Historical Biology

Aims & Scope

Historical Biology is an international peer reviewed journal publishing original research and review papers covering developments in the sciences concerned with the history of life through geological time and the biology of past organisms, and seeks to encourage a diversity of approaches in this rapidly expanding field, especially new technologies.

It emphasizes modern and controversial topics and prides itself in fast review and rapid online publication.

The range of subjects includes: · paleobiology and taxonomy, · paleobiogeography, · evolutionary processes and patterns, · molecular paleontology, · extinction, · taphonomy.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	1.3
2024	1.40

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	1158

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.563

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q1

h-index

Year	Value
2024	43

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	10325

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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, 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.

• Biotic crises in the history of Upper Silurian graptoloids: A Palaeobiological model

  Citation: 220

  Authors: Adam

• Key evolutionary innovations and their ecological mechanisms

  Citation: 214

  Authors: Stephen B., David L.

• Aberrations in bivalve evolution related to photo‐ and chemosymbiosis

  Citation: 191

  Authors: Adolf

• Why was there a delayed radiation after the end‐Palaeozoic extinctions?

  Citation: 159

  Authors: A.

• Mass Prediction in Theropod Dinosaurs

  Citation: 131

  Authors: P., R.A.

• Extinction events among Mesozoic marine reptiles

  Citation: 114

  Authors: Nathalie

• Proterozoic stromatolites: The first marine evolutionary biota

  Citation: 109

  Authors: Stanley M., James

• Permian and early Triassic isotopic records of carbon and strontium in Australia and a scenario of events about the Permian‐Triassic boundary

  Citation: 108

  Authors: Richard

• Comparative analysis of Late Jurassic sauropod trackways from the Jura Mountains (NW Switzerland) and the central High Atlas Mountains (Morocco): implications for sauropod ichnotaxonomy

  Citation: 105

  Authors: Daniel, Matteo, Christian A., Paolo, Géraldine, Christel, Basil

• Correlation of carnassial tooth size and body weight in recent carnivores (mammalia)

  Citation: 101

  Authors: Serge, Claudia

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