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 2021-11-01 to 2025-11-01)

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