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Best Paleontology journals

121 Scopus-active journals are ranked in Paleontology. All are listed below, ranked by CiteScore percentile — 30 of them sit in quartile Q1. Every title links to a full profile with Scopus, Web of Science, ABDC, DOAJ and open-access details.

# Journal CiteScore Percentile Quartile WoS ABDC OA
1 Life 7.1 99th Q1 SCIE – Yes
2 Cambridge Prisms: Extinction 6.8 98th Q1 ESCI – Yes
3 Climate of the Past 6.3 97th Q1 SCIE – Yes
4 Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences 6 97th Q1 SCIE – No
5 Paleobiology 5.5 96th Q1 SCIE – No
6 Ocean Science 5.3 95th Q1 SCIE – Yes
7 Solid Earth 5 94th Q1 SCIE – Yes
8 Palaeontology 5 93rd Q1 SCIE – No
9 Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 4.8 92nd Q1 SCIE – No
10 Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology 4.8 92nd Q1 SCIE – No
11 Palaeontographica, Abteilung A: Palaozoologie - Stratigraphie 4.7 91st Q1 SCIE – No
12 Vegetation History and Archaeobotany 4.6 90th Q1 SCIE – No
13 Depositional Record 4.6 89th Q1 SCIE – Yes
14 Journal of Quaternary Science 4.6 88th Q1 SCIE – No
15 Vertebrate Paleobiology and Paleoanthropology 4.5 88th Q1 – – No
16 Geochronology 4.5 87th Q1 ESCI – Yes
17 International Journal of Health Governance 4.3 86th Q1 ESCI – No
18 Palaeontographica Abteilung B: Palaeophytologie 4.2 85th Q1 SCIE – No
19 Cretaceous Research 4.2 84th Q1 SCIE – No
20 Papers in Palaeontology 3.9 83rd Q1 SCIE – No
21 Monographs of the Palaeontographical Society 3.8 83rd Q1 – – No
22 Palaontologische Zeitschrift 3.8 82nd Q1 SCIE – No
23 Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 3.7 81st Q1 SCIE – No
24 Historical Biology 3.7 80th Q1 SCIE – No
25 Palaeobiodiversity and Palaeoenvironments 3.6 79th Q1 SCIE – No
26 Holocene 3.5 78th Q1 SCIE – No
27 Journal of Palaeogeography 3.5 78th Q1 SCIE – Yes
28 E and G Quaternary Science Journal 3.5 77th Q1 ESCI – Yes
29 Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology 3.5 76th Q1 SCIE – No
30 Marine Micropaleontology 3.4 75th Q1 SCIE – No
31 Facies 3.4 74th Q2 SCIE – No
32 Alpine and Mediterranean Quaternary 3.3 73rd Q2 – – Yes
33 Palaios 3.3 73rd Q2 SCIE – No
34 Fossil Record 3.3 72nd Q2 SCIE – Yes
35 Lethaia 3.1 71st Q2 SCIE – Yes
36 Palaeoentomology 3.1 70th Q2 ESCI – No
37 Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia 3.1 69th Q2 SCIE – Yes
38 Ichnos 3 69th Q2 SCIE – No
39 Geodiversitas 3 68th Q2 SCIE – Yes
40 Comptes Rendus - Palevol 3 67th Q2 SCIE – Yes
41 Journal of Palaeogeography (Chinese Edition) 3 66th Q2 – – No
42 Journal of South American Earth Sciences 3 65th Q2 SCIE – No
43 Bollettino della Societa Paleontologica Italiana 3 64th Q2 SCIE – No
44 Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 3 64th Q2 SCIE – No
45 Palynology 2.9 63rd Q2 SCIE – No
46 Swiss Journal of Palaeontology 2.9 62nd Q2 SCIE – Yes
47 Journal of Paleontology 2.8 61st Q2 SCIE – No
48 Palaeoworld 2.8 60th Q2 SCIE – No
49 Geobios 2.7 59th Q2 SCIE – No
50 Geology Today 2.7 59th Q2 – – No
51 Carnets de Geologie 2.7 58th Q2 SCIE – Yes
52 Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 2.6 57th Q2 SCIE – Yes
53 Alcheringa 2.6 56th Q2 SCIE – No
54 European Journal of Taxonomy 2.6 55th Q2 SCIE – Yes
55 Palaeontologia Electronica 2.5 54th Q2 SCIE – Yes
56 ZooKeys 2.5 54th Q2 SCIE – Yes
57 Journal of Micropalaeontology 2.4 53rd Q2 SCIE – Yes
58 Ameghiniana 2.4 52nd Q2 SCIE – No
59 Micropaleontology 2.4 51st Q2 SCIE – No
60 Folia Geobotanica 2.3 50th Q2 SCIE – No
61 Proceedings of the Geologists' Association 2.3 50th Q2 SCIE – No
62 Acta Palaeontologica Romaniae 2.3 49th Q3 – – No
63 Revue de Paleobiologie 2.3 48th Q3 – – No
64 Journal of Foraminiferal Research 2.3 47th Q3 SCIE – No
65 Norwegian Journal of Geology 2.2 46th Q3 SCIE – Yes
66 Publicacion Electronica de la Asociacion Paleontologica Argentina 2.2 45th Q3 ESCI – Yes
67 Vertebrata PalAsiatica 2 45th Q3 – – Yes
68 Stratigraphy and Geological Correlation 2 44th Q3 SCIE – No
69 Andean Geology 2 43rd Q3 SCIE – Yes
70 GFF 1.9 42nd Q3 SCIE – No
71 Revue de Micropaleontologie 1.9 41st Q3 ESCI – No
72 Geoconservation Research 1.8 40th Q3 ESCI – Yes
73 Geoloski Anali Balkanskoga Poluostrva 1.8 40th Q3 – – Yes
74 Tropical Geography 1.7 39th Q3 – – Yes
75 Neues Jahrbuch fur Geologie und Palaontologie - Abhandlungen 1.7 38th Q3 SCIE – No
76 Stratigraphy 1.7 37th Q3 SCIE – No
77 Spanish Journal of Palaeontology 1.6 36th Q3 – – Yes
78 Memoirs of Museum Victoria 1.6 35th Q3 – – No
79 Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 1.6 35th Q3 SCIE – No
80 Volumina Jurassica 1.6 34th Q3 – – No
81 Paleontological Research 1.5 33rd Q3 SCIE – No
82 Fossil Imprint 1.5 32nd Q3 – – No
83 Natural History Sciences 1.5 31st Q3 – – Yes
84 Austrian Journal of Earth Sciences 1.5 30th Q3 SCIE – No
85 Tree-Ring Research 1.5 30th Q3 SCIE – No
86 Bulletin of the Iraq Natural History Museum 1.4 28th Q3 – – Yes
87 Sedimentary Record 1.4 28th Q3 – – Yes
88 Journal of the Palaeontological Society of India 1.3 27th Q3 SCIE – Yes
89 Annales de Paleontologie 1.3 26th Q3 SCIE – No
90 Revista Brasileira de Paleontologia 1.3 26th Q3 SCIE – No
91 Paleontological Journal 1.3 25th Q3 SCIE – No
92 Latin American Journal of Sedimentology and Basin Analysis 1.3 24th Q4 – – Yes
93 Geologie de la France 1.3 23rd Q4 – – No
94 African Invertebrates 1.2 22nd Q4 SCIE – Yes
95 International Journal of Nautical Archaeology 1.2 21st Q4 AHCI – No
96 Journal of the Geological Survey of Brazil 1.2 20th Q4 – – Yes
97 Rocky Mountain Geology 1.2 20th Q4 – – No
98 Geologija 1.1 19th Q4 – – Yes
99 Tropical Natural History 1 18th Q4 – – No
100 Acta Palaeontologica Sinica 1 17th Q4 – – No
101 Lucentum 1 16th Q4 ESCI – Yes
102 Revista del Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales, Nueva Serie 1 16th Q4 – – Yes
103 Journal of Insect Biodiversity 0.9 14th Q4 ESCI – No
104 Russian Journal of Pacific Geology 0.9 14th Q4 SCIE – No
105 Foldtani Kozlony 0.9 13th Q4 – – No
106 Cuaternario y Geomorfologia 0.8 12th Q4 ESCI – No
107 U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Map 0.8 12th Q4 – – No
108 Acta Geologica Slovaca 0.8 11th Q4 – – No
109 Yerbilimleri/ Earth Sciences 0.7 10th Q4 – – No
110 Journal of Stratigraphy and Sedimentology Researches 0.6 9th Q4 – – Yes
111 Serie Correlacion Geologica 0.6 9th Q4 – – No
112 Bulletin of the International Association for Paleodontology 0.6 7th Q4 – – No
113 Estudos do Quaternario 0.6 7th Q4 – – No
114 GSA Field Guides 0.5 6th Q4 – – No
115 Memoir of the Fukui Prefectural Dinosaur Museum 0.4 5th Q4 – – No
116 Geoscience Research Reports 0.4 4th Q4 – – No
117 Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 0.4 3rd Q4 – – No
118 Fossils 0.3 2nd Q4 – – No
119 Bulletin Mensuel de la Societe Linneenne de Lyon 0.2 2nd Q4 – – No
120 Brukenthal. Acta Musei 0.2 1st Q4 – – No
121 Azerbaijan Geologist 0 0th Q4 – – No

Rank and percentile are within the Paleontology Scopus subject table (CiteScore 2025, dataset 2026-10-04). A journal can rank differently in its other subject areas — open its profile for the full picture.

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