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Best Oceanography journals

150 Scopus-active journals are ranked in Oceanography. The top 100 by CiteScore percentile are listed below — 38 of them sit in quartile Q1. Every title links to a full profile with Scopus, Web of Science, ABDC, DOAJ and open-access details.

# Journal CiteScore Percentile Quartile WoS ABDC OA
1 Annual Review of Marine Science 35.2 99th Q1 SCIE No
2 Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Water 15.5 99th Q1 SCIE No
3 Journal of Ocean Engineering and Science 14.7 98th Q1 SCIE Yes
4 Fish and Fisheries 12.7 97th Q1 SCIE No
5 Water Security 11 97th Q1 ESCI No
6 Ocean and Coastal Management 10.3 96th Q1 SCIE No
7 Limnology and Oceanography Letters 10.3 95th Q1 SCIE Yes
8 Marine Pollution Bulletin 9.7 95th Q1 SCIE No
9 Elementa 9.2 94th Q1 SCIE Yes
10 NPJ Biodiversity 8.7 93rd Q1 ESCI Yes
11 Marine Life Science and Technology 8.5 93rd Q1 SCIE No
12 Ocean-Land-Atmosphere Research 7.4 91st Q1 ESCI Yes
13 NPJ Ocean Sustainability 7.1 91st Q1 ESCI Yes
14 China Geology 7.1 90th Q1 ESCI Yes
15 Global and Planetary Change 7 89th Q1 SCIE No
16 Limnology and Oceanography 6.9 89th Q1 SCIE No
17 Frontiers in Marine Science 6.5 88th Q1 SCIE Yes
18 Journal of Operational Oceanography 6.3 87th Q1 SCIE No
19 ICES Journal of Marine Science 6.2 87th Q1 SCIE Yes
20 Egyptian Journal of Aquatic Research 6 86th Q1 ESCI Yes
21 Hydrology 6 86th Q1 ESCI Yes
22 Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography 5.9 85th Q1 SCIE No
23 Journal of Sea Research 5.8 84th Q1 SCIE Yes
24 Journal of Marine Science and Technology 5.7 84th Q1 SCIE No
25 Oceanologia 5.6 83rd Q1 SCIE Yes
26 Journal of Physical Oceanography 5.6 82nd Q1 SCIE No
27 Atmospheric and Oceanic Science Letters 5.5 82nd Q1 ESCI Yes
28 Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans 5.5 81st Q1 SCIE No
29 Ocean Science 5.3 80th Q1 SCIE Yes
30 Oceanography 5.3 80th Q1 SCIE Yes
31 Ocean Modelling 5.2 79th Q1 SCIE No
32 Journal of Navigation 5.2 78th Q1 SCIE No
33 Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology 4.8 78th Q1 SCIE No
34 Marine Geology 4.8 77th Q1 SCIE No
35 Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 4.8 76th Q1 SCIE No
36 Marine Georesources and Geotechnology 4.8 76th Q1 SCIE No
37 Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 4.8 75th Q1 SCIE No
38 Journal of Marine Systems 4.7 75th Q1 SCIE No
39 Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers 4.7 74th Q2 SCIE No
40 Depositional Record 4.6 73rd Q2 SCIE Yes
41 Marine Chemistry 4.6 73rd Q2 SCIE No
42 Marine Environmental Research 4.6 72nd Q2 SCIE No
43 China Ocean Engineering 4.6 71st Q2 SCIE No
44 Maritime Technology and Research 4.6 71st Q2 No
45 Fisheries Oceanography 4.6 70th Q2 SCIE No
46 Atmosphere - Ocean 4.5 69th Q2 SCIE No
47 Continental Shelf Research 4.4 69th Q2 SCIE No
48 Marine Geodesy 4.4 68th Q2 SCIE No
49 Climate Change Research 4.4 67th Q2 No
50 Mediterranean Marine Science 4.3 67th Q2 SCIE Yes
51 Journal of Earthquake and Tsunami 4.3 66th Q2 SCIE No
52 Remote Sensing in Earth Systems Sciences 4.3 65th Q2 No
53 Journal of Southern Hemisphere Earth Systems Science 4.1 65th Q2 SCIE Yes
54 Journal of Coastal Conservation 4 64th Q2 SCIE No
55 Marine Resource Economics 3.9 63rd Q2 SCIE, SSCI A No
56 Intelligent Marine Technology and Systems 3.9 63rd Q2 No
57 Marine Geophysical Research 3.8 62nd Q2 SCIE No
58 Coastal Research Library 3.7 62nd Q2 No
59 Anthropocene Coasts 3.7 61st Q2 ESCI No
60 Advances in Statistical Climatology, Meteorology and Oceanography 3.7 60th Q2 Yes
61 Bulletin of Geological Science and Technology 3.7 60th Q2 Yes
62 International Journal of Marine and Coastal Law 3.7 59th Q2 SSCI No
63 Geoscientific Instrumentation, Methods and Data Systems 3.6 58th Q2 SCIE Yes
64 Marine and Freshwater Research 3.6 58th Q2 SCIE No
65 Journal of Island and Coastal Archaeology 3.6 57th Q2 AHCI No
66 Antarctic Science 3.5 56th Q2 SCIE Yes
67 Journal of Oceanology and Limnology 3.5 56th Q2 SCIE No
68 Journal of Oceanography 3.4 55th Q2 SCIE No
69 International Ocean Discovery Program: Preliminary Reports 3.4 54th Q2 No
70 Marine Micropaleontology 3.4 54th Q2 SCIE No
71 Tellus, Series A: Dynamic Meteorology and Oceanography 3.3 53rd Q2 SCIE Yes
72 Journal of Marine Sciences 3.2 52nd Q2 No
73 Terrestrial, Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences 3.2 52nd Q2 SCIE Yes
74 Dynamics of Atmospheres and Oceans 3.2 51st Q2 SCIE No
75 Ocean Dynamics 3.2 50th Q2 SCIE No
76 Marine Technology Society Journal 2.8 50th Q2 SCIE No
77 Advances in Earth Science 2.8 49th Q3 No
78 Polar Research 2.8 49th Q3 SCIE Yes
79 Journal of Ocean University of China 2.7 48th Q3 SCIE No
80 Marine Biodiversity 2.6 47th Q3 SCIE No
81 Oceans 2.6 47th Q3 ESCI Yes
82 Acta Oceanologica Sinica 2.5 46th Q3 SCIE No
83 Bulletin of Geophysics and Oceanography 2.3 45th Q3 SCIE Yes
84 Ocean Science Journal 2.3 45th Q3 SCIE No
85 Die Kuste 2.3 44th Q3 No
86 Advances in Oceanography and Limnology 2.2 43rd Q3 Yes
87 Ocean and Coastal Research 2.2 43rd Q3 SCIE Yes
88 Norwegian Journal of Geology 2.2 42nd Q3 SCIE Yes
89 International Marine Energy Journal 2.2 41st Q3 Yes
90 Scientia Marina 2.1 41st Q3 SCIE Yes
91 Next Sustainability 2.1 40th Q3 ESCI Yes
92 Marine Biology Research 2.1 39th Q3 SCIE No
93 Ilmu Kelautan: Indonesian Journal of Marine Sciences 2 39th Q3 Yes
94 Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 2 38th Q3 Yes
95 Aquatic Biology 2 37th Q3 SCIE Yes
96 Journal of Integrated Coastal Zone Management 2 37th Q3 No
97 Acta Adriatica 2 36th Q3 SCIE Yes
98 Marine and Freshwater Behaviour and Physiology 1.9 36th Q3 SCIE No
99 Geo-Marine Letters 1.8 35th Q3 SCIE No
100 Bulletin of Marine Science 1.8 34th Q3 SCIE No

Rank and percentile are within the Oceanography Scopus subject table (CiteScore 2025, dataset 2026-06-09). A journal can rank differently in its other subject areas — open its profile for the full picture.

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