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Fossils and Strata
Fossils and Strata is Scopus-indexed. Scopus still lists it as Active but has indexed no new content since 2024, so treat it as dormant and confirm with Scopus before submitting. Published by John Wiley and Sons Inc.
⚠ Scopus lists this journal as Active, but it has not indexed new content since 2024 and has no current CiteScore — likely dormant or discontinued. This is our own assessment based on Scopus's published coverage data, not an official Scopus status. Confirm directly with Scopus before submitting.
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Quick answers
Is Fossils and Strata indexed in Scopus?
Scopus lists Fossils and Strata as Active, but it has not indexed new content since 2024 and has no current CiteScore — likely dormant or discontinued. This is our own assessment, not an official Scopus status. Confirm directly with Scopus before submitting.
What is the impact factor of Fossils and Strata?
Fossils and Strata has no Journal Impact Factor — JIF is published only for journals in the Web of Science Core Collection (SCIE, SSCI, AHCI and ESCI) — and Scopus has not published a current CiteScore for it either. Treat any "impact factor" quoted for this journal elsewhere as unofficial. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.429, quartile Q2, with an H-index of 27.
Who publishes Fossils and Strata and what is its ISSN?
Fossils and Strata is published by John Wiley and Sons Inc. Its ISSN is 0300-9491.
Is Fossils and Strata in Web of Science?
No — it is not currently in the Web of Science core collections (SCIE, SSCI, AHCI or ESCI).
Is Fossils and Strata open access?
No — it is not registered as an open-access journal in DOAJ or Scopus.
How well cited is Fossils and Strata? — open metrics via OpenAlex
Fossils and Strata has an h-index of 55 and a 2-year mean of 2.63 citations per paper (OpenAlex).
55
h-index
2.63
2-yr mean citations
155
i10-index
277
works indexed
9,830
total citations
Papers published per year
Fossils and Strata published 4 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2019 with 16. 2026* is the year so far.
Main topics
Paleontology and Stratigraphy of FossilsGeology and Paleoclimatology ResearchPaleontology and Evolutionary BiologyMarine Biology and Ecology Research
h-index, i10-index and 2-year mean citedness are open, licence-clear metrics from OpenAlex — not a proprietary impact factor. Updated 2026-10-14.
Are there integrity warnings for Fossils and Strata? — indicators, not proof of misconduct
Scopus status: Listed Active, but no new content since 2024. No retracted papers are recorded. The Problematic Paper Screener flags none of its papers. These are indicators to check, not findings against the journal.
Scopus statusListed Active, but no new content since 2024
Retracted papersNone recorded
Problematic Paper Screener flagsNone flagged
Retractions from OpenAlex; flags from the Problematic Paper Screener (Cabanac, Labbé & Magazinov, CC BY), 2026-09-21 export. A flag marks a paper for a closer look; it is not a finding against the journal.
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