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 2021-10-01 to 2025-10-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology	24
2	Cretaceous Research	17
-	Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology	17
4	Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology	14
5	Historical Biology	13
-	Palaeontology	13
-	Paleobiology	13
8	Marine Micropaleontology	12
-	Papers in Palaeontology	12
10	International Journal of Paleopathology	11
-	Journal of Paleontology	11
-	Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology	11
-	Journal of Systematic Palaeontology	11
14	PalZ	10
-	Lethaia	10
-	Palaeoworld	10
-	Vegetation History and Archaeobotany	10
18	Palaios	9
-	Proceedings of the Geologists Association	9
-	Swiss Journal of Palaeontology	9
-	Palaeobiodiversity and Palaeoenvironments	9
22	Facies	8
-	Geodiversitas	8
-	Geobios	8
-	Paleontological Journal	8
-	Palynology	8
-	Alcheringa	8
28	Neues Jahrbuch fuer Geologie und Palaontologie-Abhandlungen	7
-	Acta Palaeontologica Polonica	7
30	Bulletin of Geosciences	6
-	Ameghiniana	6
-	Journal of Foraminiferal Research	6
-	Micropaleontology	6
-	Palaeontologia Electronica	6
-	Stratigraphy and Geological Correlation	6
36	Paleontological Research	5
-	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
40	Revista Brasileira de Paleontologia	4
-	GFF	4
-	Annales de Paleontologie	4