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Acta Palaeobotanica

W. Szafer Institute of Botany, Polish Academy of Sciences · Poland

ISSN0001-6594

SJR Q2✓ Scopus / SJR✓ Open Access

Journal Impact Factor

Not on record at PubScope. The Journal Impact Factor is published by Clarivate for Web of Science (JCR)–indexed journals.

📊 Standing in its field

Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.

SJR · Scopus

Top 50% in field

Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ

SJR Scorei

0.304

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.588

Total Worksi

384

Total Citationsi

3,745

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.55

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Agricultural and Biological Sciences (miscellaneous); Earth and Planetary Sciences (miscellaneous).

General Information

Country / RegionPoland

Primary Language—

1st Year Published—

Annual Volume~ 14 articles / year

StatusActive

Total Publications384

Publisher OrgDe Gruyter Open

Submission Info

Publishing ModelGold Open Access

Peer Review—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

4/11 · 36%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

W. Szafer Institute of Botany, Polish Academy of Sciences

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Does the journal have a website?

No URL

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Is the ISSN verified?

0001-6594

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Indexed in a trusted database?

Scopus

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Peer review process documented?

N/A

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Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

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Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

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Long-term digital preservation?

N/A

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Plagiarism detection in place?

N/A

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

N/A

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Primary language documented?

N/A

A twelfth criterion — whether APC fees are clearly disclosed — is not scored here; it is left out of the total rather than counted as a failure. Publication charges appear in the metrics card above.

Based on the Think.Check.Submit framework by DOAJ, COPE & OASPA. All data from verified open sources.

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

157

2019

112

2020

2021

2022

2023

2024

2025

2026

Source: OpenAlex · Each year’s green bar = citations earned by that year’s papers, counted to date — so recent years look lower simply because their papers haven’t had time to be cited yet.

SJR Quartile by Discipline

Scimago ranks this journal separately in each subject category — its quartile can differ by discipline.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences (miscellaneous)Q2

Earth and Planetary Sciences (miscellaneous)Q3

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

Agricultural and Biological Sciences (miscellaneous)Earth and Planetary Sciences (miscellaneous)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Botany and Plant Ecology StudiesPlant Diversity and EvolutionGeology and Paleoclimatology ResearchAncient and Medieval Archaeology StudiesPlant and Fungal Species DescriptionsGeological Formations and Processes ExplorationPaleontology and Stratigraphy of FossilsHistorical and Archaeological StudiesPlant and animal studiesMarine and environmental studies

Frequently asked questions about Acta Palaeobotanica

Is Acta Palaeobotanica a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Acta Palaeobotanica: it is indexed in Scopus, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Acta Palaeobotanica?

Acta Palaeobotanica is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 0.304.

Is Acta Palaeobotanica indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Acta Palaeobotanica is indexed in Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Acta Palaeobotanica?