Memoirs of the Queensland Museum

Aims & Scope

The museum’s peer-reviewed journal, Memoirs of the Queensland Museum, celebrated 100 years of scientific publishing in November 2012.

With about 40,000 pages and 1,800 contributing authors, the Memoirs has published over 2,100 peer-reviewed articles and Notes, including the descriptions of approximately 5,500 new species, and has documented the evidence of adaptation and resilience of Queensland's natural and cultural communities in the face of rapid environmental and technological changes.

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Metrics & Ranking

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.102

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q4

h-index

Year	Value
2024	38

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	29705

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	1

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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

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Subjects & Keywords

Journal’s research areas, covering key disciplines and specialized sub-topics in Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science, 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.

• Revision and catalogue of worldwide staghorn corals Acropora and Isopora (Scleractinia: Acroporidae) in the Museum of Tropical Queensland

  Citation: 39

  Authors: Carden, Barbara, Paul

• A taxonomic assessment of the Australian Dusky Antechinus Complex: a new species, the Tasman Peninsula Dusky Antechinus (Antechinus vandycki sp. nov.) and an elevation to species of the Mainland Dusky Antechinus (Antechinus swainsonii mimetes (Thomas))

  Citation: 35

  Authors: Andrew, T., E., E.

• Revision of the genus Ocypode with the description of a new genus, Hoplocypode (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura)

  Citation: 24

  Authors: Katsushi, Michael

• The coral killing sponge Terpios hoshinota in Kimbe Bay, Papua New Guinea

  Citation: 7

  Authors: Merrick, B., Thomas, M., S., John N. B.

• New Teleosts (Elopomorpha: Albuliformes) from the Lower Cretaceous (Late Albian) of the Eromanga Basin, Queensland, Australia

  Citation: 7

  Authors: Alan

• The pachyrhizodontid teleosts from the marine Lower Cretaceous (latest mid to late-albian) sediments of the Eromanga Basin, Queensland, Australia

  Citation: 7

  Authors: Alan

• The goblin spider genus Opopaea in Australia and the Pacific islands (Araneae: Oonopidae)

  Citation: 6

  Authors: Barbara, Mark, H.M., R.

• A new species of Pseudotyrannochthonius Beier (Pseudoscorpiones: Pseudotyrannochthoniidae) from the Warrumbungle Range, New South Wales

  Citation: 6

  Authors: Danilo

• A review of Macrophthalmus sensu lato (Crustacea: Decapoda: Macrophthalmidae) from Australia, including two new species and new records

  Citation: 5

  Authors: Peter

• A review of the Australian Polyrhachis ants of the subgenera Myrma Billberg, Myrmatopa Forel, Mymothrinax Forel and Polyrhachis Fr. Smith (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Formicinae)

  Citation: 5

  Authors: Rudolf

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