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Journal of the Palaeontological Society of India

SAGE Publications Ltd · India · Est. 1956

ISSN0552-9360eISSN2753-7269

SJR Q4✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

/ 100

Medium Risk

Score Breakdown

✓ WoS SCIE/SSCI+25

✓ Scopus Q4+5

✓ DOAJ Verified+15

Total45

Journal Impact Factor

This journal is indexed in Web of Science (JCR) and has an official Journal Impact Factor. View the current value on the journal’s page ↗

SJR Score

0.222

H-Index

CiteScore

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Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

SNIP

0.242

Total Works

Total Citations

2yr Mean Citedness

0.00

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Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Biology (General): Evolution. Topics: palaeontology, fossil record, palaeobotany, evolutionary biology, micropalaeontology, taphonomy

⚡ Speed vs Prestige

How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?

weeks to review

Fast · median is 15 wks

SJR Rank

Bottom 25%

General Information

Country / RegionIndia

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1956

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications0

Publisher OrgSAGE Publishing

OA Since2022

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Submission Info

Publishing ModelGold Open Access

Peer ReviewDouble-blind

Review Time~7 weeks

Acceptance Rate—

OA LicenseCC BY, CC BY-NC

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

📦 Long-term Preservation

LOCKSSPorticoCLOCKSS

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

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10/12 · 83%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

SAGE Publications Ltd

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

0552-9360 / 2753-7269

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, DOAJ

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Peer review process documented?

Double-blind

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Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

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APC fees clearly disclosed?

N/A

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Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

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Long-term digital preservation?

LOCKSS, Portico, CLOCKSS

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Plagiarism detection in place?

Yes

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

DOAJ verified

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Primary language documented?

English

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SJR Quartile by Discipline

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

PaleontologyQ4

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Paleontology

Scopus Categories