Journal rankings · indicator year 2012
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Subfield ranking · 2012
Paleontology journal rankings 2012
66 ranked journals · Subfield in Earth and Planetary Sciences
Paleontology has 66 ranked journals in 2012. The median OJR rose 0.06 on 2011 to 0.80, below the world average of 1.00; Q1 starts at OJR 1.30. The top three are Cambridge Archaeological Journal, Journal of Anthropological Archaeology, and Geobiology.
Ranks and citation indicators: 2012. Journal access status and listed APC: source snapshot September 23, 2026.
Journals whose main subfield sits in this category and that published at least 30 citable documents (articles, reviews and conference papers) in 2009–2011, the window the 2012 score is computed on.
The OpenJournalRank Indicator (OJR) is a free, publicly available metric of a journal’s field-normalized citation impact, computed from open OpenAlex citation data. It compares citations to a journal’s papers from the previous three years with the world average for papers of the same subfield, year and type, so 1.00 is the world average and values can be compared across fields. It is computed with the NCI3 method.
The middle OJR among ranked journals in this category: half score higher, half lower. 1.00 is the world average for papers of the same subfield, year and type.
The dot is this category, the solid tick is the median of all ranked journals and the dashed line is the world average.
Share of ranked journals in this category that are fully open access, so every paper is free to read. Hybrid journals, which sell subscriptions and open single papers for a fee, are not counted.
Median list price of the article processing charge, in US dollars, among ranked journals in this category that list a price above zero. Journals with a listed APC of $0 and journals with no known price are left out of this median. The At a glance table below gives a second median that includes the $0 prices.
Subfields of Earth and Planetary Sciences (8)
66 ranked journals
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Rank is the position by OJR within the list on screen; 1 is the highest. | OJR is field-normalized 3-year citation impact: 1.00 is the world average for papers of the same subfield, year and type, so values compare across fields. The badge is the journal’s quartile in this list. | Citations per paper over a two-year window, counted from OpenAlex. It is not field-normalized, so compare it only between journals of the same field. ▲ or ▼ is the change from 2011. This is OpenJournalRank’s own count, not Clarivate’s Journal Impact Factor. | Citable documents (articles, reviews and conference papers) published in 2009–2011, the window the 2012 OJR is computed on. A journal needs at least 30 to be ranked. | Share of the journal’s 2009–2011 papers that are free to read in any open-access form. The green OA tag next to a title marks a fully open-access journal. | List price of the article processing charge in US dollars. “$0 listed” means the listed price is zero; a dash means no price is listed. | The line is the journal’s OJR from 2003 to 2012. | Compare |
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1Cambridge Archaeological JournalCambridge University Press · United Kingdom | 2.99Q1 | 1.95 0.56 down from 2011 | 64 | 10% | $3,550 | ||
2Journal of Anthropological ArchaeologyElsevier BV · United States | 2.94Q1 | 3.04 0.68 up from 2011 | 98 | 13% | $3,370 | ||
3GeobiologyWiley · United Kingdom | 2.92Q1 | 4.07 1.16 down from 2011 | 119 | 24% | $4,880 | ||
4RadiocarbonCambridge University Press · United States | 2.73Q1 | 1.65 1.97 down from 2011 | 335 | 83% | $2,487 | ||
5Journal of World PrehistorySpringer Nature · United States | 2.25Q1 | 2.17 0.21 up from 2011 | 39 | 14% | $3,290 | ||
6Journal of Systematic PalaeontologyTaylor & Francis · United Kingdom | 1.90Q1 | 3.48 0.72 up from 2011 | 75 | 16% | — | ||
7PaleobiologyCambridge University Press · United Kingdom | 1.88Q1 | 2.65 0.42 down from 2011 | 141 | 9% | $3,550 | ||
8AntiquityCambridge University Press · United Kingdom | 1.74Q1 | 1.02 0.03 up from 2011 | 491 | 20% | $3,550 | ||
9American AntiquityCambridge University Press · United States | 1.72Q1 | 1.91 0.16 up from 2011 | 144 | 9% | $3,550 | ||
10Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural HistoryAmerican Museum of Natural History · United States | 1.61Q1 | 3.68 1.02 up from 2011 | 61 | 75% | — | ||
11Vegetation History and ArchaeobotanySpringer Science+Business Media · Germany | 1.58Q1 | 2.11 0.22 down from 2011 | 132 | 26% | $3,790 | ||
12Zoological Journal of the Linnean SocietyOxford University Press · United Kingdom | 1.57Q1 | 2.79 0.16 up from 2011 | 321 | 73% | $3,541 | ||
13Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of the Royal Society of EdinburghCambridge University Press · United Kingdom | 1.49Q1 | 1.83 0.51 up from 2011 | 73 | 21% | $3,550 | ||
14Journal of AnatomyWiley · United Kingdom | 1.38Q1 | 2.75 0.03 up from 2011 | 431 | 88% | $4,050 | ||
15PalaiosSociety for Sedimentary Geology · United States | 1.37Q1 | 2.06 0.02 down from 2011 | 251 | 13% | — | ||
16Journal of Mammalian EvolutionSpringer Science+Business Media · Netherlands | 1.33Q1 | 2.17 0.90 up from 2011 | 78 | 29% | $3,790 | ||
17Environmental ArchaeologyTaylor & Francis · United Kingdom | 1.30Q1 | 1.59 0.53 up from 2011 | 43 | 0% | — | ||
18Norwegian Archaeological ReviewRoutledge · Norway | 1.29Q2 | 0.71 0.20 up from 2011 | 54 | 6% | — | ||
19LethaiaOAWiley · Norway | 1.26Q2 | 2.41 0.83 up from 2011 | 154 | 21% | $3,300 | ||
20Cretaceous ResearchElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 1.11Q2 | 1.89 0.43 up from 2011 | 240 | 20% | $3,560 | ||
21PalaeontologyWiley · United Kingdom | 1.10Q2 | 2.13 0.47 up from 2011 | 230 | 63% | $5,000 | ||
22Latin American AntiquityCambridge University Press · United States | 1.07Q2 | 0.84 0.03 down from 2011 | 102 | 17% | $3,550 | ||
23Revue de MicropaléontologieElsevier BV · France | 1.05Q2 | 2.00 0.60 up from 2011 | 31 | 18% | $2,470 | ||
24Journal of Field ArchaeologyTaylor & Francis · United Kingdom | 1.03Q2 | 1.20 0.48 up from 2011 | 81 | 9% | — | ||
25Ancient MesoamericaCambridge University Press · United Kingdom | 1.02Q2 | 0.71 0.37 up from 2011 | 94 | 20% | $3,550 | ||
26EthnoarchaeologyTaylor & Francis · United Kingdom | 1.01Q2 | 0.33 0.01 up from 2011 | 38 | 0% | — | ||
27Journal of MorphologyWiley · United States | 1.00Q2 | 1.67 0.01 up from 2011 | 326 | 12% | $4,220 | ||
28Journal of Vertebrate PaleontologyTaylor & Francis · United States | 0.98Q2 | 1.91 0.11 down from 2011 | 443 | 10% | — | ||
29Acta Palaeontologica PolonicaOAInstitute of Paleobiology · Poland | 0.93Q2 | 1.61 0.14 up from 2011 | 272 | 100% | $23 | ||
30Bulletin of the Peabody Museum of Natural HistoryUnited States | 0.84Q2 | 1.50 0.78 up from 2011 | 41 | 0% | — | ||
31Comptes Rendus PalevolOAMuséum national d'histoire naturelle · France | 0.83Q2 | 1.14 0.36 down from 2011 | 198 | 40% | — | ||
32GeodiversitasOAMuséum national d'histoire naturelle · France | 0.81Q2 | 1.04 0.07 down from 2011 | 102 | 81% | — | ||
33FaciesSpringer Science+Business Media · Germany | 0.80Q2 | 1.46 0.15 up from 2011 | 112 | 21% | $2,490 | ||
34The Anatomical RecordWiley · United States | 0.79Q3 | 1.62 0.10 down from 2011 | 677 | 58% | $4,430 | ||
35Proceedings of the Geologists AssociationElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 0.79Q3 | 1.66 0.10 up from 2011 | 167 | 8% | $3,300 | ||
36StratigraphyUnited States | 0.76Q3 | 1.40 0.43 down from 2011 | 60 | 4% | — | ||
37GeobiosElsevier BV · France | 0.72Q3 | 1.19 0.12 up from 2011 | 161 | 9% | $3,030 | ||
38Ichnos/Ichnos : an international journal for plant and animal tracesTaylor & Francis · Switzerland | 0.72Q3 | 1.04 0.21 up from 2011 | 70 | 3% | — | ||
39Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - AbhandlungenE. Schweizerbart · Germany | 0.71Q3 | 1.07 0.05 up from 2011 | 265 | 8% | — | ||
40Swiss Journal of PalaeontologyOASpringer Nature · Switzerland | 0.70Q3 | 1.12 0.69 up from 2011 | 33 | 93% | $1,340 | ||
41Bulletin of GeosciencesOACzechia | 0.69Q3 | 1.35 0.13 up from 2011 | 141 | 98% | — | ||
42Historical BiologyTaylor & Francis · Switzerland | 0.67Q3 | 1.06 0.40 up from 2011 | 118 | 3% | — | ||
43Alcheringa An Australasian Journal of PalaeontologyTaylor & Francis · United Kingdom | 0.67Q3 | 1.37 0.53 up from 2011 | 107 | 15% | — | ||
44Palaeobiodiversity and PalaeoenvironmentsSpringer Nature · Germany | 0.64Q3 | 1.13 0.24 up from 2011 | 60 | 15% | $3,190 | ||
45Journal of PaleontologyCambridge University Press · United States | 0.62Q3 | 0.99 0.14 up from 2011 | 384 | 9% | $3,550 | ||
46PalaeoworldElsevier BV · Netherlands | 0.61Q3 | 0.71 0.24 down from 2011 | 92 | 4% | $3,000 | ||
47Carnets de géologie (Notebooks on geology)OASociety for Sedimentary Geology · France | 0.60Q3 | 0.97 0.18 up from 2011 | 49 | 100% | — | ||
48Paläontologische ZeitschriftSpringer Nature · Germany | 0.59Q3 | 1.05 0.12 down from 2011 | 122 | 25% | $3,190 | ||
49European Journal of ArchaeologyCambridge University Press · United Kingdom | 0.56Q3 | 0.50 0.20 up from 2011 | 70 | 13% | $3,550 | ||
50Scottish Journal of GeologyZoological Society of London · United Kingdom | 0.55Q3 | 0.75 0.09 up from 2011 | 49 | 6% | — |
Subfields of Earth and Planetary Sciences, with Paleontology highlighted.
- Geophysics137
- Atmospheric Science83
- Paleontology66
- Oceanography52
- Earth-Surface Processes16
- Geology13
- Geochemistry and Petrology9
- Space and Planetary Science2
Journals
Citations made in 2012. Corpus-wide, 75.7% of core-journal articles and reviews published that year have at least one matched reference; the share varies by journal and field.
28 additional Paleontology journals with metrics are unranked under this release’s eligibility rules: a journal needs at least 30 citable documents in 2009–2011, at least 80% of them with a subfield, and a positive world-average expectation. Ranks are within the whole category; filters hide rows without re-ranking. OJR excludes self-citations.
At a glance
Indicator year: 2012. Publication window: 2009–2011. How these summaries are calculated
- Ranked journals
- 66
- Window papers (baseline)
- 14,602 +19.6% from indicator year 2009
- Median OJR
- 0.80 +11.5% from indicator year 2009
- Rising journals (2025)
- 5
Window papers are the baseline paper population: citable papers (articles, reviews and conference papers) from 2009–2011 in all journals of the world-average baseline, including non-core journals, counted by each paper’s own subfield. They are not the papers of the ranked journals alone.
| Measure | Year series | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
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| Ranked journals | 53 | 53 | 54 | 53 | 53 | 51 | 53 | 61 | 62 | 63 | 64 | 66 | 66 | 69 | 71 | 71 | 70 | 73 | 76 | 77 | 76 | 78 | 78 | 77 | 73 | 77 | |
| Window papers (baseline) | 7,057 | 7,924 | 8,570 | 9,199 | 9,500 | 9,801 | 10,405 | 10,925 | 11,640 | 12,204 | 12,986 | 13,788 | 14,602 | 15,085 | 15,876 | 16,591 | 17,958 | 18,584 | 19,596 | 19,477 | 19,946 | 19,760 | 20,309 | 19,925 | 19,964 | 19,466 | |
| Median OJR | 0.75 | 0.61 | 0.619 | 0.63 | 0.620 | 0.708 | 0.660 | 0.65 | 0.69 | 0.715 | 0.7325 | 0.735 | 0.80 | 0.81 | 0.829 | 0.90 | 0.93 | 0.87 | 0.79 | 0.832 | 0.831 | 0.78 | 0.7318 | 0.68 | 0.657 | 0.64 |
How to read these rankings
- OJR, the OpenJournalRank Indicator
- A field-normalized 3-year citation impact, computed from OpenAlex with the NCI3 method. It divides the citations a journal’s papers received by the world average for papers of the same subfield, year and type, so 1.00 is the world average and 2.00 means twice as many citations as expected. Because it is normalized, it can be compared across fields. Read the methodology
- Quartiles
- Q1 to Q4 split the ranked journals of the list you are viewing into four equal groups by OJR. A journal’s quartile depends on the list: the same journal can be Q1 in its subfield and Q2 among all journals.
- Impact factor (2-year)
- Citations per paper over a two-year window, counted from OpenAlex. It is easy to compare with familiar impact factors but is not field-normalized, so compare it only within a field. It is not Clarivate’s Journal Impact Factor. Why it differs from the Journal Impact Factor
- Rank ranges
- Each rank in the latest year carries a likely range from 1,000 resamples of the journal’s papers. Where two journals’ ranges overlap, the data cannot tell them apart, so treat neighbouring ranks as ties.