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 2021-04-01 to 2025-04-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology	26
2	Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology	18
3	Cretaceous Research	17
4	Paleobiology	13
-	Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology	13
6	Historical Biology	12
7	Vegetation History and Archaeobotany	11
-	International Journal of Paleopathology	11
-	Palaeontology	11
-	PalZ	11
11	Journal of Systematic Palaeontology	10
-	Lethaia	10
-	Palaeoworld	10
-	Papers in Palaeontology	10
-	Journal of Paleontology	10
-	Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology	10
-	Marine Micropaleontology	10
18	Palaeobiodiversity and Palaeoenvironments	9
-	Facies	9
-	Palaios	9
-	Proceedings of the Geologists Association	9
-	Swiss Journal of Palaeontology	9
23	Geobios	8
-	Paleontological Journal	8
-	Palynology	8
26	Ameghiniana	7
-	Geodiversitas	7
28	Alcheringa	6
-	Stratigraphy and Geological Correlation	6
-	Acta Palaeontologica Polonica	6
-	Bulletin of Geosciences	6
-	Neues Jahrbuch fuer Geologie und Palaontologie-Abhandlungen	6
-	Paleontological Research	6
34	Carnets de Geologie	5
-	Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh	5
-	GFF	5
-	Ichnos-An International Journal for Plant and Animal Traces	5
-	Journal of Foraminiferal Research	5
-	Micropaleontology	5
40	Annales de Paleontologie	4
-	Palaeontologia Electronica	4
42	Revista Brasileira de Paleontologia	3