Papers in Palaeontology

Aims & Scope

Papers in Palaeontology is the successor to Special Papers in Palaeontology and a journal of the Palaeontological Association (www.palass.org).

The journal is devoted to the publication of papers that document the diversity of past life and its distribution in time and space.

Papers in Palaeontology is devoted to the publication of papers that document the diversity of past life and its distribution in time and space.

As a sister publication to Palaeontology its focus is on descriptive research, including the descriptions of new taxa, systematic revisions of higher taxa, detailed biostratigraphical and biogeographical documentation, and descriptions of floras and faunas from specific localities or regions.

Most contributions are expected to be less than 30 pp long but longer contributions will be considered if the material merits it, including single topic parts.

The journal 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, biomineralization studies.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	2.2
2024	2.30

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.957

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q1

h-index

Year	Value
2024	27

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	5202

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	484

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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.

• A review of the evolution, biostratigraphy, provincialism and diversity of<scp>M</scp>iddle and early<scp>L</scp>ate<scp>T</scp>riassic conodonts

  Citation: 69

  Authors: Yanlong, Leopold, Michael J., Xu‐Long, Sylvain

• Himalayan Cambrian brachiopods

  Citation: 56

  Authors: Leonid E., Lars E., Nigel C., Mansoureh, Paul M.

• A new cynodont from the Santa Maria formation, south Brazil, improves Late Triassic probainognathian diversity

  Citation: 56

  Authors: Agustín G., Estevan, Átila A. S., Max C.

• A redescription of <i>Orovenator mayorum</i> (Sauropsida, Diapsida) using high‐resolution μ<scp>CT</scp>, and the consequences for early amniote phylogeny

  Citation: 49

  Authors: David P., Roger B. J.

• Reassessment of the non‐titanosaurian somphospondylan<i><scp>W</scp>intonotitan wattsi</i>(<scp>D</scp>inosauria:<scp>S</scp>auropoda:<scp>T</scp>itanosauriformes) from the mid‐<scp>C</scp>retaceous<scp>W</scp>inton<scp>F</scp>ormation,<scp>Q</scp>ueensland,<scp>A</scp>ustralia

  Citation: 48

  Authors: Stephen F., Philip D., Paul, Scott A., Benjamin P., David A.

• New radiodonts with gnathobase‐like structures from the Cambrian Chengjiang biota and implications for the systematics of Radiodonta

  Citation: 47

  Authors: Pei‐Yun, Gregory D., Allison C., Jin, Stephen, Xian‐Guang

• New exceptionally preserved panarthropods from the Drumian Wheeler Konservat‐Lagerstätte of the House Range of Utah

  Citation: 44

  Authors: Rudy, Julien, Stephen, Jacob, Andries, Javier

• The cranial morphology, phylogenetic position and biogeography of the upper Permian dicynodont<i>Compsodon helmoedi</i>van Hoepen (Therapsida, Anomodontia)

  Citation: 44

  Authors: Kenneth D., Christian F.

• Invertebrate coprolites and cololites revised

  Citation: 41

  Authors: Dirk

• New <scp>L</scp>ate <scp>E</scp>ocene <scp>C</scp>hrysomelidae (<scp>I</scp>nsecta: <scp>C</scp>oleoptera) from <scp>B</scp>altic, <scp>R</scp>ovno and <scp>D</scp>anish ambers

  Citation: 39

  Authors: Konstantin S., Evgeny E., Alexey G.

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