Journal rankings · indicator year 2023
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Subfield ranking · 2023
Oceanography journal rankings 2023
50 ranked journals · Subfield in Earth and Planetary Sciences
Oceanography has 50 ranked journals in 2023. The median journal has an OJR of 0.83, below the world average of 1.00, up 0.01 on 2022; Q1 starts at OJR 1.07. The top three are Global Biogeochemical Cycles, Limnology and Oceanography Letters, and Biogeosciences.
Ranks and citation indicators: 2023. 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 2020–2022, the window the 2023 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 2022. This is OpenJournalRank’s own count, not Clarivate’s Journal Impact Factor. | Citable documents (articles, reviews and conference papers) published in 2020–2022, the window the 2023 OJR is computed on. A journal needs at least 30 to be ranked. | Share of the journal’s 2020–2022 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 2014 to 2023. | Compare |
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1Global Biogeochemical CyclesWiley · United States | 2.57Q1 | 8.26 0.80 up from 2022 | 399 | 87% | $4,070 | ||
2Limnology and Oceanography LettersOAWiley · United States | 1.80Q1 | 5.03 1.73 down from 2022 | 165 | 100% | $3,700 | ||
3BiogeosciencesOACopernicus Publications · Germany | 1.80Q1 | 5.58 1.30 down from 2022 | 983 | 100% | $1,628 | ||
4Limnology and OceanographyWiley · United States | 1.70Q1 | 5.10 0.08 down from 2022 | 718 | 83% | $3,530 | ||
5Progress In OceanographyElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 1.65Q1 | 5.03 0.19 down from 2022 | 448 | 74% | $3,720 | ||
6Journal of Geophysical Research OceansWiley · United States | 1.60Q1 | 4.56 0.51 down from 2022 | 1,510 | 87% | $4,070 | ||
7Ocean scienceOACopernicus Publications · Germany | 1.52Q1 | 5.46 1.00 up from 2022 | 273 | 100% | $1,412 | ||
8Journal of Operational OceanographyTaylor & Francis · United Kingdom | 1.44Q1 | 4.81 0.39 down from 2022 | 41 | 50% | — | ||
9Ocean ModellingElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 1.40Q1 | 4.43 0.22 down from 2022 | 237 | 60% | $3,140 | ||
10All EarthOATaylor & Francis · United States | 1.31Q1 | 3.18 1.88 up from 2022 | 34 | 100% | $1,459 | ||
11Frontiers in Marine ScienceOAFrontiers Media · Switzerland | 1.26Q1 | 3.61 1.15 down from 2022 | 5,899 | 100% | $3,801 | ||
12Journal of Marine SystemsElsevier BV · Netherlands | 1.10Q1 | 3.11 0.15 down from 2022 | 272 | 41% | $3,510 | ||
13Marine Environmental ResearchElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 1.07Q1 | 3.29 0.32 down from 2022 | 759 | 37% | $3,440 | ||
14OceanologiaOAElsevier BV · Poland | 1.05Q2 | 3.16 0.45 up from 2022 | 163 | 100% | — | ||
15Journal of Physical OceanographyAmerican Meteorological Society · United States | 1.05Q2 | 3.23 0.89 down from 2022 | 608 | 43% | — | ||
16Ocean DynamicsSpringer Science+Business Media · Germany | 1.05Q2 | 2.88 0.02 up from 2022 | 185 | 48% | $3,690 | ||
17Estuarine Coastal and Shelf ScienceElsevier BV · United States | 1.01Q2 | 2.92 0.26 down from 2022 | 1,195 | 50% | $3,410 | ||
18Marine ChemistryElsevier BV · Netherlands | 1.00Q2 | 3.72 0.04 up from 2022 | 227 | 51% | $3,280 | ||
19Limnology and Oceanography MethodsWiley · United States | 1.00Q2 | 2.90 0.08 down from 2022 | 177 | 74% | $3,530 | ||
20OceanographyOAOceanography Society · United States | 0.96Q2 | 2.31 0.48 down from 2022 | 228 | 100% | $500 | ||
21Deep Sea Research Part I Oceanographic Research PapersElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 0.94Q2 | 2.55 0.12 up from 2022 | 419 | 44% | $3,270 | ||
22Deep Sea Research Part II Topical Studies in OceanographyElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 0.92Q2 | 2.91 0.63 down from 2022 | 265 | 54% | $3,760 | ||
23Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic TechnologyAmerican Meteorological Society · United States | 0.91Q2 | 2.52 0.39 down from 2022 | 413 | 51% | — | ||
242021 OES China Ocean Acoustics (COA)Publisher not listed | 0.91Q2 | 0.34 0.05 up from 2022 | 232 | — | — | ||
25Continental Shelf ResearchElsevier BV · Netherlands | 0.89Q2 | 2.58 0.20 down from 2022 | 418 | 44% | $3,260 | ||
26Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and EcologyElsevier BV · Netherlands | 0.77Q3 | 2.23 0.02 up from 2022 | 297 | 52% | $3,270 | ||
27Journal of PhycologyWiley · United Kingdom | 0.77Q3 | 3.23 0.28 up from 2022 | 332 | 72% | $3,900 | ||
28Marine GeodesyTaylor & Francis · United States | 0.76Q3 | 2.24 0.47 up from 2022 | 83 | 13% | — | ||
28Aquatic BotanyElsevier BV · Netherlands | 0.76Q3 | 2.46 0.44 up from 2022 | 235 | 31% | $3,180 | ||
30Journal of Sea ResearchOAElsevier BV · Netherlands | 0.74Q3 | 2.33 0.13 up from 2022 | 209 | 100% | $2,610 | ||
31Dynamics of Atmospheres and OceansElsevier BV · Netherlands | 0.69Q3 | 2.36 0.21 up from 2022 | 120 | 23% | $3,000 | ||
32ALGAEOAKorean Society of Phycology · South Korea | 0.69Q3 | 3.10 0.12 down from 2022 | 81 | 100% | — | ||
33Journal of OceanographySpringer Science+Business Media · Netherlands | 0.67Q3 | 1.50 1.39 down from 2022 | 138 | 43% | $4,090 | ||
34Botanica MarinaDe Gruyter · Germany | 0.64Q3 | 1.70 0.17 down from 2022 | 143 | 49% | $2,712 | ||
35Marine EcologyWiley · Germany | 0.63Q3 | 1.93 0.47 up from 2022 | 133 | 66% | $3,560 | ||
36Journal of Plankton ResearchOxford University Press · United Kingdom | 0.62Q3 | 1.96 0.29 down from 2022 | 224 | 78% | $4,533 | ||
37European Journal of PhycologyTaylor & Francis · United Kingdom | 0.53Q3 | 1.95 0.46 down from 2022 | 124 | 57% | — | ||
38Ocean Science JournalSpringer Science+Business Media · South Korea | 0.50Q3 | 1.52 0.12 down from 2022 | 128 | 12% | $3,090 | ||
39Journal of Oceanology and LimnologySpringer Science+Business Media · China | 0.48Q4 | 1.45 0.27 down from 2022 | 473 | 4% | $2,990 | ||
40Journal of Ocean University of ChinaSpringer Science+Business Media · China | 0.47Q4 | 1.48 0.13 down from 2022 | 452 | 0% | $2,990 | ||
41Acta Oceanologica SinicaSpringer Science+Business Media · Germany | 0.47Q4 | 1.40 0.11 down from 2022 | 527 | 2% | $3,090 | ||
42African Journal of Marine ScienceTaylor & Francis · South Africa | 0.45Q4 | 1.61 0.12 up from 2022 | 119 | 50% | — | ||
43Geophysical & Astrophysical Fluid DynamicsTaylor & Francis · United Kingdom | 0.41Q4 | 1.22 0.15 down from 2022 | 76 | 30% | — | ||
44PhycologiaTaylor & Francis · United States | 0.37Q4 | 1.34 0.25 down from 2022 | 188 | 19% | — | ||
45Water WavesBirkhäuser · Switzerland | 0.33Q4 | 0.46 0.47 down from 2022 | 47 | 67% | $3,490 | ||
46Phycological ResearchWiley · Australia | 0.33Q4 | 1.38 0.14 up from 2022 | 76 | 60% | $3,800 | ||
47Cryptogamie AlgologieFrance | 0.33Q4 | 1.04 0.07 down from 2022 | 41 | 78% | — | ||
48Open Journal of Marine ScienceOAScientific Research Publishing · United States | 0.31Q4 | 1.17 0.11 up from 2022 | 42 | 100% | — | ||
49Plankton and Benthos ResearchOAJapan | 0.28Q4 | 0.76 0.11 down from 2022 | 109 | 100% | — | ||
50Records of the Australian MuseumOAAustralian Museum · Australia | 0.26Q4 | 0.74 0.36 up from 2022 | 45 | 100% | — |
Subfields of Earth and Planetary Sciences, with Oceanography highlighted.
- Geophysics145
- Atmospheric Science90
- Paleontology77
- Oceanography50
- Earth-Surface Processes16
- Geology9
- Geochemistry and Petrology6
- Space and Planetary Science3
Journals
Citations made in 2023. Corpus-wide, 88.9% of core-journal articles and reviews published that year have at least one matched reference; the share varies by journal and field.
14 additional Oceanography journals with metrics are unranked under this release’s eligibility rules: a journal needs at least 30 citable documents in 2020–2022, 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: 2023. Publication window: 2020–2022. How these summaries are calculated
- Ranked journals
- 50
- Window papers (baseline)
- 37,535 -2.3% from indicator year 2020
- Median OJR
- 0.83 -13.5% from indicator year 2020
- Rising journals (2025)
- 2
Window papers are the baseline paper population: citable papers (articles, reviews and conference papers) from 2020–2022 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.