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Palaeobiodiversity and Palaeoenvironments

Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH · Germany · Est. 2009

ISSN1867-1608

SJR Q2✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR

/ 100

High Trust

PubScope credibility score from verifiable indexing & ethics signals

Score Breakdown

◆ WoS flagship (SCIE/SSCI/AHCI)78

✓ Corroboration (2 more)+12

Total90

Level data: Norwegian Register (HK-dir), NLOD 2.0. · Third-party records · how this is calculated · Report an error →

⚡ Speed vs Prestige

How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?

272

days submission → published

measured · last 17 articles · accept 209d

SJR Rank

Top 50% in field

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (SCIE) — Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor and JCR quartile for this journal.

See the official Impact Factor & quartile on the journal’s page ↗

The Impact Factor & JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date. Open metrics below: SCImago Q2. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

SJR Scorei

0.519

H-Indexi

CiteScore

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Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

SNIPi

0.997

Total Worksi

690

Total Citationsi

8,672

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.57

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Biodiversity Conservation; Paleontology; Ecology; Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics; Geology; Global and Planetary Change.

General Information

Country / RegionGermany

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2009

FrequencyFour Nos. Per Year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications690

Publisher OrgSpringer Nature

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Submission Info

Peer Review—

Review Time—

Acceptance Rate—

OA License—

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Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

6/12 · 50%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1867-1608

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, 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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APC fees clearly disclosed?

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?

English

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

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

436

2019

552

2020

477

2021

322

2022

139

2023

133

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.

EcologyQ2

Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsQ2

GeologyQ2

PaleontologyQ2

Global and Planetary ChangeQ3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Biodiversity ConservationPaleontology

Scopus Categories

PaleontologyGeologyEcology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsGlobal and Planetary ChangeEcology

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Evolution and Paleontology StudiesPaleontology and Stratigraphy of FossilsPaleontology and Evolutionary BiologyGeology and Paleoclimatology ResearchPlant Diversity and EvolutionGeological formations and processesPleistocene-Era Hominins and ArchaeologyBat Biology and Ecology StudiesIchthyology and Marine BiologyAnimal Ecology and Behavior Studies

Frequently asked questions about Palaeobiodiversity and Palaeoenvironments

Is Palaeobiodiversity and Palaeoenvironments a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Palaeobiodiversity and Palaeoenvironments: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Its PubScope Trust Score is 90/100. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Palaeobiodiversity and Palaeoenvironments?

Palaeobiodiversity and Palaeoenvironments is indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection, so Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor for it (since the 2023 Journal Citation Reports, every Core Collection journal — including Arts & Humanities and Emerging Sources titles — receives one). PubScope links to Clarivate's official source rather than reprinting the number, which can be out of date. Its open 2-year mean citedness is 1.57.

Is Palaeobiodiversity and Palaeoenvironments indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Palaeobiodiversity and Palaeoenvironments is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Palaeobiodiversity and Palaeoenvironments?