Fossil Record
Pensoft Publishers · Germany · Est. 1967
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Publication & Citation Trend
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
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Frequently asked questions about Fossil Record
Is Fossil Record a predatory journal?
PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Fossil Record: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list.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 Fossil Record?
Fossil Record 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 PubScope links to Clarivate's official source rather than reprinting the number, which can be out of date.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 1.04.
Is Fossil Record indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?
Fossil Record is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.
What is the aims and scope of Fossil Record?
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