Journals in Paleontology
Journals in Paleontology
Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology
The Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology is an international journal for articles in all fields of palaeobotany and aquatic and terrestrial palynology dealing with fossil remains of biota composed of persistent organic remains derived from marine, freshwater and terrestrial environments. Original contributions and comprehensive review papers should appeal to an international audience. Typical topics include systematics, evolution, palaeobiology, palaeoecology, biostratigraphy, biogeochemistry, biochronology, palaeoclimatology, paleogeography, taphonomy, palaeoenvironmental reconstructions, and practical applications of palaeobotany and palynology, e.g. in coal and petroleum geology, forensics, and archaeology. The journal especially encourages the publication of articles in which palaeobotany and/or palynology are applied for solving fundamental outstanding geological and biological problems, notably with innovative and interdisciplinary approaches.- ISSN: 0034-6667
Geobios
Palaeontology, Stratigraphy, PalaeoecologyGeobios publishes bimonthly in English original peer-reviewed articles of international interest in any area of paleontology, paleobiology, paleoecology, paleobiogeography, (bio)stratigraphy and biogeochemistry. All taxonomic groups are treated, including microfossils, invertebrates, plants, vertebrates and ichnofossils. Geobios welcomes descriptive papers based on original material (e.g. large Systematic Paleontology works), as well as more analytically and/or methodologically oriented papers, provided they offer strong and significant biochronological/bio... paleobiogeographical... paleobiological and/or phylogenetic new insights and perspectices. A high priority level is given to synchronic and/or diachronic studies based on multi- or inter-disciplinary approaches mixing various fields of Earth and Life Sciences. Works based on extant data are also considered, provided they offer significant insights into geological-time studies.This journal welcomes contributions that support and advance the UN's sustainable development goals, in particular SDG 13, (Climate Action) SDG 14 (Life below water) and SDG 15 (Life on land)- ISSN: 0016-6995
Cretaceous Research
Cretaceous Research provides a forum for the rapid publication of research on all aspects of the Cretaceous Period, including its boundaries with the Jurassic and Palaeogene with emphasis on multidisciplinary research. Authoritative papers reporting detailed investigations of Cretaceous integrated stratigraphy and palaeontology, palaeobiogeography, palaeoceanography, palaeoclimatology, evolutionary palaeoecology, paleobiology, geochronology, global events (e.g., K/Pg boundary, Oceanic Anoxic Events), regional geology, and reviews of recently published books are complemented by short communications of significant new findings.Papers submitted to Cretaceous Research should place the research in a broad context and should be focused to better understand the Cretaceous geology and climate, that are therefore of interest to the diverse, international readership of the journal. Full length papers that focus solely on single disciplines or local theme or restricted geographic area will not be accepted for publication; authors of short communications are encouraged to discuss how their findings are of relevance to the Cretaceous on a broad scale.This journal welcomes contributions that support and advance the UN's sustainable development goals, in particular SDG 13 (Climate Action)- ISSN: 0195-6671
Quaternary Science Reviews
The International Journal of Earth, Climate and Life InteractionsQuaterna... Science Reviews caters for all aspects of Quaternary science, and includes, for example, geology, geomorphology, geography, archaeology, soil science, palaeobotany, palaeontology, palaeoclimatology and the full range of applicable dating methods. The dividing line between what constitutes the review paper and one which contains new original data is not easy to establish, so QSR also publishes papers with new data especially if these perform a review function. All the Quaternary sciences are changing rapidly and subject to re-evaluation as the pace of discovery quickens; thus the diverse but comprehensive role of Quaternary Science Reviews keeps readers abreast of the wider issues relating to new developments in the field. Quaternary Science Reviews includes Special Issues on topical subjects arising from recent scientific meetings, in response to significant changes in Quaternary subject matter, or to acknowledge the achievements of some outstanding Quaternary Scientist.Authors are also welcome to submit to the journal's open access companion title, Quaternary Science Advances.This journal welcomes contributions that support and advance the UN's sustainable development goals.- ISSN: 0277-3791
Palaeoworld
Published on behalf of the Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, CASPalaeoworld is a peer-reviewed bimonthly journal dedicated to the study of past life and its environment. We encourage submission of original manuscripts on all aspects of palaeontology and stratigraphy, comparisons of regional and global data in time and space, and results generated by interdisciplinary investigations in related fields. Some issues will be devoted entirely to a special theme whereas others will be composed of contributed articles. Palaeoworld is dedicated to serving a broad spectrum of geoscientists and palaeobiologists as well as serving as a resource for students in fields as diverse as palaeobiology, evolutionary biology, taxonomy and phylogeny, geobiology, historical geology, and palaeoenvironment.Pa... publishes original articles in the following areas:•Phylogeny and taxonomic studies of all fossil groups •Biostratigraphy, chemostratigraphy, chronostratigraphy •Palaeoecology, palaeoenvironment and global changes throughout Earth history •Tempo and mode of biological evolution •Biological events in Earth history (e.g., extinctions, radiations) •Ecosystem evolution •Geobiology and molecular palaeobiology •Palaeontological and stratigraphic methods •Interdisciplinary studies focusing on fossils and strataPalaeoworld accepts the following categories of contributions:Origin... technical research papers and case studies Short communications Review articles (normally invited) Palaeoworld PerspectivesCollecti... of articles on a special theme Letter to the Editors Book reviewsThis journal welcomes contributions that support and advance the UN's sustainable development goals, in particular SDG 13 (Climate Action).- ISSN: 1871-174X
Precambrian Research
Precambrian Research publishes studies on all aspects of the early stages of the composition, structure and evolution of the Earth and its planetary neighbours. With a focus on process-oriented and comparative studies, it covers, but is not restricted to, subjects such as:(1) Chemical, biological, biochemical and cosmochemical evolution; the origin of life; the evolution of the oceans and atmosphere; the early fossil record; palaeobiology; (2) Geochronology and isotope and elemental geochemistry; (3) Precambrian mineral deposits; (4) Geophysical aspects of the early Earth and Precambrian terrains; (5) Nature, formation and evolution of the Precambrian lithosphere and mantle including magmatic, depositional, metamorphic and tectonic processes.In addition, the editors particularly welcome integrated process-oriented studies that involve a combination of the above fields and comparative studies that demonstrate the effect of Precambrian evolution on Phanerozoic earth system processes.Regional and localised studies of Precambrian phenomena are considered appropriate only when the detail and quality allow illustration of a wider process, or when significant gaps in basic knowledge of a particular area can be filled.Fairness and impartiality. The professional journal of Precambrian Research expects all communications by authors, editors, and reviewers to be of a high professional standard. All communications (including manuscripts and reviews) will be written and assessed based on objective criteria, without bias, prejudice, or preferential treatment. Race, ethnicity, national origin, religion, age, gender identity, and sexual orientation are irrelevant to the review of scientific data and scientific publishing. Scientific criticism must be expressed in a constructive and collegial manor - unprofessional language (insults, degrading terminology, etc.) is unacceptable and cannot be used.This journal welcomes contributions that support and advance the UN's sustainable development goals .- ISSN: 0301-9268
Computers & Geosciences
Computers & Geosciences publishes original, high-impact research at the interface between computing/informatic... and the geosciences. Submissions must make a substantive contribution in both dimensions: (1) an innovative computational, informatics, or software element, and (2) a clear geoscientific contribution addressing a scientific problem of broad interest to the geoscience community.Manuscript... are suitable for the journal only when the computational/inform... component is central to the work and advances the state of the art beyond routine implementation, straightforward application, or incremental adaptation of existing methods. It is expected that code is provided for all scientific research articles.Relevant computational/inform... contributions include, but are not limited to: novel algorithms; computational methods; scientific software; data models; scientific databases and retrieval systems; machine learning and artificial intelligence; inversion and data assimilation frameworks; uncertainty quantification workflows; visualization and human-computer interaction for geoscientific analysis; high-performance, parallel, cloud, or distributed computing; reproducible research infrastructures; and interoperable digital frameworks for geoscientific data and modelling.Relevant geoscientific domains include: geology; geophysics; geochemistry; geomorphology; sedimentology; stratigraphy; palaeontology; tectonics and structural geology; seismology; volcanology; hydrology; hydrogeology; and Earth-system science. Manuscripts centered primarily on generic environmental engineering, routine GIS applications, signal processing, agriculture, ecology, or other topics outside the core geosciences are normally outside the journal’s scope unless the geoscientific contribution is explicit, substantial, and of clear interest to the readership.Code, software, data, and reproducibility requirementsFor any manuscript presenting software, code, workflows, trained models, computational pipelines, or implementation details essential to the results, public access to the corresponding repository is mandatory at submission and required for acceptance. A manuscript will not be accepted for review without a GitHub repository or equivalent public repository that is properly documented and enables evaluation, reuse, and long-term utility to the community.there needs to be a link to the repository in the manuscript and at a minimum, the repository must include:a clear license;a ReadMe file in English with basic usage and installation instructions;documen... of dependencies and computational requirements;suffici... material to reproduce the main results in the paper, or a clear explanation of any justified limitations if data cannot be shared, a dummy model or a synthetic dataset for test cases should be providedhow-to files or tutorials for typical use cases;a user guide describing inputs, outputs, options, and expected behaviour; and for security reasons, a single compacted file is not accepted (e.g. .zip, .rar, .7z)any comments in the code must be in EnglishRepositories that are incomplete, poorly documented, inaccessible, private at the review or acceptance stage, or lacking reproducible examples are grounds for rejection. Manuscripts describing software that is not open source are normally desk rejected.Computers & Geosciences will not consider manuscripts that fall into any of the following categories:geoscienc... studies with no genuine computational or informatics innovation;computer science or informatics papers with no clear and substantive geoscientific contribution;routine application of established methods, software, machine learning models, GIS workflows, or visualization tools to a case study;incremental code implementations of already published methods without a clear methodological or software advance;manuscripts focused mainly on engineering design, operational management, consultancy-style case studies, or site-specific technical problem solving rather than geoscientific insight of broader relevance;papers in which the computational element is peripheral, cosmetic, or limited to software packaging or interface development;purely methodological developments (e.g. geophysics, hydrology) purely analytical developments unless they have significant implications on computational geoscientific problemspure case studies and application examples less they have significant implications on computational geoscientific problemsGUI papers unless the interface itself solves a significant, non-trivial scientific-computing problem;benchmark or comparison papers lacking novelty, reproducibility, or transferable insight;papers whose results cannot be independently evaluated because code, workflow details, trained models, key parameters, or supporting data are unavailable; andmanuscripts generated around black-box tools or proprietary workflows with insufficient transparency for scientific scrutiny.Submissions should make clear, from the title, abstract, and introduction onward, what is new computationally, what is new geoscientifically, and why both matter.Manuscripts better aligned with applied implementation, software deployment, or practical case studies may be more suitable for the companion journal Applied Computing & Geosciences.- ISSN: 0098-3004
Marine Micropaleontology
Marine Micropaleontology is an international journal publishing original, innovative and significant scientific papers in all fields related to marine microfossils, including ecology and paleoecology, biology and paleobiology, paleoceanography and paleoclimatology, environmental monitoring, taphonomy, evolution and molecular phylogeny. The journal strongly encourages the publication of articles in which marine microfossils and/or their chemical composition are used to solve fundamental geological, environmental and biological problems. However, it does not publish purely stratigraphic or taxonomic papers. In Marine Micropaleontology, a special section is dedicated to short papers on new methods and protocols using marine microfossils. We solicit special issues on hot topics in marine micropaleontology and review articles on timely subjects.This journal welcomes contributions that support and advance the UN's sustainable development goals, in particular SDG 13, (Climate Action) and SDG 14 (Life below water)- ISSN: 0377-8398
Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology
An International Journal for the Geo-SciencesPalaeoge... Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology publishes high quality studies in the field of palaeoenvironmental geoscience. We seek submissions that address broad scientific questions of interest to a wide international community and focus on significant events in the evolution of life and environment. The reach of the journal covers the entire deep-time history of the biosphere from the Archaean through to the Quaternary. A key criterion for consideration is that submissions address some key aspect of palaeoenvironmental change as their major theme including, but not limited to, studies of palaeoecology, palaeoclimatology, and palaeobiogeography. We also look favourably on submissions that use a multi-disciplinary approach and/or bring together large quantitative datasets. As the journal aims to cut across the boundaries of established sciences, every effort should be made to present research findings in a way that is understandable for a general readership. Manuscripts may be submitted as either research contributions or as a review article, and we also encourage the development of special issues on significant topics. Please note that studies of plate tectonics, sediment provenance and coal petrography are generally considered out of scope for the journal, and we can only normally consider submissions that are based on geological datasets or materials.- ISSN: 0031-0182
