Swiss Journal of Palaeontology

Aims & Scope

The Swiss Journal of Palaeontology publishes original research and review articles of interest to the international community in the fields of palaeontology, taxonomy and systematics, while recognising at the same time the importance of documenting high-quality palaeontological data in a regional context.

Palaeobiology in combination with alpha taxonomy is a core topic of the journal.

Submitted papers should have an appeal as wide as possible, directed towards an international readership.

Contributions should not have been simultaneously submitted elsewhere, and the overlap of content between related articles should be minimal.

Duplications of text and the use of previously published illustrations without adequate citation are unacceptable.

If a manuscript has two or more authors, both or all have to sign to confirm they all were involved in the work and have agreed to its submission.

The preferred manuscript language is UK English, but consistently used US English is also acceptable.

We encourage the publication of proceedings of international meetings as well as special thematic issues.

Short contributions and book reviews are also accepted.

An international editorial team as well as guest editors guarantee that the thematic issues as well as all articles in regular issues are peer-reviewed and meet the highest standards.

Metrics & Ranking

Abstracting & Indexing

Journal is indexed in leading academic databases, ensuring global visibility and accessibility of our peer-reviewed research.

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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.

Licensing & Copyright

This journal operates under an Open Access model. Articles are freely accessible to the public immediately upon publication. The content is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0), allowing users to share and adapt the work with proper attribution.

Copyright remains with the author(s), and no permission is required for non-commercial use, provided the original source is cited.

Policy Links

This section provides access to essential policy documents, guidelines, and resources related to the journal’s publication and submission processes.

• Aims scope
• Homepage
• Oa statement
• Author instructions
• License terms
• Review url
• Board url
• Copyright url
• Plagiarism url
• Preservation url
• Apc url
• License

Plagiarism Policy

This journal follows a plagiarism policy. All submitted manuscripts are screened using reliable plagiarism detection software to ensure originality and academic integrity. Authors are responsible for proper citation and acknowledgment of all sources, and any form of plagiarism, including self-plagiarism, will not be tolerated.

For more details, please refer to our official: Plagiarism Policy.

APC Details

The journal’s Article Processing Charge (APC) policies support open access publishing in Earth and Planetary Sciences, ensuring accessibility and quality in research dissemination.

This journal requires an Article Processing Charge (APC) to support open access publishing, covering peer review, editing, and distribution. The current APC is 1,040.00 EUR. Learn more.

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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 nomenclature for fossil and living turtles using phylogenetically defined clade names

  Citation: 106

  Authors: Walter G., Jérémy, Edwin-Alberto, Julien, Igor G., Serjoscha W., Gabriel S., Andrew D., Georgios L., Tyler R., Adán, Márton, Juliana, Natasha S., James F.

• On the osteology of Tapejara wellnhoferi KELLNER 1989 and the first occurrence of a multiple specimen assemblage from the Santana Formation, Araripe Basin, NE-Brazil

  Citation: 68

  Authors: Kristina, Ross A., Eberhard

• Smithian ammonoid faunas from Utah: implications for Early Triassic biostratigraphy, correlation and basinal paleogeography

  Citation: 54

  Authors: Arnaud, Kevin G., James F., Daniel A., Nicolas, Gilles, Emmanuel, Emmanuelle

• Revised stratigraphy of Neogene strata in the Cocinetas Basin, La Guajira, Colombia

  Citation: 43

  Authors: F., A. J. W., L., N., D. S., V., S., G. A., E., A. L., J. D., J. D., D., J., J. I., C., C., J., N., R., C., M. C., C.

• Triassic: the crucial period of post-Palaeozoic crinoid diversification

  Citation: 41

  Authors: Hans

• Fossil lizards and worm lizards (Reptilia, Squamata) from the Neogene and Quaternary of Europe: an overview

  Citation: 38

  Authors: Andrea, Massimo

• Neogene molluscs, shallow marine paleoenvironments, and chronostratigraphy of the Guajira Peninsula, Colombia

  Citation: 37

  Authors: Austin J. W., Douglas S., Federico, Vladimir, Carlos

• Otoliths in situ from Sarmatian (Middle Miocene) fishes of the Paratethys. Part III: tales from the cradle of the Ponto-Caspian gobies

  Citation: 32

  Authors: Werner, Harald, Giorgio, Sanja, Katarina, Andriy

• Ariid sea catfishes from the coeval Pirabas (Northeastern Brazil), Cantaure, Castillo (Northwestern Venezuela), and Castilletes (North Colombia) formations (early Miocene), with description of three new species

  Citation: 32

  Authors: Orangel Antonio, Heloisa, Sue, Fumio, Carlos, Afonso

• Taxonomic revision of the snakes of the genera Palaeopython and Paleryx (Serpentes, Constrictores) from the Paleogene of Europe

  Citation: 32

  Authors: Georgios L., Márton, Krister T.