Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology

Aims & Scope

The Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology publishes original contributions on all aspects of vertebrate paleobiology, including vertebrate origins, evolution, functional morphology, taxonomy, biostratigraphy, phylogenetics, paleoecology, paleobiogeography, and paleoanthropology.

JVP publishes high quality peer-reviewed original articles, occasional reviews, and interdisciplinary papers.

It is international in scope, and emphasizes both specimen- and field-based based research and the use of high-quality illustrations.

Priority is given to articles dealing with topics of broad interest to the entire vertebrate paleontology community and to high-impact specialist studies.

Articles dealing with narrower topics, including notes on taxonomic name changes (unless these deal with errors published in JVP), preliminary site reports, and documentation of new specimens of well-known taxa, are afforded lower priority.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	1.9
2024	1.60

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	8819

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	473

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.651

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q1

h-index

Year	Value
2024	94

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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.

• Definition, diagnosis, and origin of Mammalia

  Citation: 428

  Authors: Timothy

• Closure of neurocentral sutures during crocodilian ontogeny: Implications for maturity assessment in fossil archosaurs

  Citation: 406

  Authors: Christopher A.

• A nomenclature for vertebral laminae in sauropods and other saurischian dinosaurs

  Citation: 398

  Authors: Jeffrey A.

• Tooth morphology and prey preference of Mesozoic marine reptiles

  Citation: 369

  Authors: Judy A.

• Long bone histology of the hadrosaurid dinosaur<i>Maiasaura peeblesorum</i>: growth dynamics and physiology based on an ontogenetic series of skeletal elements

  Citation: 274

  Authors: John R., Armand, Kevin

• A Comprehensive Phylogenetic Study of Amiid Fishes (Amiidae) Based on Comparative Skeletal Anatomy. an Empirical Search for Interconnected Patterns of Natural History

  Citation: 268

  Authors: Lance, William E.

• Skeletal indicators of locomotor behavior in living and extinct carnivores

  Citation: 266

  Authors: Blaire

• Distinguishing the effects of the Red queen and Court Jester on Miocene mammal evolution in the northern Rocky Mountains

  Citation: 258

  Authors: Anthony D.

• A proposal for a standard terminology of anatomical notation and orientation in fossil vertebrate dentitions

  Citation: 243

  Authors: Joshua B., Peter

• The Evolution of the Antorbital Cavity of Archosaurs: A Study in Soft-Tissue Reconstruction in the Fossil Record with an Analysis of the Function of Pneumaticity

  Citation: 229

  Authors: Lawrence M.

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