Paleontology journals in Scopus

Scopus journals in the Paleontology category, ranked by their quartile in this category.

Scopus subject areas › Earth and Planetary Sciences › Paleontology

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125 journals · page 1 of 3 · list date 2026-11-10

JournalWeb of ScienceJCRCategory QDOAJ
Q1American Journal of Biological Anthropology
United States · WILEY · ISSN 2692-7691
SCI-E, SSCIQ1Q1—
Q1Cambridge Prisms: Extinction
United Kingdom · CAMBRIDGE UNIV PRESS · ISSN 2755-0958
ESCIQ1Q1Yes
Q1China Geology
China · KEAI PUBLISHING LTD · ISSN 2096-5192, 2589-9430
ESCIQ1Q1Yes
Q1Climate of the Past
Germany · COPERNICUS GESELLSCHAFT MBH · ISSN 1814-9324, 1814-9332
SCI-EQ2Q1Yes
Q1Cretaceous Research
United States · ACADEMIC PRESS LTD- ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD · ISSN 0195-6671, 1095-998X
SCI-EQ2Q1—
Q1Depositional Record
United States · WILEY · ISSN 2055-4877
SCI-EQ1Q1Yes
Q1European Journal of Taxonomy
France · MUSEUM NATL HISTOIRE NATURELLE · ISSN 2118-9773
SCI-EQ2Q1Yes
Q1Fossil Record
Germany · PENSOFT PUBLISHERS · ISSN 2193-0066, 2193-0074
SCI-EQ1Q1Yes
Q1Geochronology
Germany · Copernicus Publications · ISSN 2628-3697, 2628-3719
ESCIQ2Q1Yes
Q1Geodiversitas
France · MUSEUM NATL HISTOIRE NATURELLE · ISSN 1280-9659, 1638-9395
SCI-EQ2Q1Yes
Q1Holocene
United Kingdom · SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD · ISSN 0959-6836, 1477-0911
SCI-EQ3Q1—
Q1Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences
United States · AMER GEOPHYSICAL UNION · ISSN 2169-8953, 2169-8961
SCI-EQ2Q1—
Q1Journal of Palaeogeography
Netherlands · ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC · ISSN 2095-3836, 2524-4507
SCI-EQ1Q1Yes
Q1Journal of Quaternary Science
United Kingdom · WILEY · ISSN 0267-8179, 1099-1417
SCI-EQ3Q1—
Q1Journal of Systematic Palaeontology
United Kingdom · TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD · ISSN 1477-2019, 1478-0941
SCI-EQ1Q1—
Q1Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology
United Kingdom · TAYLOR & FRANCIS INC · ISSN 0272-4634, 1937-2809
SCI-EQ2Q1—
Q1Lethaia
Norway · SCANDINAVIAN UNIVERSITY PRESS · ISSN 0024-1164, 1502-3931
SCI-EQ2Q1Yes
Q1Life
Switzerland · MDPI · ISSN 2075-1729
SCI-EQ1Q1Yes
Q1Monographs of the Palaeontographical Society
United Kingdom · Taylor and Francis Ltd. · ISSN 0269-3445, 2576-1900
——Q1—
Q1Ocean Science
Germany · COPERNICUS GESELLSCHAFT MBH · ISSN 1812-0784, 1812-0792
SCI-EQ1Q1Yes
Q1Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology
Netherlands · ELSEVIER · ISSN 0031-0182, 1872-616X
SCI-EQ1Q1—
Q1Palaeontologia Electronica
United States · COQUINA PRESS · ISSN 1094-8074, 1935-3952
SCI-EQ2Q1Yes
Q1Palaeontology
United Kingdom · WILEY · ISSN 0031-0239, 1475-4983
SCI-EQ1Q1—
Q1Paleobiology
United Kingdom · CAMBRIDGE UNIV PRESS · ISSN 0094-8373, 1938-5331
SCI-EQ1Q1—
Q1Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology
United States · AMER GEOPHYSICAL UNION · ISSN 2572-4517, 2572-4525
SCI-EQ1Q1—
Q1Papers in Palaeontology
United States · WILEY · ISSN 2056-2799, 2056-2802
SCI-EQ1Q1—
Q1Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia
Italy · UNIV STUDI MILANO · ISSN 0035-6883, 2039-4942
SCI-EQ2Q1Yes
Q1Solid Earth
Germany · COPERNICUS GESELLSCHAFT MBH · ISSN 1869-9510, 1869-9529
SCI-EQ2Q1Yes
Q1Swiss Journal of Palaeontology
Switzerland · PENSOFT PUBLISHERS · ISSN 1664-2376, 1664-2384
SCI-EQ1Q1Yes
Q1Vegetation History and Archaeobotany
Germany · SPRINGER · ISSN 0939-6314, 1617-6278
SCI-EQ1Q1—
Q1ZooKeys
Bulgaria · PENSOFT PUBLISHERS · ISSN 1313-2970, 1313-2989
SCI-EQ2Q1Yes
Q2Acta Palaeontologica Polonica
Poland · INST PALEOBIOLOGII PAN · ISSN 0567-7920, 1732-2421
SCI-EQ2Q2Yes
Q2Alcheringa
United Kingdom · TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD · ISSN 0311-5518, 1752-0754
SCI-EQ1Q2—
Q2Alpine and Mediterranean Quaternary
Italy · AIQUA - Associazione Italiana per lo Studio del Quaternario · ISSN 2279-7327, 2279-7335
——Q2Yes
Q2Ameghiniana
Argentina · ASOCIACION PALEONTOLOGICA ARGENTINA · ISSN 0002-7014, 1851-8044
SCI-EQ3Q2—
Q2Bollettino della Societa Paleontologica Italiana
Italy · SOC PALEONTOLOGICA ITALIANA · ISSN 0375-7633
SCI-EQ1Q2—
Q2Comptes Rendus - Palevol
France · ACAD SCIENCES · ISSN 1631-0683, 1777-571X
SCI-EQ3Q2Yes
Q2E and G Quaternary Science Journal
Germany · COPERNICUS GESELLSCHAFT MBH · ISSN 0424-7116, 2199-9090
ESCIQ1Q2Yes
Q2Facies
Germany · SPRINGER · ISSN 0172-9179, 1612-4820
SCI-EQ2Q2—
Q2Folia Geobotanica
Netherlands · SPRINGER · ISSN 1211-9520, 1874-9348
SCI-EQ3Q2—
Q2Fossils and Strata
United States · John Wiley and Sons Inc · ISSN 0300-9491
——Q2—
Q2Geobios
France · ELSEVIER FRANCE-EDITIONS SCIENTIFIQUES MEDICALES ELSEVIER · ISSN 0016-6995, 1777-5728
SCI-EQ2Q2—
Q2Geology Today
United States · Wiley-Blackwell · ISSN 0266-6979, 1365-2451
——Q2—
Q2Historical Biology
United Kingdom · TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD · ISSN 0891-2963, 1029-2381
SCI-EQ3Q2—
Q2Ichnos
United Kingdom · TAYLOR & FRANCIS INC · ISSN 1042-0940, 1563-5236
SCI-EQ1Q2—
Q2Journal of Micropalaeontology
Germany · COPERNICUS GESELLSCHAFT MBH · ISSN 0262-821X, 2041-4978
SCI-EQ2Q2Yes
Q2Journal of Palaeogeography (Chinese Edition)
China · Science Press · ISSN 1671-1505
——Q2—
Q2Journal of Paleontology
United Kingdom · CAMBRIDGE UNIV PRESS · ISSN 0022-3360, 1937-2337
SCI-EQ3Q2—
Q2Journal of South American Earth Sciences
United Kingdom · PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD · ISSN 0895-9811, 1873-0647
SCI-EQ3Q2—
Q2Marine Micropaleontology
Netherlands · ELSEVIER · ISSN 0377-8398, 1872-6186
SCI-EQ2Q2—

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