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 2021-05-01 to 2025-05-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	Ocean Engineering	67
2	Ocean & Coastal Management	46
3	Journal of Marine Science and Engineering	43
4	Applied Ocean Research	36
5	Limnology and Oceanography	29
6	Journal of Geophysical Research-Oceans	26
7	Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science	25
-	IEEE Journal of Oceanic Engineering	25
-	Annual Review of Marine Science	25
-	ICES Journal of Marine Science	25
11	Progress in Oceanography	24
12	Limnology and Oceanography Letters	23
13	Marine Ecology Progress Series	21
14	Marine Geology	20
15	Ocean Science	18
-	Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology	18
17	Journal of Sea Research	17
-	Continental Shelf Research	17
19	Journal of Marine Systems	16
-	Journal of Physical Oceanography	16
-	Ocean Modelling	16
22	Deep-Sea Research Part II-Topical Studies in Oceanography	15
-	Journal of Navigation	15
-	Marine Georesources & Geotechnology	15
25	Limnology and Oceanography-Methods	14
-	Marine Chemistry	14
-	Deep-Sea Research Part I-Oceanographic Research Papers	14
-	Journal of Plankton Research	14
-	Marine and Freshwater Research	14
-	Oceanologia	14
31	Acta Oceanologica Sinica	12
-	Journal of Ocean University of China	12
-	Oceanography	12
-	Environmental Fluid Mechanics	12
35	Dynamics of Atmospheres and Oceans	11
-	Fisheries Oceanography	11
-	Journal of Oceanology and Limnology	11
-	Ocean Dynamics	11
39	Marine Geophysical Research	10
-	Izvestiya Atmospheric and Oceanic Physics	10
-	Polar Research	10
42	Marine Technology Society Journal	9
-	Oceanology	9
-	Atmosphere-Ocean	9
-	Journal of Southern Hemisphere Earth Systems Science	9
-	New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research	9
47	Journal of Oceanography	8
-	Marine Geodesy	8
-	Ocean Science Journal	8
-	Thalassas	8

51	Bulletin of Marine Science	7
-	Geo-Marine Letters	7
-	Terrestrial Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences	7
54	Plankton & Benthos Research	6
-	Tellus Series A-Dynamic Meteorology and Oceanography	6
56	Acta Adriatica	4
-	Journal of Operational Oceanography	4
58	Revista de Biologia Marina y Oceanografia	2