| # | Journals | Citations | Articles | R-Rank |
|---|
| 1 | Limnology and Oceanography | 6,574 | 76 | 30 |
| 2 | Nature | 5,971 | 55 | 899 |
| 3 | Science | 5,277 | 27 | 794 |
| 4 | Progress in Oceanography | 4,094 | 43 | 7 |
| 5 | Marine Geology | 3,648 | 69 | 12 |
| 6 | Continental Shelf Research | 3,200 | 75 | 4 |
| 7 | ICES Journal of Marine Science | 2,997 | 82 | 8 |
| 8 | Journal of Geophysical Research | 2,933 | 67 | 261 |
| 9 | Deep-sea Research Part A, Oceanographic Research Papers | 2,843 | 46 | 9 |
| 10 | Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers | 2,752 | 37 | 13 |
| 11 | Marine Pollution Bulletin | 2,653 | 79 | 36 |
| 12 | Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography | 2,326 | 41 | 35 |
| 13 | Journal of Physical Oceanography | 2,117 | 46 | 31 |
| 14 | Atmosphere - Ocean | 2,099 | 83 | 3 |
| 15 | Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science | 2,073 | 38 | 23 |
| 16 | Sedimentology | 2,009 | 30 | 9 |
| 16 | Journal of Fish Biology | 2,009 | 17 | 26 |
| 23 | Marine Biology | 1,578 | 33 | 90 |
| 25 | Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology | 1,476 | 1 | 31 |
| 27 | Marine and Petroleum Geology | 1,452 | 23 | 27 |
| 29 | Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans | 1,379 | 67 | 39 |
| 30 | Earth-Science Reviews | 1,340 | 5 | 97 |
| 31 | Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology | 1,333 | 29 | 69 |
| 33 | Bulletin of the Geological Society of America | 1,191 | 19 | 100 |
| 34 | Marine Chemistry | 1,173 | 32 | 53 |
| 35 | Frontiers in Marine Science | 1,120 | 42 | 67 |
| 36 | Journal of Marine Systems | 1,102 | 27 | 24 |
| 38 | Fisheries Research | 1,029 | 29 | 16 |
| 39 | Fisheries Oceanography | 965 | 25 | 8 |
| 40 | Geophysics | 962 | 3 | 83 |
| 43 | Boundary-Layer Meteorology | 908 | 13 | 61 |
| 45 | Transactions of the American Fisheries Society | 860 | 20 | 45 |
| 47 | Polar Biology | 819 | 17 | 49 |
| 51 | Spill Science and Technology Bulletin | 652 | 14 | 1 |
| 54 | Fish and Fisheries | 610 | 11 | 51 |
| 56 | Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences | 588 | 33 | 33 |
| 58 | Marine Environmental Research | 562 | 19 | 55 |
| 60 | Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology | 556 | 24 | 59 |
| 61 | Journal of Plankton Research | 551 | 14 | 26 |
| 62 | Geo-Marine Letters | 542 | 22 | 13 |
| 63 | Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences | 536 | 32 | 19 |
| 65 | Polar Research | 528 | 7 | 11 |
| 67 | Geological Society Special Publication | 508 | 19 | 87 |
| 72 | Marine and Freshwater Research | 471 | 5 | 28 |
| 73 | Journal of Sea Research | 464 | 10 | 9 |
| 74 | Marine Mammal Science | 463 | 14 | 39 |
| 75 | Journal of Sea Research | 441 | 6 | 22 |
| 78 | Boreas | 398 | 10 | 46 |
| 91 | Marine Micropaleontology | 330 | 7 | 78 |
| 92 | Journal of Sedimentary Research | 314 | 4 | 52 |
| 96 | Ocean Dynamics | 303 | 13 | 39 |
| 97 | Ocean Modelling | 302 | 11 | 66 |
