Journal rankings · indicator year 2011
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Subfield ranking · 2011
Oceanography journal rankings 2011
50 ranked journals · Subfield in Earth and Planetary Sciences
Oceanography has 50 ranked journals in 2011. Its median journal scores above the world average: OJR 1.26 against 1.00, down 0.01 on 2010. A journal needs OJR 1.74 to reach Q1. The top three are Global Biogeochemical Cycles, Biogeosciences, and Limnology and Oceanography.
Ranks and citation indicators: 2011. 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 2008–2010, the window the 2011 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
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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 2010. This is OpenJournalRank’s own count, not Clarivate’s Journal Impact Factor. | Citable documents (articles, reviews and conference papers) published in 2008–2010, the window the 2011 OJR is computed on. A journal needs at least 30 to be ranked. | Share of the journal’s 2008–2010 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 2002 to 2011. | Compare |
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1Global Biogeochemical CyclesWiley · United States | 4.46Q1 | 7.49 0.16 down from 2010 | 321 | 65% | $4,070 | ||
2BiogeosciencesOACopernicus Publications · Germany | 3.61Q1 | 6.10 0.51 up from 2010 | 607 | 100% | $1,628 | ||
3Limnology and OceanographyWiley · United States | 2.88Q1 | 4.56 0.46 up from 2010 | 746 | 62% | $3,530 | ||
4OceanographyOAOceanography Society · United States | 2.48Q1 | 3.39 0.86 up from 2010 | 258 | 100% | $500 | ||
5Progress In OceanographyElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 2.38Q1 | 4.06 0.02 down from 2010 | 299 | 27% | $3,720 | ||
6Marine ChemistryElsevier BV · Netherlands | 2.27Q1 | 3.49 0.40 up from 2010 | 267 | 14% | $3,280 | ||
7Ocean scienceOACopernicus Publications · Germany | 1.91Q1 | 3.27 0.34 up from 2010 | 141 | 100% | $1,412 | ||
8Deep Sea Research Part I Oceanographic Research PapersElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 1.84Q1 | 3.11 0.03 down from 2010 | 391 | 18% | $3,270 | ||
9Aquatic BotanyElsevier BV · Netherlands | 1.81Q1 | 1.97 0.39 down from 2010 | 259 | 14% | $3,180 | ||
10Journal of Marine SystemsElsevier BV · Netherlands | 1.79Q1 | 3.27 0.71 up from 2010 | 454 | 17% | $3,510 | ||
11Ocean ModellingElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 1.79Q1 | 3.17 0.35 up from 2010 | 258 | 19% | $3,140 | ||
12Deep Sea Research Part II Topical Studies in OceanographyElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 1.75Q1 | 2.44 0.73 down from 2010 | 754 | 30% | $3,760 | ||
13Estuarine Coastal and Shelf ScienceElsevier BV · United States | 1.74Q1 | 2.94 0.62 up from 2010 | 882 | 14% | $3,410 | ||
14Continental Shelf ResearchElsevier BV · Netherlands | 1.73Q2 | 2.59 0.51 up from 2010 | 603 | 13% | $3,260 | ||
15Limnology and Oceanography MethodsWiley · United States | 1.68Q2 | 2.13 0.01 up from 2010 | 220 | 41% | $3,530 | ||
16Marine EcologyWiley · Germany | 1.59Q2 | 2.48 0.59 up from 2010 | 216 | 19% | $3,560 | ||
17Journal of Physical OceanographyAmerican Meteorological Society · United States | 1.58Q2 | 3.05 0.29 up from 2010 | 588 | 57% | — | ||
18Marine Environmental ResearchElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 1.51Q2 | 2.73 0.73 up from 2010 | 317 | 26% | $3,440 | ||
19Journal of Sea ResearchOAElsevier BV · Netherlands | 1.51Q2 | 2.84 0.70 up from 2010 | 215 | 28% | $2,610 | ||
20Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic TechnologyAmerican Meteorological Society · United States | 1.50Q2 | 2.87 0.28 up from 2010 | 564 | 41% | — | ||
21Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and EcologyElsevier BV · Netherlands | 1.49Q2 | 2.29 0.21 down from 2010 | 823 | 13% | $3,270 | ||
22Journal of Plankton ResearchOxford University Press · United Kingdom | 1.42Q2 | 2.35 0.06 down from 2010 | 437 | 52% | $4,533 | ||
23Ocean DynamicsSpringer Science+Business Media · Germany | 1.41Q2 | 2.23 0.31 up from 2010 | 230 | 30% | $3,690 | ||
24Journal of PhycologyWiley · United Kingdom | 1.30Q2 | 2.40 0.10 down from 2010 | 486 | 10% | $3,900 | ||
25European Journal of PhycologyTaylor & Francis · United Kingdom | 1.27Q2 | 2.28 0.11 up from 2010 | 120 | 91% | — | ||
26Dynamics of Atmospheres and OceansElsevier BV · Netherlands | 1.25Q3 | 1.57 0.95 down from 2010 | 87 | 14% | $3,000 | ||
27Marine GeodesyTaylor & Francis · United States | 1.08Q3 | 1.95 0.61 up from 2010 | 107 | 9% | — | ||
28Botanica MarinaDe Gruyter · Germany | 0.99Q3 | 1.74 0.11 down from 2010 | 203 | 6% | $2,712 | ||
29Records of the Australian MuseumOAAustralian Museum · Australia | 0.96Q3 | 1.50 0.60 up from 2010 | 40 | 100% | — | ||
30Journal of OceanographySpringer Science+Business Media · Netherlands | 0.96Q3 | 1.59 0.12 down from 2010 | 233 | 10% | $4,090 | ||
31Journal of Marine ResearchYale University · United States | 0.92Q3 | 1.07 0.38 down from 2010 | 106 | 16% | — | ||
32PhycologiaTaylor & Francis · United States | 0.92Q3 | 1.58 0.07 down from 2010 | 189 | 2% | — | ||
33OceanologiaOAElsevier BV · Poland | 0.87Q3 | 1.72 0.46 up from 2010 | 76 | 100% | — | ||
34Helgoland Marine ResearchSpringer Science+Business Media · Germany | 0.87Q3 | 1.07 0.65 down from 2010 | 142 | 100% | $2,190 | ||
35Phycological ResearchWiley · Australia | 0.83Q3 | 1.87 0.58 up from 2010 | 119 | 3% | $3,800 | ||
36Journal of Operational OceanographyTaylor & Francis · United Kingdom | 0.70Q3 | 1.42 0.37 down from 2010 | 33 | 25% | — | ||
37African Journal of Marine ScienceTaylor & Francis · South Africa | 0.65Q3 | 1.06 0.39 down from 2010 | 159 | 7% | — | ||
38Ocean Science JournalSpringer Science+Business Media · South Korea | 0.60Q3 | 1.16 0.74 up from 2010 | 68 | 12% | $3,090 | ||
39The Open Oceanography JournalOABentham Science Publishers · Netherlands | 0.48Q4 | 0.69 0.24 up from 2010 | 31 | 100% | — | ||
40Plankton and Benthos ResearchOAJapan | 0.45Q4 | 0.56 0.64 down from 2010 | 87 | 100% | — | ||
41Indian Journal of Marine SciencesPublisher not listed | 0.44Q4 | 0.62 0.06 up from 2010 | 58 | 0% | — | ||
42Geophysical & Astrophysical Fluid DynamicsTaylor & Francis · United Kingdom | 0.44Q4 | 0.85 0.04 down from 2010 | 128 | 16% | — | ||
43Chinese Journal of Oceanology and LimnologySpringer Nature · China | 0.42Q4 | 0.72 0.28 up from 2010 | 388 | 2% | — | ||
44Journal of Ocean University of ChinaSpringer Science+Business Media · China | 0.29Q4 | 0.49 0.04 up from 2010 | 197 | 1% | $2,990 | ||
45ALGAEOAKorean Society of Phycology · South Korea | 0.26Q4 | 0.31 0.20 down from 2010 | 84 | 77% | — | ||
46Acta Oceanologica SinicaSpringer Science+Business Media · Germany | 0.19Q4 | 0.35 0.14 up from 2010 | 304 | 0% | $3,090 | ||
47Gulf of Mexico ScienceOAUniversity of Southern Mississippi · United States | 0.09Q4 | 0.13 0.03 up from 2010 | 53 | 100% | — | ||
48Redai haiyang xuebaoChina | 0.08Q4 | 0.08 0.01 down from 2010 | 247 | 0% | — | ||
49Marine Science BulletinState Oceanic Administration (SOA) · China | 0.04Q4 | 0.06 0.03 up from 2010 | 310 | 0% | — | ||
50The EGU General AssemblyCopernicus Publications | 0.02Q4 | 0.04 0.02 down from 2010 | 211 | 0% | — |
Subfields of Earth and Planetary Sciences, with Oceanography highlighted.
- Geophysics132
- Atmospheric Science80
- Paleontology66
- Oceanography50
- Earth-Surface Processes14
- Geochemistry and Petrology9
- Geology8
- Space and Planetary Science1
Journals
Citations made in 2011. Corpus-wide, 75.1% of core-journal articles and reviews published that year have at least one matched reference; the share varies by journal and field.
19 additional Oceanography journals with metrics are unranked under this release’s eligibility rules: a journal needs at least 30 citable documents in 2008–2010, 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: 2011. Publication window: 2008–2010. How these summaries are calculated
- Ranked journals
- 50
- Window papers (baseline)
- 29,268 +18.1% from indicator year 2008
- Median OJR
- 1.26 -7.1% from indicator year 2008
- Rising journals (2025)
- 2
Window papers are the baseline paper population: citable papers (articles, reviews and conference papers) from 2008–2010 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.