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Journal of Palaeogeography is Scopus-indexed (Q1, CiteScore 3.5), WoS SCIE, DOAJ. Published by Elsevier B.V..
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ISSN 2095-3836Verify ISSN ↗2524-4507Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Elsevier B.V.
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| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Paleontology | 26 / 121 | 78th | Q1 |
| Geography, Planning and Development | 304 / 876 | 65th | Q2 |
| Earth-Surface Processes | 68 / 184 | 63rd | Q2 |
Not listed in: ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2012–present, best quartile Q1, CiteScore 3.5.
Journal of Palaeogeography is Q1 in Paleontology (rank 26 of 121), Q2 in Geography, Planning and Development (rank 304 of 876) and Q2 in Earth-Surface Processes (rank 68 of 184), by CiteScore 2025.
Journal of Palaeogeography is indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded, so it may have a Journal Impact Factor in Clarivate's Journal Citation Reports. JCR is paid, so check it for the current value. The closest free measure is its Scopus CiteScore 3.5, which places it in quartile Q1 at the 78th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.631, quartile Q1, with an H-index of 36.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$1,500 for open access (source: OpenAlex). Many journals also publish by the subscription route at no cost to the author, so confirm on the journal's own website.
Journal of Palaeogeography is published by Elsevier B.V. Its print ISSN is 2095-3836 and its online ISSN is 2524-4507.
Yes — indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded.
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
Journal of Palaeogeography has an h-index of 35 and a 2-year mean of 2.36 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 3.5, quartile Q1. On 2-year citations it ranks #14 of 113 Scopus journals in Paleontology.
Journal of Palaeogeography published 74 papers in 2025. 2026* is the year so far.
h-index, i10-index and 2-year mean citedness are open, licence-clear metrics from OpenAlex — not a proprietary impact factor. The subject rank counts only journals that OpenAlex has a figure for; it is not a Scopus or Clarivate ranking. Updated 2026-10-14.
In its latest 92 research articles (2025–2026), authors are most often from China (54.3%), United States (6.1%) and Brazil (3.8%). More than half of recent authorship comes from one country.
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Scopus status: Active. No retracted papers are recorded. The Problematic Paper Screener flags none of its papers. These are indicators to check, not findings against the journal.
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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