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Best Paleontology journals

121 Scopus-active journals are ranked in Paleontology. The top 100 by CiteScore percentile are listed below — 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 93th Q1 SCIE No
9 Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 4.8 92th Q1 SCIE No
10 Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology 4.8 92th Q1 SCIE No
11 Palaeontographica, Abteilung A: Palaozoologie - Stratigraphie 4.7 91th 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 83th Q1 SCIE No
21 Monographs of the Palaeontographical Society 3.8 83th Q1 No
22 Palaontologische Zeitschrift 3.8 82th Q1 SCIE No
23 Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 3.7 81th 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 73th Q2 Yes
33 Palaios 3.3 73th Q2 SCIE No
34 Fossil Record 3.3 72th Q2 SCIE Yes
35 Lethaia 3.1 71th 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 63th Q2 SCIE No
46 Swiss Journal of Palaeontology 2.9 62th Q2 SCIE Yes
47 Journal of Paleontology 2.8 61th 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 53th Q2 SCIE Yes
58 Ameghiniana 2.4 52th Q2 SCIE No
59 Micropaleontology 2.4 51th 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 43th Q3 SCIE Yes
70 GFF 1.9 42th Q3 SCIE No
71 Revue de Micropaleontologie 1.9 41th 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 33th Q3 SCIE No
82 Fossil Imprint 1.5 32th Q3 No
83 Natural History Sciences 1.5 31th 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 23th Q4 No
94 African Invertebrates 1.2 22th Q4 SCIE Yes
95 International Journal of Nautical Archaeology 1.2 21th 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

Rank and percentile are within the Paleontology Scopus subject table (CiteScore 2025, dataset 2026-06-09). A journal can rank differently in its other subject areas — open its profile for the full picture.

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