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PaleoAmerica

Taylor and Francis Ltd. · United Kingdom · Est. 2015

ISSN2055-5563eISSN2055-5571

SJR Q1✓ WOS ESCI✓ Scopus / SJR

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (ESCI) — 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q1. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

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

SJR · Scopus

Top 25% in field

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

SJR Scorei

0.572

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.587

Total Worksi

336

Total Citationsi

3,405

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.23

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

PaleoAmerica disseminates new research results and ideas about early human dispersal and migrations, with a particular focus on the Americas. It publishes original research papers in the field of General Earth Science.

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General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2015

FrequencyFour Issues Per Year

StatusActive (last: 2025)

Total Publications336

Publisher OrgTaylor & Francis

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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

thinkchecksubmit.org

6/11 · 55%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Taylor and Francis Ltd.

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2055-5563 / 2055-5571

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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

488

2019

208

2020

239

2021

138

2022

102

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.

Archeology (arts and humanities)Q1

Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsQ2

PaleontologyQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

AnthropologyArchaeology

Scopus Categories

PaleontologyEcology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsArcheology (arts and humanities)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Pleistocene-Era Hominins and ArchaeologyArchaeology and ancient environmental studiesGeology and Paleoclimatology ResearchForensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology StudiesEvolution and Paleontology StudiesArchaeology and Natural HistoryAmazonian Archaeology and EthnohistoryIndigenous Studies and EcologyPacific and Southeast Asian StudiesArchaeology and Rock Art Studies

Frequently asked questions about PaleoAmerica

Is PaleoAmerica a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for PaleoAmerica: 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 PaleoAmerica?

PaleoAmerica 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 1.23.

Is PaleoAmerica indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

PaleoAmerica is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.