Zitteliana

Aims & Scope

Zitteliana is an open-access, peer-reviewed scientific journal that publishes original research on all aspects of palaeontology and geobiology.

The journal welcomes contributions on palaeobiology, geobiology, palaeogenomics, biodiversity, stratigraphy, sedimentology, regional geology, systematics, phylogeny, and cross-disciplinary studies in these areas.

All contributions must be written in English, and a printed version of the journal will be produced in annual volumes.

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.

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APC Details

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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.

• Biostratigraphy and sequence stratigraphy of the Toarcian Ludwigskanal section (Franconian Alb, Southern Germany)

  Citation: 15

  Authors: Gernot, Sebastian, Christian, Dietmar, Andreas

• Early teleost otolith morphogenesis observed in the Jurassic of Franconia, Bavaria, southern Germany

  Citation: 5

  Authors: Werner, Helmut

• New records of ostracods and ammonites from the Aalenian (mainly Concavum Zone) of the Zollernalb (Swabian Alb, SW Germany)

  Citation: 5

  Authors: Norbert, Volker, Matthias, Günter

• First population-level study of the ammonite genus Hildoglochiceras Spath, and the Lower Tithonian record of the Hildoglochiceras Horizon in the Kachchh Basin, India

  Citation: 4

  Authors: Dhirendra Kumar, Franz T., Matthias, Ranajit, Federico

• Ammonites and stratigraphy of the Achdorf Formation (Braunjura Group; Aalenian) at the Wochenberg hill near Schömberg-Schörzingen (W Swabian Alb, SW Germany)

  Citation: 4

  Authors: Volker, Andreas, Hans, Norbert, Günter

• Biostratigraphy and sedimentary sequences of the Toarcian Hainberg section (Northwestern Harz foreland, Northern Germany)

  Citation: 4

  Authors: Gernot, Yagmur, Stephan, Andreas

• The Early Pleistocene freshwater mollusks of the Denizli Basin (Turkey): a new long-lived lake fauna at the crossroads of Pontocaspian and Aegean-Anatolian realms

  Citation: 4

  Authors: Thomas A., Frank P.

• In search for the unlikely: Leaf-mining caterpillars (Gracillariidae, Lepidoptera) from Upper Cretaceous and Eocene ambers

  Citation: 4

  Authors: Thilo C.

• Late Jurassic (Upper Kimmeridgian) Heterobranchia (Gastropoda) of the coral-facies of Saal near Kelheim and the viciniy of Nattheim (Germany)

  Citation: 3

  Authors: Joachim, Helmut, Fritz, Alexander

• Lanternfish otoliths (Myctophidae, Teleostei) from the Miocene of Japan

  Citation: 3

  Authors: Werner, Fumio, Yuki, Atsushi