Palaeoworld

Aims & Scope

Palaeoworld is a peer-reviewed quarterly journal dedicated to the study of past life and its environment.

We encourage submission of original manuscripts on all aspects of palaeontology and stratigraphy, comparisons of regional and global data in time and space, and results generated by interdisciplinary investigations in related fields.

Some issues will be devoted entirely to a special theme whereas others will be composed of contributed articles.

Palaeoworld is dedicated to serving a broad spectrum of geoscientists and palaeobiologists as well as serving as a resource for students in fields as diverse as palaeobiology, evolutionary biology, taxonomy and phylogeny, geobiology, historical geology, and palaeoenvironment.

Palaeoworld publishes original articles in the following areas: •Phylogeny and taxonomic studies of all fossil groups •Biostratigraphy, chemostratigraphy, chronostratigraphy •Palaeoecology, palaeoenvironment and global changes throughout Earth history •Tempo and mode of biological evolution •Biological events in Earth history (e.g., extinctions, radiations) •Ecosystem evolution •Geobiology and molecular palaeobiology •Palaeontological and stratigraphic methods •Interdisciplinary studies focusing on fossils and strata

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	1.7

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.518

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q2

h-index

Year	Value
2024	39

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	11236

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	283

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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.

• Advances in Cambrian stratigraphy and paleontology: Integrating correlation techniques, paleobiology, taphonomy and paleoenvironmental reconstruction

  Citation: 315

  Authors: Mao-Yan, Loren E., Shan-Chi

• The ‘Orsten’—More than a Cambrian Konservat-Lagerstätte yielding exceptional preservation

  Citation: 144

  Authors: Andreas, Andreas, Xi-Ping, Philip C.J., Klaus J., Ewa, John E., David J., Martin, Dieter

• The Capitanian (Permian) Kamura cooling event: The beginning of the Paleozoic–Mesozoic transition

  Citation: 137

  Authors: Yukio, Hodaka, Kayo

• Late Paleozoic–early Mesozoic continental biostratigraphy — Links to the Standard Global Chronostratigraphic Scale

  Citation: 131

  Authors: Joerg W., Spencer G., Frank, Sebastian, Lorenzo, Hendrik, Stanislav, Ralf, Valeriy K., James E., Tamara, Ausonio, Michael O., Vladimir V., Ronny, Hafid, Ulf, Veronika, Shu-Zhong

• An overview of fossil Ginkgoales

  Citation: 126

  Authors: Zhi-Yan

• End-Permian mass extinction pattern in the northern peri-Gondwanan region

  Citation: 116

  Authors: Shu Zhong, Chang-Qun, Charles M., Xiang-Dong, Guang R., Yue, Wei

• Early sponge evolution: A review and phylogenetic framework

  Citation: 105

  Authors: Joseph P., Lucy A.

• Evidence for photic zone euxinia through the end-Permian mass extinction in the Panthalassic Ocean (Peace River Basin, Western Canada)

  Citation: 92

  Authors: Lindsay E., Tyler, Charles M., Gordon D., Roger E.

• Global climate, sea level cycles, and biotic events in the Cambrian Period

  Citation: 91

  Authors: Loren E., Shan-Chi, Carlton E., Mao-Yan, Per, Michael, Richard A.

• Biostratigraphy and lithofacies of the Permian System in the Laibin–Heshan area of Guangxi, South China

  Citation: 86

  Authors: Shu-Zhong, Yue, Charles M., Chang-Qun, Wei

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