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Lethaia is Scopus-indexed (Q2, CiteScore 3.1), WoS SCIE, DOAJ. Published by Scandinavian University Press.
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ISSN 0024-1164Verify ISSN ↗1502-3931Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Scandinavian University Press
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| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Paleontology | 35 / 121 | 71st | Q2 |
| Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics | 275 / 736 | 62nd | Q2 |
Not listed in: ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 1968–present, best quartile Q2, CiteScore 3.1.
Lethaia is Q2 in Paleontology (rank 35 of 121) and Q2 in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics (rank 275 of 736), by CiteScore 2025.
Lethaia 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 3.1, which places it in quartile Q2 at the 71st percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.683, quartile Q1, with an H-index of 71.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$3,300 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.
Lethaia is published by Scandinavian University Press. Its print ISSN is 0024-1164 and its online ISSN is 1502-3931.
Yes — indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded.
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
Lethaia has an h-index of 108 and a 2-year mean of 1.6 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 3.1, quartile Q2. On 2-year citations it ranks #34 of 113 Scopus journals in Paleontology.
Lethaia published 53 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2019 with 55. 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 98 research articles (2024–2026), authors are most often from United States (11.3%), China (10.9%) and Poland (9.2%).
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Scopus status: Active. 1 retracted paper is recorded (0.3 per 1,000 papers). 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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