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 2021-10-01 to 2025-10-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	Ocean Engineering	69
2	Ocean & Coastal Management	49
3	Journal of Marine Science and Engineering	48
4	Applied Ocean Research	37
5	Limnology and Oceanography	30
-	Annual Review of Marine Science	30
7	IEEE Journal of Oceanic Engineering	29
8	Journal of Geophysical Research-Oceans	28
9	Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science	25
-	Progress in Oceanography	25
-	ICES Journal of Marine Science	25
12	Limnology and Oceanography Letters	23
13	Marine Ecology Progress Series	20
-	Ocean Science	20
15	Journal of Sea Research	19
16	Marine Geology	18
-	Ocean Modelling	18
18	Deep-Sea Research Part II-Topical Studies in Oceanography	17
-	Journal of Marine Systems	17
-	Continental Shelf Research	17
-	Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology	17
22	Journal of Physical Oceanography	16
-	Deep-Sea Research Part I-Oceanographic Research Papers	16
24	Marine Chemistry	15
25	Limnology and Oceanography-Methods	14
-	Journal of Navigation	14
-	Marine Georesources & Geotechnology	14
-	Oceanologia	14
29	Journal of Plankton Research	13
-	Marine and Freshwater Research	13
31	Acta Oceanologica Sinica	12
-	Journal of Ocean University of China	12
-	Environmental Fluid Mechanics	12
-	Fisheries Oceanography	12
-	Journal of Oceanology and Limnology	12
36	Dynamics of Atmospheres and Oceans	11
-	Oceanography	11
-	Atmosphere-Ocean	11
-	Ocean Dynamics	11
40	Marine Geophysical Research	10
-	Oceanology	10
-	Izvestiya Atmospheric and Oceanic Physics	10
-	New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research	10
44	Journal of Oceanography	9
-	Marine Geodesy	9
-	Ocean Science Journal	9
-	Journal of Southern Hemisphere Earth Systems Science	9
48	Bulletin of Marine Science	8
-	Marine Technology Society Journal	8
-	Thalassas	8

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