Paleobiology

Aims & Scope

Paleobiology publishes original contributions of any length (but normally 10-50 manuscript pages) dealing with any aspect of biological paleontology.

Emphasis is placed on biological or paleobiological processes and patterns, including macroevolution, extinction, diversification, speciation, functional morphology, bio-geography, phylogeny, paleoecology, molecular paleontology, taphonomy, natural selection and patterns of variation, abundance, and distribution in space and time, among others.

Taxonomic papers are welcome if they have significant and broad applications.

Papers concerning research on recent organisms and systems are appropriate if they are of particular interest to paleontologists.

Papers should typically interest readers from more than one specialty.

Proposals for symposium volumes should be discussed in advance with the editors.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	2.7
2024	2.60

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	1.009

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q1

h-index

Year	Value
2024	106

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	4756

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	297

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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, 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.

• Exaptation—a Missing Term in the Science of Form

  Citation: 3275

  Authors: Stephen Jay, Elisabeth S.

• Taphonomic and ecologic information from bone weathering

  Citation: 1956

  Authors: Anna K.

• Punctuated equilibria: the tempo and mode of evolution reconsidered

  Citation: 1785

  Authors: Stephen Jay, Niles

• Size and shape in ontogeny and phylogeny

  Citation: 1184

  Authors: Pere, Stephen Jay, George F., David B.

• The Mesozoic marine revolution: evidence from snails, predators and grazers

  Citation: 830

  Authors: Geerat J.

• A factor analytic description of the Phanerozoic marine fossil record

  Citation: 824

  Authors: J. John

• A kinetic model of Phanerozoic taxonomic diversity. III. Post-Paleozoic families and mass extinctions

  Citation: 607

  Authors: J. John

• <i>Bangiomorpha pubescens</i>n. gen., n. sp.: implications for the evolution of sex, multicellularity, and the Mesoproterozoic/Neoproterozoic radiation of eukaryotes

  Citation: 564

  Authors: Nicholas J.

• Is a new and general theory of evolution emerging?

  Citation: 528

  Authors: Stephen Jay

• A kinetic model of Phanerozoic taxonomic diversity I. Analysis of marine orders

  Citation: 424

  Authors: J. John

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