Alcheringa

Aims & Scope

Alcheringa : An Australasian Journal of Palaeontology is the official journal of the Australasian Palaeontologists.

Alcheringa covers all aspects of palaeontology and its ramifications into the earth and biological sciences, including: Taxonomy- Biostratigraphy- Micropalaeontology- Vertebrate palaeontology- Palaeobotany- Palynology- Palaeobiology- Palaeoanatomy- Palaeoecology- Biostratinomy- Biogeography- Chronobiology- Biogeochemistry- Palichnology.

Review articles are welcome, and may be solicited from time to time.

Thematic issues are also possible.

Emphasis is placed on high quality and informative illustration, in both line drawings and photographs.

Papers of general significance may receive preference over those of more local interest.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	1.5
2024	1.20

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	10748

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	140

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.541

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q2

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Abstracting & Indexing

Journal is indexed in leading academic databases, ensuring global visibility and accessibility of our peer-reviewed research.

• Scopus
• Google Scholar
• Web of Science

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Subjects & Keywords

Journal’s research areas, covering key disciplines and specialized sub-topics in Agricultural and Biological Sciences and Earth and Planetary Sciences, designed to support cutting-edge academic discovery.

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Most Cited Articles

The Most Cited Articles section features the journal's most impactful research, based on citation counts. These articles have been referenced frequently by other researchers, indicating their significant contribution to their respective fields.

• Stromatolite recognition in ancient rocks: an appraisal of irregularly laminated structures in an Early Archaean chert-barite unit from North Pole, Western Australia

  Citation: 228

  Authors: Roger, J.S.R., D.I.

• Oxygen requirements, biology and phylogenetic significance of the late Precambrian worm<i>Dickinsonia</i>, and the evolution of the burrowing habit

  Citation: 168

  Authors: Bruce

• The biology of<i>Glossopteris</i>: evidence from petrified seed-bearing and pollen-bearing organs

  Citation: 151

  Authors: R.E., T.

• The Ordovician graptolite sequence of Australasia

  Citation: 129

  Authors: A.H.M., R.A.

• Australian Middle Cambrian molluscs and their bearing on early molluscan evolution

  Citation: 124

  Authors: Bruce, Peter A.

• Reconstructing Triassic vegetation of eastern Australasia: a new approach for the biostratigraphy of Gondwanaland

  Citation: 124

  Authors: Greg J.

• Megafaunal extinction in the late Quaternary and the global overkill hypothesis

  Citation: 124

  Authors: Stephen, Judith, Richard, Lars S.

• The life and times of a Triassic lycopod

  Citation: 107

  Authors: Greg

• Microflora of the middle Proterozoic Balbirini Dolomite (McArthur Group) of Australia

  Citation: 100

  Authors: Dorothy Zeller

• Evolution of the Australian flora and vegetation through the Tertiary: evidence from pollen

  Citation: 93

  Authors: Helene A.

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