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 2022-01-01 to 2026-01-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology	24
2	Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology	19
3	Cretaceous Research	16
4	Palaeontology	14
5	Historical Biology	13
-	Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology	13
7	Marine Micropaleontology	12
-	Paleobiology	12
-	Papers in Palaeontology	12
10	Journal of Paleontology	11
-	Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology	11
-	Vegetation History and Archaeobotany	11
13	International Journal of Paleopathology	10
-	Palaios	10
-	Swiss Journal of Palaeontology	10
-	Journal of Systematic Palaeontology	10
-	Palaeoworld	10
18	Palaeobiodiversity and Palaeoenvironments	9
-	Palynology	9
-	Alcheringa	9
21	PalZ	8
-	Proceedings of the Geologists Association	8
-	Acta Palaeontologica Polonica	8
-	Geodiversitas	8
-	Lethaia	8
-	Palaeontologia Electronica	8
-	Paleontological Journal	8
-	Geobios	8
29	Neues Jahrbuch fuer Geologie und Palaontologie-Abhandlungen	7
-	Facies	7
-	Ichnos-An International Journal for Plant and Animal Traces	7
32	Ameghiniana	6
-	Bulletin of Geosciences	6
-	Journal of Foraminiferal Research	6
-	Micropaleontology	6
-	Stratigraphy and Geological Correlation	6
-	Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh	6
38	Paleontological Research	5
39	Revista Brasileira de Paleontologia	4
-	Annales de Paleontologie	4
-	Carnets de Geologie	4
-	GFF	4