Paleontology: Journal Rankings

Journal Rankings

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

(The Journal Impact Factor, or JIF, denotes the average number of citations a paper of a given journal accrues within a two-year timespan, as calculated by Clarivate Analytics' database Web of Science; note that the journal coverage here at OOIR might deviate slightly from Web of Science's. The JIFs that used to have more than one decimal point are rounded here for copyright-related reasons.)

Rank	Journal	Impact Factor 2024
1	Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology	ca. 3.2
2	Paleobiology	ca. 2.7
-	Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology	ca. 2.7
4	Palaeontology	ca. 2.3
5	Journal of Systematic Palaeontology	ca. 2.2
-	Swiss Journal of Palaeontology	ca. 2.2
-	Papers in Palaeontology	ca. 2.2
8	Ichnos-An International Journal for Plant and Animal Traces	ca. 2
9	Vegetation History and Archaeobotany	ca. 1.9
-	Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology	ca. 1.9
-	Lethaia	ca. 1.9
-	Acta Palaeontologica Polonica	ca. 1.9
13	Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology	ca. 1.7
-	Cretaceous Research	ca. 1.7
-	Palaeoworld	ca. 1.7
-	Facies	ca. 1.7
17	Geobios	ca. 1.6
-	Journal of Paleontology	ca. 1.6
-	Micropaleontology	ca. 1.6
-	Marine Micropaleontology	ca. 1.6
21	Ameghiniana	ca. 1.5
-	Palaeontologia Electronica	ca. 1.5
-	Palaios	ca. 1.5
-	PalZ	ca. 1.5
-	Alcheringa	ca. 1.5
-	International Journal of Paleopathology	ca. 1.5
-	Bulletin of Geosciences	ca. 1.5
28	Comptes Rendus Palevol	ca. 1.3
-	Historical Biology	ca. 1.3
-	Palynology	ca. 1.3
-	Palaeobiodiversity and Palaeoenvironments	ca. 1.3
-	Proceedings of the Geologists Association	ca. 1.3
33	GFF	ca. 1.2
-	Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh	ca. 1.2
-	Geodiversitas	ca. 1.2
36	Neues Jahrbuch fuer Geologie und Palaontologie-Abhandlungen	ca. 1
-	Stratigraphy and Geological Correlation	ca. 1
38	Annales de Paleontologie	ca. 0.7
-	Journal of Foraminiferal Research	ca. 0.7
40	Paleontological Journal	ca. 0.6
-	Paleontological Research	ca. 0.6
-	Revista Brasileira de Paleontologia	ca. 0.6