Oceanography: Journal Rankings

Journal Rankings

TQCC Average citations Median citations H4-Index Number of Papers Impact Factor

(The Journal Impact Factor, or JIF, denotes the average number of citations a paper of a given journal accrues within a two-year timespan, as calculated by Clarivate Analytics' database Web of Science; note that the journal coverage here at OOIR might deviate slightly from Web of Science's. The JIFs that used to have more than one decimal point are rounded here for copyright-related reasons.)

Rank	Journal	Impact Factor 2024
1	Annual Review of Marine Science	ca. 18.9
2	Ocean Engineering	ca. 5.5
3	Ocean & Coastal Management	ca. 5.4
4	IEEE Journal of Oceanic Engineering	ca. 5.3
5	Limnology and Oceanography Letters	ca. 5
6	Applied Ocean Research	ca. 4.4
7	Limnology and Oceanography	ca. 3.7
8	Progress in Oceanography	ca. 3.6
9	ICES Journal of Marine Science	ca. 3.4
-	Journal of Geophysical Research-Oceans	ca. 3.4
11	Journal of Southern Hemisphere Earth Systems Science	ca. 3.3
12	Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology	ca. 3.2
13	Journal of Physical Oceanography	ca. 3
-	Deep-Sea Research Part II-Topical Studies in Oceanography	ca. 3
15	Journal of Sea Research	ca. 2.9
-	Ocean Modelling	ca. 2.9
17	Oceanography	ca. 2.8
-	Journal of Marine Science and Engineering	ca. 2.8
19	Fisheries Oceanography	ca. 2.7
20	Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science	ca. 2.6
21	Marine Chemistry	ca. 2.5
-	Journal of Marine Systems	ca. 2.5
23	Journal of Operational Oceanography	ca. 2.4
-	Oceanologia	ca. 2.4
25	Journal of Navigation	ca. 2.3
26	Marine Geophysical Research	ca. 2.2
-	Continental Shelf Research	ca. 2.2
-	Marine Georesources & Geotechnology	ca. 2.2
-	Marine Geology	ca. 2.2
30	Marine Ecology Progress Series	ca. 2.1
-	Environmental Fluid Mechanics	ca. 2.1
-	Deep-Sea Research Part I-Oceanographic Research Papers	ca. 2.1
33	Journal of Plankton Research	ca. 2
-	Dynamics of Atmospheres and Oceans	ca. 2
35	Limnology and Oceanography-Methods	ca. 1.9
-	Ocean Dynamics	ca. 1.9
37	Atmosphere-Ocean	ca. 1.8
38	New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research	ca. 1.7
39	Terrestrial Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences	ca. 1.6
-	Journal of Oceanography	ca. 1.6
41	Marine and Freshwater Research	ca. 1.5
42	Marine Geodesy	ca. 1.4
-	Acta Oceanologica Sinica	ca. 1.4
-	Geo-Marine Letters	ca. 1.4
-	Ocean Science Journal	ca. 1.4
46	Polar Research	ca. 1.3
-	Journal of Oceanology and Limnology	ca. 1.3
-	Tellus Series A-Dynamic Meteorology and Oceanography	ca. 1.3
49	Bulletin of Marine Science	ca. 1.2
-	Journal of Ocean University of China	ca. 1.2

51	Marine Technology Society Journal	ca. 1
52	Plankton & Benthos Research	ca. 0.9
53	Oceanology	ca. 0.8
54	Thalassas	ca. 0.7
55	Izvestiya Atmospheric and Oceanic Physics	ca. 0.6
-	Acta Adriatica	ca. 0.6
57	Revista de Biologia Marina y Oceanografia	ca. 0.5