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 2021-06-01 to 2025-06-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology	24
2	Cretaceous Research	17
3	Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology	14
4	Paleobiology	13
5	Journal of Systematic Palaeontology	12
-	Historical Biology	12
-	International Journal of Paleopathology	12
-	Palaeontology	12
9	Palaeoworld	11
-	PalZ	11
-	Vegetation History and Archaeobotany	11
-	Journal of Paleontology	11
-	Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology	11
14	Palaeobiodiversity and Palaeoenvironments	10
-	Marine Micropaleontology	10
16	Palaios	9
-	Palynology	9
-	Proceedings of the Geologists Association	9
19	Geobios	8
-	Lethaia	8
-	Facies	8
-	Swiss Journal of Palaeontology	8
23	Alcheringa	7
-	Ameghiniana	7
-	Geodiversitas	7
-	Neues Jahrbuch fuer Geologie und Palaontologie-Abhandlungen	7
-	Paleontological Journal	7
28	GFF	6
-	Journal of Foraminiferal Research	6
-	Stratigraphy and Geological Correlation	6
-	Bulletin of Geosciences	6
-	Acta Palaeontologica Polonica	6
33	Carnets de Geologie	5
-	Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh	5
-	Ichnos-An International Journal for Plant and Animal Traces	5
-	Micropaleontology	5
-	Palaeontologia Electronica	5
-	Paleontological Research	5
39	Annales de Paleontologie	4
-	Revista Brasileira de Paleontologia	4