Paleontology: Journal Rankings

Journal Rankings

TQCC Average citations Median citations H4-Index Number of Papers Impact Factor

(A journal has H4-Index of h when h of its past four year's publications has h citations, whereby h is the highest possible number that renders the former statement true. The citation data are based on CrossRef. The ranking can be re-used under a CC0-license.)

(Using publications from roughly 2022-06-01 to 2026-06-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology	23
2	Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology	19
3	Cretaceous Research	15
4	Palaeontology	14
-	Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology	14
6	Marine Micropaleontology	13
-	Paleobiology	13
-	Journal of Systematic Palaeontology	13
9	Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology	12
-	Papers in Palaeontology	12
11	Palaios	11
-	Swiss Journal of Palaeontology	11
-	Historical Biology	11
-	Vegetation History and Archaeobotany	11
15	International Journal of Paleopathology	10
-	Journal of Paleontology	10
-	Palaeoworld	10
-	Alcheringa	10
-	Palaeobiodiversity and Palaeoenvironments	10
20	Palynology	9
-	Geobios	9
-	Lethaia	9
23	PalZ	8
-	Proceedings of the Geologists Association	8
-	Facies	8
-	Geodiversitas	8
-	Paleontological Journal	8
28	Acta Palaeontologica Polonica	7
-	Neues Jahrbuch fuer Geologie und Palaontologie-Abhandlungen	7
-	Stratigraphy and Geological Correlation	7
-	Ichnos-An International Journal for Plant and Animal Traces	7
-	Palaeontologia Electronica	7
33	Bulletin of Geosciences	6
-	Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh	6
-	Journal of Foraminiferal Research	6
36	Paleontological Research	5
-	Revista Brasileira de Paleontologia	5
-	Ameghiniana	5
39	Annales de Paleontologie	4
-	Carnets de Geologie	4
-	Micropaleontology	4
42	GFF	3