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Palaontologische Zeitschrift

Springer Verlag · Germany · Est. 1914

ISSN1867-6812

SJR Q2✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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.

📊 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

0.52

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.894

Total Worksi

2,973

Total Citationsi

34,920

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.88

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Paleontology.

General Information

Country / RegionGermany

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1914

Frequency3x/year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications2,973

Publisher OrgSpringer Nature

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Submission Info

Peer Review—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

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6/11 · 55%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Springer Verlag

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1867-6812

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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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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

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

571

2019

272

2020

715

2021

257

2022

140

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.

PaleontologyQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Paleontology

Scopus Categories

Paleontology

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Paleontology and Stratigraphy of FossilsEvolution and Paleontology StudiesPaleontology and Evolutionary BiologyGeology and Paleoclimatology ResearchMarine Biology and Ecology ResearchIchthyology and Marine BiologyPleistocene-Era Hominins and ArchaeologyMarine and environmental studiesFossil Insects in AmberBotany and Plant Ecology Studies

Frequently asked questions about Palaontologische Zeitschrift

Is Palaontologische Zeitschrift a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Palaontologische Zeitschrift: it is indexed in Web of Science, 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 Palaontologische Zeitschrift?

Palaontologische Zeitschrift 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 0.88.

Is Palaontologische Zeitschrift indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Palaontologische Zeitschrift is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Palaontologische Zeitschrift?