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	Palaeontology	ca. 3.2
2	Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology	ca. 3
3	Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology	ca. 2.9
-	Journal of Systematic Palaeontology	ca. 2.9
-	Paleobiology	ca. 2.9
6	Alcheringa	ca. 2.6
7	Vegetation History and Archaeobotany	ca. 2.5
8	Swiss Journal of Palaeontology	ca. 2.4
-	Papers in Palaeontology	ca. 2.4
10	Palaios	ca. 2
-	Ichnos-An International Journal for Plant and Animal Traces	ca. 2
12	Facies	ca. 1.9
-	Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology	ca. 1.9
-	Palaeontologia Electronica	ca. 1.9
15	Cretaceous Research	ca. 1.8
-	Marine Micropaleontology	ca. 1.8
-	Acta Palaeontologica Polonica	ca. 1.8
-	Lethaia	ca. 1.8
-	Palaeobiodiversity and Palaeoenvironments	ca. 1.8
20	International Journal of Paleopathology	ca. 1.7
-	Palynology	ca. 1.7
-	Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology	ca. 1.7
23	Geodiversitas	ca. 1.5
-	PalZ	ca. 1.5
-	Bulletin of Geosciences	ca. 1.5
-	Geobios	ca. 1.5
-	Palaeoworld	ca. 1.5
28	Historical Biology	ca. 1.4
-	Ameghiniana	ca. 1.4
-	Journal of Foraminiferal Research	ca. 1.4
-	Micropaleontology	ca. 1.4
32	Journal of Paleontology	ca. 1.3
33	Proceedings of the Geologists Association	ca. 1.2
-	Comptes Rendus Palevol	ca. 1.2
-	Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh	ca. 1.2
36	Stratigraphy and Geological Correlation	ca. 1.1
37	Carnets de Geologie	ca. 0.8
38	Annales de Paleontologie	ca. 0.7
-	Neues Jahrbuch fuer Geologie und Palaontologie-Abhandlungen	ca. 0.7
-	Paleontological Journal	ca. 0.7
41	Paleontological Research	ca. 0.6
-	Revista Brasileira de Paleontologia	ca. 0.6
-	GFF	ca. 0.6