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A window into the Pliocene Record of South Caucasus: fossil vertebrate fauna: paleoenvironmental and paleoclimatic reconstructions


The present article collection unites contributions dedicated to the study of the fossil record of a newly discovered site Jradzor in Armenia.


Santiago Roth and his scientific legacy: a reappraisal of the Swiss collections

This special issue marks a collection of comprehensive studies of unique palaeontological collections mainly in Zurich of diverse groups of mostly but not only mammals - in commemoration of Santiago Roth’s legacy, one century after his death.


Biology and palaeontology of cephalopods - remembering Sigurd von Boletzky

Sigurd von Boletzky dedicated most of his life as active researcher on the development, biology and evolution of coleoids and other cephalopods as well. Sigurd passed away in Switzerland on September 28th 2020. This Special Issue is dedicated to his memory.


Archive

The Swiss journal of Palaeontology was first published in 1874. Publishing Open Access from 2020. The electronic Archive from 2011 to Present can be found in SpringerLink.


Santiago Roth Palaeontological Collections

This special issue marks a collection of comprehensive studies of unique palaeontological collections mainly in Zurich of diverse groups of mostly but not only mammals - in commemoration of Santiago Roth’s legacy, one century after his death.

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Call for papers - 100 years of scientific excavations at UNESCO world heritage site Monte San Giorgio and global research on Triassic marine Lagerstätten

In 1924, Prof. Bernhard Peyer from the University of Zurich, Switzerland, began to excavate the exceptionally preserved fossils of the Ladinian ‘Grenzbitumenzone’ at Monte San Giorgio, Ticino.

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Editorial Board

Follow the link to read more about Swiss Journal of Palaeontology Editorial Board.

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Aims and scope

Swiss Journal of Palaeontology is an international fully Open Access peer-reviewed journal publishing original research and review articles of interest to the international community in the field of palaeontology. Manuscripts with palaeontological analyses comprising global data are equally welcome as such that document high-quality palaeontological data in a regional context. The diversity of published articles is reflected by the members of our editorial board.

We welcome contributions of all fields of palaeontology including alpha taxonomy & systematics, palaeobiology, palaeobiodiversity, palaeoenvironmemt, biostratigraphy, conservation palaeontology, palaeontological methodolgy, etc. including palaeontological studies employing up-to-date methods such as CT- or synchrotron-scanning, geochemical analyses and complex phylogenetic analyses.

The Swiss Journal of Palaeontology publishes Special Issues and also longer articles. Contact us if you have a proposal for special issues and proceedings volumes.

The Commission for the Swiss Journal of Palaeontology has funds available for outstanding contributions and review articles from researchers who lack funding for fully OA publication.

 
An international editorial team as well as guest editors guarantee that the thematic issues as well as all articles in regular issues are peer-reviewed and meet the highest standards.

 


Bibliographic Data
Swiss J Palaeontol
First published in 1874 as Schweizerische Paläontologische Abhandlungen
renamed in 2011
ISSN 1664-2376 (print)
ISSN 1664-2384 (electronic)

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Annual Journal Metrics

  • Citation Impact 2023
    Journal Impact Factor: 3.0
    5-year Journal Impact Factor: 1.9
    Source Normalized Impact per Paper (SNIP): 1.404
    SCImago Journal Rank (SJR): 0.918

    Speed 2023
    Submission to first editorial decision (median days): 10
    Submission to acceptance (median days): 86

    Usage 2023
    Downloads: 235,295
    Altmetric mentions: 719