Oceanography: Journal Rankings

Journal Rankings

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

(The TQCC is the top quartile citation count: if all publications of a journal are sorted by citation count in descending order, then the TQCC is the citation count of the publication residing at the end of the top quartile; for example, given 100 publications, the TQCC is the citation count of the 25th ranked paper. The 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	TQCC
1	Annual Review of Marine Science	30
2	Ocean & Coastal Management	13
3	Ocean Engineering	12
4	Applied Ocean Research	10
-	Progress in Oceanography	10
6	Limnology and Oceanography Letters	9
7	ICES Journal of Marine Science	8
-	IEEE Journal of Oceanic Engineering	8
-	Limnology and Oceanography	8
10	Marine Geology	7
-	Oceanologia	7
-	Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science	7
-	Journal of Geophysical Research-Oceans	7
-	Journal of Marine Systems	7
-	Marine Chemistry	7
16	Journal of Marine Science and Engineering	6
-	Marine Ecology Progress Series	6
-	Ocean Science	6
-	Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology	6
-	Deep-Sea Research Part II-Topical Studies in Oceanography	6
-	Journal of Sea Research	6
22	Atmosphere-Ocean	5
-	Continental Shelf Research	5
-	Ocean Modelling	5
-	Marine Geophysical Research	5
26	Deep-Sea Research Part I-Oceanographic Research Papers	4
-	Environmental Fluid Mechanics	4
-	Fisheries Oceanography	4
-	Journal of Navigation	4
-	Journal of Plankton Research	4
-	Marine and Freshwater Research	4
-	Marine Georesources & Geotechnology	4
-	Dynamics of Atmospheres and Oceans	4
-	Journal of Physical Oceanography	4
-	Limnology and Oceanography-Methods	4
36	Journal of Oceanology and Limnology	3
-	Journal of Southern Hemisphere Earth Systems Science	3
-	New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research	3
-	Ocean Dynamics	3
-	Polar Research	3
-	Terrestrial Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences	3
-	Acta Oceanologica Sinica	3
-	Geo-Marine Letters	3
-	Journal of Oceanography	3
-	Journal of Ocean University of China	3
-	Marine Geodesy	3
-	Tellus Series A-Dynamic Meteorology and Oceanography	3
48	Acta Adriatica	2
-	Journal of Operational Oceanography	2
-	Bulletin of Marine Science	2

-	Marine Technology Society Journal	2
-	Oceanography	2
-	Oceanology	2
-	Ocean Science Journal	2
-	Plankton & Benthos Research	2
-	Thalassas	2
57	Izvestiya Atmospheric and Oceanic Physics	1
-	Revista de Biologia Marina y Oceanografia	1