Comptes Rendus - Palevol

Aims & Scope

Comptes Rendus Palevol is a fully electronic and peer-reviewed journal, with a continuous publication stream, devoted to palaeontology, prehistory and evolutionary sciences.

It publishes original research results, in French or English, in the following domains: systematic and human palaeontology, prehistory, evolutionary biology and macroevolution, and history of sciences.

Thematic issues may also be published under the responsibility of a guest editor.

All articles published in Comptes Rendus Palevol are compliant with the different nomenclatural codes.

A copyright assignment will be signed by the authors before publication

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	1.3
2024	1.20

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	13365

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	132

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.419

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q3

h-index

Year	Value
2024	58

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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 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.

• Avian eggshell mineralization: biochemical and functional characterization of matrix proteins

  Citation: 397

  Authors: Yves, Joël, Juan M., Maxwell T.

• Molluscan shell proteins

  Citation: 299

  Authors: Frédéric, Gilles

• Biomineralisation in reef-building corals: from molecular mechanisms to environmental control

  Citation: 279

  Authors: Denis, Christine, Paola, Fanny, Sandrine, Stéphanie, Éric, Sylvie, Didier

• Ebb and flow or regional extinctions? On the character of Neandertal occupation of northern environments

  Citation: 140

  Authors: Jean-Jacques, Wil

• Bipedalism in Orrorin tugenensis revealed by its femora

  Citation: 140

  Authors: Martin, Brigitte, Dominique, Jacques

• The recovery of terrestrial vertebrate diversity in the South African Karoo Basin after the end-Permian extinction

  Citation: 133

  Authors: Roger, Jennifer

• Découverte d’un nouvel hominidé à Dmanissi (Transcaucasie, Géorgie)

  Citation: 126

  Authors: Léo, Marie-Antoinette, Abesalom, David, Henry

• The early settlement of northern Europe: Fire history in the context of climate change and the social brain

  Citation: 112

  Authors: John A.J.

• Fossiliferous amber deposits from the Cretaceous (Albian) of Spain

  Citation: 111

  Authors: Xavier, Antonio, Enrique, Eduardo, Carmen, Rafael López Del, Enrique, Carmelo, Vicente M.

• Les sites archéologiques plio-pléistocènes de la formation de Nachukui, Ouest-Turkana, Kenya : bilan synthétique 1997–2001

  Citation: 105

  Authors: Hélène, Jean-Philip, Anne, Craig, Sonia, Mzalendo, Sandrine, Pierre-Jean

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