Journal rankings · indicator year 2004
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Subfield ranking · 2004
Oceanography journal rankings 2004
50 ranked journals · Subfield in Earth and Planetary Sciences
Oceanography has 50 ranked journals in 2004. Its median journal scores above the world average: OJR 1.02 against 1.00, down 0.04 on 2003. A journal needs OJR 1.50 to reach Q1. The top three are Global Biogeochemical Cycles, Limnology and Oceanography, and Progress In Oceanography.
Ranks and citation indicators: 2004. Journal access status and listed APC: source snapshot September 23, 2026.
Journals whose main subfield sits in this category and that published at least 30 citable documents (articles, reviews and conference papers) in 2001–2003, the window the 2004 score is computed on.
The OpenJournalRank Indicator (OJR) is a free, publicly available metric of a journal’s field-normalized citation impact, computed from open OpenAlex citation data. It compares citations to a journal’s papers from the previous three years with the world average for papers of the same subfield, year and type, so 1.00 is the world average and values can be compared across fields. It is computed with the NCI3 method.
The middle OJR among ranked journals in this category: half score higher, half lower. 1.00 is the world average for papers of the same subfield, year and type.
The dot is this category, the solid tick is the median of all ranked journals and the dashed line is the world average.
Share of ranked journals in this category that are fully open access, so every paper is free to read. Hybrid journals, which sell subscriptions and open single papers for a fee, are not counted.
Median list price of the article processing charge, in US dollars, among ranked journals in this category that list a price above zero. Journals with a listed APC of $0 and journals with no known price are left out of this median. The At a glance table below gives a second median that includes the $0 prices.
Subfields of Earth and Planetary Sciences (8)
50 ranked journals
Filters
Rank is the position by OJR within the list on screen; 1 is the highest. | OJR is field-normalized 3-year citation impact: 1.00 is the world average for papers of the same subfield, year and type, so values compare across fields. The badge is the journal’s quartile in this list. | Citations per paper over a two-year window, counted from OpenAlex. It is not field-normalized, so compare it only between journals of the same field. ▲ or ▼ is the change from 2003. This is OpenJournalRank’s own count, not Clarivate’s Journal Impact Factor. | Citable documents (articles, reviews and conference papers) published in 2001–2003, the window the 2004 OJR is computed on. A journal needs at least 30 to be ranked. | Share of the journal’s 2001–2003 papers that are free to read in any open-access form. The green OA tag next to a title marks a fully open-access journal. | List price of the article processing charge in US dollars. “$0 listed” means the listed price is zero; a dash means no price is listed. | The line is the journal’s OJR from 2000 to 2004. | Compare |
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1Global Biogeochemical CyclesWiley · United States | 3.50Q1 | 4.07 0.33 down from 2003 | 340 | 55% | $4,070 | ||
2Limnology and OceanographyWiley · United States | 3.10Q1 | 3.66 0.06 down from 2003 | 646 | 57% | $3,530 | ||
3Progress In OceanographyElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 2.45Q1 | 2.79 0.07 up from 2003 | 243 | 15% | $3,720 | ||
4Marine ChemistryElsevier BV · Netherlands | 2.37Q1 | 2.60 0.29 down from 2003 | 242 | 6% | $3,280 | ||
5Deep Sea Research Part II Topical Studies in OceanographyElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 2.27Q1 | 2.72 0.10 down from 2003 | 679 | 5% | $3,760 | ||
6Deep Sea Research Part I Oceanographic Research PapersElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 2.24Q1 | 2.68 0.30 down from 2003 | 343 | 6% | $3,270 | ||
7Ocean ModellingElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 1.75Q1 | 2.51 0.04 up from 2003 | 84 | 7% | $3,140 | ||
8Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic TechnologyAmerican Meteorological Society · United States | 1.74Q1 | 2.22 0.35 up from 2003 | 461 | 38% | — | ||
9Continental Shelf ResearchElsevier BV · Netherlands | 1.60Q1 | 1.86 0.25 up from 2003 | 393 | 5% | $3,260 | ||
10Marine Environmental ResearchElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 1.59Q1 | 2.22 0.44 up from 2003 | 274 | 4% | $3,440 | ||
11Journal of Physical OceanographyAmerican Meteorological Society · United States | 1.56Q1 | 2.39 0.08 down from 2003 | 650 | 48% | — | ||
12Journal of Marine SystemsElsevier BV · Netherlands | 1.50Q1 | 1.87 0.05 up from 2003 | 275 | 6% | $3,510 | ||
13Journal of Marine ResearchYale University · United States | 1.50Q1 | 1.74 0.17 up from 2003 | 109 | 16% | — | ||
14Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and EcologyElsevier BV · Netherlands | 1.47Q2 | 1.83 0.04 up from 2003 | 665 | 4% | $3,270 | ||
15Journal of PhycologyWiley · United Kingdom | 1.47Q2 | 2.10 0.11 up from 2003 | 461 | 7% | $3,900 | ||
16OceanographyOAOceanography Society · United States | 1.44Q2 | 1.05 0.08 down from 2003 | 145 | 96% | $500 | ||
17Ocean DynamicsSpringer Science+Business Media · Germany | 1.43Q2 | 1.54 0.30 up from 2003 | 50 | 9% | $3,690 | ||
18Estuarine Coastal and Shelf ScienceElsevier BV · United States | 1.40Q2 | 1.39 0.18 down from 2003 | 611 | 8% | $3,410 | ||
19EstuariesSpringer Nature · United States | 1.39Q2 | 1.68 0.10 down from 2003 | 357 | 7% | — | ||
20Journal of Plankton ResearchOxford University Press · United Kingdom | 1.28Q2 | 1.45 0.53 down from 2003 | 358 | 24% | $4,533 | ||
21European Journal of PhycologyTaylor & Francis · United Kingdom | 1.27Q2 | 2.65 1.32 up from 2003 | 170 | 98% | — | ||
22Journal of Sea ResearchOAElsevier BV · Netherlands | 1.23Q2 | 1.50 0.11 down from 2003 | 178 | 8% | $2,610 | ||
23Aquatic BotanyElsevier BV · Netherlands | 1.19Q2 | 1.14 0.26 down from 2003 | 288 | 4% | $3,180 | ||
24Journal of OceanographySpringer Science+Business Media · Netherlands | 1.07Q2 | 1.88 0.53 up from 2003 | 220 | 3% | $4,090 | ||
25PhycologiaTaylor & Francis · United States | 1.03Q2 | 1.30 0.10 up from 2003 | 224 | 3% | — | ||
26Oceanologica ActaEDP Sciences · France | 1.01Q3 | 0.99 0.04 down from 2003 | 160 | — | — | ||
27Dynamics of Atmospheres and OceansElsevier BV · Netherlands | 0.86Q3 | 1.23 0.45 up from 2003 | 85 | 6% | $3,000 | ||
28Botanica MarinaDe Gruyter · Germany | 0.83Q3 | 0.97 0.12 up from 2003 | 206 | 1% | $2,712 | ||
29Helgoland Marine ResearchSpringer Science+Business Media · Germany | 0.82Q3 | 1.11 0.22 up from 2003 | 101 | 100% | $2,190 | ||
30African Journal of Marine ScienceTaylor & Francis · South Africa | 0.79Q3 | 0.69 0.31 down from 2003 | 50 | 100% | — | ||
31OpheliaTaylor & Francis · Denmark | 0.68Q3 | 0.80 0.26 down from 2003 | 61 | 3% | — | ||
32Marine EcologyWiley · Germany | 0.66Q3 | 0.80 0.20 up from 2003 | 107 | 0% | $3,560 | ||
33Records of the Australian MuseumOAAustralian Museum · Australia | 0.59Q3 | 0.55 0.11 down from 2003 | 50 | 96% | — | ||
34SarsiaTaylor & Francis · United Kingdom | 0.51Q3 | 0.52 0.10 down from 2003 | 136 | 2% | — | ||
35Cryptogamie AlgologieFrance | 0.50Q3 | 0.80 0.09 up from 2003 | 37 | 0% | — | ||
36Marine GeodesyTaylor & Francis · United States | 0.46Q3 | 2.42 2.03 up from 2003 | 76 | 15% | — | ||
37Senckenbergiana maritimaE. Schweizerbart · Germany | 0.46Q3 | 0.32 0.85 down from 2003 | 55 | 0% | — | ||
38Phycological ResearchWiley · Australia | 0.40Q3 | 0.66 0.29 up from 2003 | 207 | 1% | $3,800 | ||
39Benthos researchOAJapan | 0.37Q4 | 0.50 0.04 up from 2003 | 36 | 100% | — | ||
40Oceans 2003. Celebrating the Past ... Teaming Toward the Future (IEEE Cat. No.03CH37492)Publisher not listed | 0.37Q4 | 0.09no 2003 value | 575 | 4% | — | — | |
41Geophysical & Astrophysical Fluid DynamicsTaylor & Francis · United Kingdom | 0.36Q4 | 0.82 0.05 up from 2003 | 67 | 23% | — | ||
42Plankton biology and ecologyJapan | 0.35Q4 | 0.39 0.29 down from 2003 | 34 | 0% | — | ||
43Gulf of Mexico ScienceOAUniversity of Southern Mississippi · United States | 0.25Q4 | 0.29 0.19 down from 2003 | 54 | 100% | — | ||
44ALGAEOAKorean Society of Phycology · South Korea | 0.18Q4 | 0.24 0.04 down from 2003 | 116 | 0% | — | ||
45Indian Journal of Marine SciencesPublisher not listed | 0.18Q4 | 0.18 0.03 up from 2003 | 138 | 0% | — | ||
46Redai haiyang xuebaoChina | 0.11Q4 | 0.12 0.12 up from 2003 | 55 | 0% | — | ||
47Acta Oceanologica SinicaSpringer Science+Business Media · Germany | 0.09Q4 | 0.08 0.04 up from 2003 | 331 | 0% | $3,090 | ||
48Journal of Ocean University of ChinaSpringer Science+Business Media · China | 0.05Q4 | 0.11 0.08 up from 2003 | 76 | 0% | $2,990 | ||
49Chinese Journal of Oceanology and LimnologySpringer Nature · China | 0.02Q4 | 0.12 0.10 down from 2003 | 154 | 2% | — | ||
50Marine Science BulletinState Oceanic Administration (SOA) · China | 0.02Q4 | 0.01no 2003 value | 74 | 0% | — |
Subfields of Earth and Planetary Sciences, with Oceanography highlighted.
- Geophysics110
- Atmospheric Science67
- Paleontology53
- Oceanography50
- Earth-Surface Processes10
- Geochemistry and Petrology7
- Geology7
- Space and Planetary Science1
Journals
Citations made in 2004. Corpus-wide, 69.4% of core-journal articles and reviews published that year have at least one matched reference; the share varies by journal and field.
13 additional Oceanography journals with metrics are unranked under this release’s eligibility rules: a journal needs at least 30 citable documents in 2001–2003, at least 80% of them with a subfield, and a positive world-average expectation. Ranks are within the whole category; filters hide rows without re-ranking. OJR excludes self-citations.
At a glance
Indicator year: 2004. Publication window: 2001–2003. How these summaries are calculated
- Ranked journals
- 50
- Window papers (baseline)
- 22,276 -8.9% from indicator year 2001
- Median OJR
- 1.02 +30.8% from indicator year 2001
- Rising journals (2025)
- 2
Window papers are the baseline paper population: citable papers (articles, reviews and conference papers) from 2001–2003 in all journals of the world-average baseline, including non-core journals, counted by each paper’s own subfield. They are not the papers of the ranked journals alone.
| Measure | Year series | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
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| Ranked journals | 45 | 45 | 47 | 47 | 50 | 50 | 52 | 47 | 47 | 48 | 46 | 50 | 52 | 54 | 54 | 57 | 55 | 55 | 56 | 56 | 54 | 53 | 52 | 50 | 50 | 50 | |
| Window papers (baseline) | 17,172 | 24,444 | 25,447 | 26,729 | 22,276 | 23,151 | 23,470 | 23,736 | 24,792 | 26,735 | 27,757 | 29,268 | 30,112 | 32,038 | 34,050 | 36,182 | 37,065 | 38,250 | 38,751 | 38,838 | 38,407 | 38,046 | 38,345 | 37,535 | 37,030 | 37,438 | |
| Median OJR | 0.70 | 0.78 | 0.98 | 1.059 | 1.02 | 1.16 | 1.17 | 1.31 | 1.36 | 1.22 | 1.27 | 1.26 | 1.092 | 1.11 | 1.060 | 1.19 | 1.062 | 1.093 | 1.05 | 1.03 | 0.96 | 0.84 | 0.82 | 0.83 | 0.81 | 0.79 |
How to read these rankings
- OJR, the OpenJournalRank Indicator
- A field-normalized 3-year citation impact, computed from OpenAlex with the NCI3 method. It divides the citations a journal’s papers received by the world average for papers of the same subfield, year and type, so 1.00 is the world average and 2.00 means twice as many citations as expected. Because it is normalized, it can be compared across fields. Read the methodology
- Quartiles
- Q1 to Q4 split the ranked journals of the list you are viewing into four equal groups by OJR. A journal’s quartile depends on the list: the same journal can be Q1 in its subfield and Q2 among all journals.
- Impact factor (2-year)
- Citations per paper over a two-year window, counted from OpenAlex. It is easy to compare with familiar impact factors but is not field-normalized, so compare it only within a field. It is not Clarivate’s Journal Impact Factor. Why it differs from the Journal Impact Factor
- Rank ranges
- Each rank in the latest year carries a likely range from 1,000 resamples of the journal’s papers. Where two journals’ ranges overlap, the data cannot tell them apart, so treat neighbouring ranks as ties.