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Palaeoentomology is Scopus-indexed (Q2, CiteScore 3.1), WoS ESCI. Published by Magnolia Press.
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ISSN 2624-2826Verify ISSN ↗2624-2834Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Magnolia Press
Cost to publish: No APC data — check the publisher
| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Paleontology | 36 / 121 | 70th | Q2 |
| Insect Science | 58 / 193 | 70th | Q2 |
| Ecology | 206 / 491 | 58th | Q2 |
Not listed in: DOAJ, ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2020–present, best quartile Q2, CiteScore 3.1.
Palaeoentomology is Q2 in Paleontology (rank 36 of 121), Q2 in Insect Science (rank 58 of 193) and Q2 in Ecology (rank 206 of 491), by CiteScore 2025.
Palaeoentomology is indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index, 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 70th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.445, quartile Q2, with an H-index of 17.
Palaeoentomology is published by Magnolia Press. Its print ISSN is 2624-2826 and its online ISSN is 2624-2834.
Yes — indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index.
No — it is not registered as an open-access journal in DOAJ or Scopus.
Palaeoentomology has an h-index of 19 and a 2-year mean of 0.9 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 3.1, quartile Q2. On 2-year citations it ranks #65 of 113 Scopus journals in Paleontology.
Palaeoentomology published 78 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2024 with 87. 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 99 research articles (2025–2026), authors are most often from China (28.3%), Russia (15.3%) and United States (6.8%).
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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