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Best Oceanography journals

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