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 2022-08-01 to 2026-08-01)

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