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Best Aquatic Science journals

259 Scopus-active journals are ranked in Aquatic Science. The top 100 by CiteScore percentile are listed below — 65 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 Reviews in Aquaculture 25.5 99th Q1 SCIE No
2 Information Processing in Agriculture 21.1 99th Q1 SCIE Yes
3 Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Water 15.5 99th Q1 SCIE No
4 Droplet 13.8 98th Q1 ESCI Yes
5 Reviews in Fisheries Science and Aquaculture 13.5 98th Q1 SCIE No
6 Fish and Fisheries 12.7 97th Q1 SCIE No
7 Aquaculture and Fisheries 10.4 97th Q1 ESCI Yes
8 Ocean and Coastal Management 10.3 97th Q1 SCIE No
9 Limnology and Oceanography Letters 10.3 96th Q1 SCIE Yes
10 Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries 10.1 96th Q1 SCIE No
11 HydroResearch 9.8 95th Q1 Yes
12 Marine Pollution Bulletin 9.7 95th Q1 SCIE No
13 Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part - C: Toxicology and Pharmacology 9.2 95th Q1 SCIE No
14 Aquaculture 9 94th Q1 SCIE No
15 Marine Policy 8.7 94th Q1 SSCI A No
16 Water Biology and Security 8.5 94th Q1 ESCI Yes
17 Marine Life Science and Technology 8.5 93th Q1 SCIE No
18 Aquaculture Economics and Management 8.2 93th Q1 SCIE C No
19 Fish and Shellfish Immunology 8.1 92th Q1 SCIE No
20 Aquacultural Engineering 7.9 92th Q1 SCIE No
21 Aquatic Toxicology 7.9 92th Q1 SCIE No
22 Harmful Algae 7.6 91th Q1 SCIE No
23 Aquaculture Nutrition 7.2 91th Q1 SCIE Yes
24 NPJ Ocean Sustainability 7.1 90th Q1 ESCI Yes
25 Limnology and Oceanography 6.9 90th Q1 SCIE No
26 Progress in Oceanography 6.9 90th Q1 SCIE No
27 Journal of the World Aquaculture Society 6.9 89th Q1 SCIE Yes
28 Water (Switzerland) 6.7 89th Q1 SCIE No
29 Frontiers in Marine Science 6.5 88th Q1 SCIE Yes
30 Aquaculture Reports 6.4 88th Q1 SCIE Yes
31 ICES Journal of Marine Science 6.2 88th Q1 SCIE Yes
32 Egyptian Journal of Aquatic Research 6 87th Q1 ESCI Yes
33 Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences 6 87th Q1 SCIE No
34 Journal of Applied Phycology 5.9 87th Q1 SCIE No
35 Hydrobiologia 5.8 86th Q1 SCIE No
36 Journal of Sea Research 5.8 86th Q1 SCIE Yes
37 Journal of Phycology 5.7 85th Q1 SCIE No
38 Aquaculture Research 5.6 85th Q1 SCIE Yes
39 Oceanologia 5.6 85th Q1 SCIE Yes
40 Coral Reefs 5.6 84th Q1 SCIE No
41 Advances in Marine Biology 5.5 84th Q1 No
42 Aquatic Botany 5.4 83th Q1 SCIE No
43 Estuaries and Coasts 5.2 83th Q1 SCIE No
44 Freshwater Biology 5.2 83th Q1 SCIE No
45 Aquatic Invasions 5 82th Q1 SCIE Yes
46 Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 4.8 82th Q1 SCIE No
47 Marine Mammal Science 4.8 82th Q1 SCIE No
48 Algae 4.7 81th Q1 SCIE No
49 Journal of Marine Systems 4.7 81th Q1 SCIE No
50 Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers 4.7 80th Q1 SCIE No
51 Journal of Applied Aquaculture 4.7 80th Q1 ESCI No
52 Journal of Great Lakes Research 4.7 80th Q1 SCIE No
53 Applied Phycology 4.7 79th Q1 Yes
54 Marine Environmental Research 4.6 79th Q1 SCIE No
55 Developmental and Comparative Immunology 4.6 78th Q1 SCIE No
56 Ecohydrology and Hydrobiology 4.6 78th Q1 SCIE No
57 Fisheries Oceanography 4.6 78th Q1 SCIE No
58 NeoBiota 4.6 77th Q1 SCIE Yes
59 European Journal of Phycology 4.5 77th Q1 SCIE No
60 Journal of Experimental Biology 4.5 77th Q1 SCIE No
61 Inland Waters 4.5 76th Q1 SCIE No
62 Limnologica 4.5 76th Q1 SCIE No
63 Fisheries Research 4.5 75th Q1 SCIE No
64 Journal of Fish Diseases 4.5 75th Q1 SCIE No
65 Fishes 4.4 75th Q1 SCIE Yes
66 Continental Shelf Research 4.4 74th Q2 SCIE No
67 Fish Physiology and Biochemistry 4.4 74th Q2 SCIE No
68 Aquaculture Environment Interactions 4.4 73th Q2 SCIE Yes
69 Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part - B: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology 4.4 73th Q2 SCIE No
70 Marine Biotechnology 4.4 73th Q2 SCIE No
71 Aquatic Living Resources 4.3 72th Q2 SCIE Yes
72 Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology -Part A : Molecular and Integrative Physiology 4.3 72th Q2 SCIE No
73 Mediterranean Marine Science 4.3 72th Q2 SCIE Yes
74 Regional Studies in Marine Science 4.3 71th Q2 SCIE No
75 Aquaculture International 4.2 71th Q2 SCIE No
76 Ecohydrology 4.2 70th Q2 SCIE No
77 Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 4.1 70th Q2 SCIE No
78 Fisheries Management and Ecology 4.1 70th Q2 SCIE No
79 Marine Ecology Progress Series 4 69th Q2 SCIE No
80 Maritime Studies 4 69th Q2 ESCI No
81 Aquaculture Journal 4 68th Q2 ESCI Yes
82 Biofouling 3.9 68th Q2 SCIE No
83 Journal of Plankton Research 3.9 68th Q2 SCIE No
84 Aquatic Sciences 3.8 67th Q2 SCIE No
85 Marine Biology 3.8 67th Q2 SCIE No
86 Hupo Kexue/Journal of Lake Sciences 3.7 66th Q2 No
87 Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 3.7 66th Q2 SCIE No
88 Journal of Fish Biology 3.7 66th Q2 SCIE No
89 Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems 3.6 65th Q2 SCIE No
90 Aquatic Ecology 3.6 65th Q2 SCIE No
91 Fisheries 3.6 65th Q2 SCIE No
92 Ecology of Freshwater Fish 3.6 64th Q2 SCIE No
93 Marine and Freshwater Research 3.6 64th Q2 SCIE No
94 Aquaculture, Fish and Fisheries 3.6 63th Q2 ESCI Yes
95 Soil and Water Research 3.5 63th Q2 SCIE Yes
96 Turkish Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 3.5 63th Q2 SCIE No
97 Environmental Biology of Fishes 3.5 62th Q2 SCIE No
98 Freshwater Science 3.5 62th Q2 SCIE No
99 Limnology 3.5 61th Q2 SCIE No
100 Polar Science 3.5 61th Q2 SCIE No

Rank and percentile are within the Aquatic Science 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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