Palaeontology

Aims & Scope

Palaeontology publishes a wide variety of papers on palaeontological topics covering: palaeozoology palaeobotany systematic studies palaeoecology micropalaeontology palaeobiogeography functional morphology stratigraphy taxonomy taphonomy palaeoenvironmental reconstruction palaeoclimate analysis and biomineralization studies.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	2.3
2024	2.50

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.862

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q1

h-index

Year	Value
2024	78

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	6081

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	318

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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 and 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.

• strap: an R package for plotting phylogenies against stratigraphy and assessing their stratigraphic congruence

  Citation: 289

  Authors: Mark A., Graeme T.

• DISPARITY: MORPHOLOGICAL PATTERN AND DEVELOPMENTAL CONTEXT

  Citation: 273

  Authors: DOUGLAS H.

• AUTECOLOGY AND THE FILLING OF ECOSPACE: KEY METAZOAN RADIATIONS

  Citation: 241

  Authors: RICHARD K., ANDREW M., DOUGLAS H.

• Geographical, environmental and intrinsic biotic controls on Phanerozoic marine diversification

  Citation: 239

  Authors: JOHN

• Cyanobacteria and the Great Oxidation Event: evidence from genes and fossils

  Citation: 224

  Authors: Bettina E., Muriel, Philip C. J.

• The first named Ediacaran body fossil, <i>Aspidella Terranovica</i>

  Citation: 217

  Authors: James G., Guy M., Michael M.

• Feeding habits in trilobites

  Citation: 213

  Authors: R. A., R. M.

• Five hundred million years of extinction and recovery: a phanerozoic survey of large‐scale diversity patterns in fishes

  Citation: 207

  Authors: MATT, LAUREN COLE

• Time‐averaging and fidelity of modern death assemblages: building a taphonomic foundation for conservation palaeobiology

  Citation: 201

  Authors: Susan M.

• MACROEVOLUTION AND MACROECOLOGY THROUGH DEEP TIME

  Citation: 201

  Authors: NICHOLAS J.

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