Oceanography	13
-	Marine and Freshwater Research	13
32	Acta Oceanologica Sinica	12
-	Oceanography	12
-	Environmental Fluid Mechanics	12
-	Journal of Navigation	12
-	Journal of Oceanology and Limnology	12
-	Ocean Dynamics	12
38	Dynamics of Atmospheres and Oceans	11
39	Marine Geophysical Research	10
-	Atmosphere-Ocean	10
-	Journal of Southern Hemisphere Earth Systems Science	10
42	Journal of Oceanography	9
-	Marine Geodesy	9
-	Oceanology	9
-	Izvestiya Atmospheric and Oceanic Physics	9
-	New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research	9
-	Terrestrial Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences	9
48	Marine Technology Society Journal	8
-	Ocean Science Journal	8
-	Tellus Series A-Dynamic Meteorology and Oceanography	8

-	Thalassas	8
52	Bulletin of Marine Science	7
-	Plankton & Benthos Research	7
-	Polar Research	7
55	Geo-Marine Letters	6
56	Acta Adriatica	5
-	Journal of Operational Oceanography	5
58	Revista de Biologia Marina y Oceanografia	3