Marine Micropaleontology

Aims & Scope

Marine Micropaleontology is an international journal publishing original, innovative and significant scientific papers in all fields related to marine microfossils, including ecology and paleoecology, biology and paleobiology, paleoceanography and paleoclimatology, environmental monitoring, taphonomy, evolution and molecular phylogeny.

The journal strongly encourages the publication of articles in which marine microfossils and/or their chemical composition are used to solve fundamental geological, environmental and biological problems.

However, it does not publish purely stratigraphic or taxonomic papers.

In Marine Micropaleontology, a special section is dedicated to short papers on new methods and protocols using marine microfossils.

We solicit special issues on hot topics in marine micropaleontology and review articles on timely subjects.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	1.6

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.575

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q2

h-index

Year	Value
2024	106

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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.

• Supplementary modification and introduction of code numbers to the low-latitude coccolith biostratigraphic zonation (Bukry, 1973; 1975)

  Citation: 899

  Authors: Hisatake, David

• A conceptual model explaining benthic foraminiferal microhabitats

  Citation: 837

  Authors: Frans J., Henko C., Joen G.V.

• The environmental and climatic distribution of dinoflagellate cysts in modern marine sediments from regions in the North and South Atlantic Oceans and adjacent seas

  Citation: 516

  Authors: David, Barrie, G.P., Woollcott K.

• Benthic foraminifera in oxygen-poor habitats

  Citation: 464

  Authors: Barun K., Maria Luisa

• Calcareous nannofossils and Mesozoic oceanic anoxic events

  Citation: 435

  Authors: Elisabetta

• The FOBIMO (FOraminiferal BIo-MOnitoring) initiative—Towards a standardised protocol for soft-bottom benthic foraminiferal monitoring studies

  Citation: 392

  Authors: Joachim, Elisabeth, Emmanuelle, Frans, Sergei, Silvia

• Morphology and microhabitat preferences of benthic foraminifera from the northwest Atlantic Ocean

  Citation: 357

  Authors: Bruce H.

• Deep-sea benthic foraminiferal species which exploit phytodetritus: Characteristic features and controls on distribution

  Citation: 332

  Authors: Andrew J.

• Mid-Pliocene warmth: stronger greenhouse and stronger conveyor

  Citation: 331

  Authors: M.E., B., M., G.H.

• Confidence limits of species proportions in microfossil assemblages

  Citation: 315

  Authors: F, R

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