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Fossil Record

Abbreviation (ISO):FOSSIL REC
Country: Updating•WoS SCIE Quartile: Q1•Identifier (ISSN):1435-1943(Print)•Articles / Year: 19
Clarivate IF (2026)Q1
2
↓ -0.1

Leading citation impact metric from Clarivate Journal Citation Reports

JCR Release Date: 2026-06-17
H-Index (2021)
12

12 papers with at least that number of citations each

WoS: SCIE / JCRQ1
Self-Citation Rate5.3%
Safe Level (< 15%)Warning Level (> 20%)
Self-citation below 15% indicates strong scholarly independence.
Volume & Open AccessSubscription
19articles/year
N/A Gold OA•N/A Original Research

State Council for Professorship (HĐGSNN) Scoring

Quyết định số 26/QĐ-HĐGSNN ngày 11/7/2025 (Mục quốc tế)

2.00pts
Latest Max Score
Estimated (Dec 26)
Scoring Basis: WoS Q1(IF: 2)

HĐGSNN Score History

By article publication year
YearMax ScoreEvaluation DetailsSource
20262.00đ
WoS Q1(IF: 2)
🔵 Computed
20252.00đ
WoS Q1(IF: 2.1)
🔵 Computed
20242.00đ
WoS Q1(IF: 1.9)
🔵 Computed
20232.00đ
WoS Q1(IF: 1.4)
🔵 Computed
20222.00đ
WoS Q1(IF: 1.69)
🔵 Computed
20212.00đ
WoS Q1(IF: 2.091)
🔵 Computed
20202.00đ
WoS Q1(IF: 2.081)
🔵 Computed

Note: Domestic journal scores are officially collected from annual HĐGSNN decisions across councils. International journal scores are dynamically computed according to Decision 26/QĐ-HĐGSNN based on quartile and citation metrics in the publication year.

Aims & Scope

Fossil Record (FR) is the palaeontological journal of the Museum für Naturkunde Berlin. This journal was founded in 1998 under the name Mitteilungen aus dem Museum für Naturkunde Berlin, Geowissenschaftliche Reihe and appears with two issues each year. Fossil Record publishes original papers in all areas of palaeontology including the taxonomy and systematics of fossil organisms, biostratigraphy, palaeoecology, and evolution. All taxonomic groups are treated, including invertebrates, microfossils, plants, and vertebrates.

Topics Covered (Recognized by AI)
Biology92%Geology76.7%Paleontology74.3%Ecology67.1%Botany50.1%Zoology49.1%Geomorphology34.7%Structural basin32.6%Medicine30.2%Chemistry28.4%Geography27.9%Genus26.3%Genetics23.1%Anatomy22.5%Fishery21%
Primary Research Areas

SCImago & Scopus Journal Intelligence

Not indexed in SCImago / Scopus database

This journal is currently not indexed in Scopus or is an academic publication indexed exclusively in Web of Science (WoS).

Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) Classification

Major / minor zone classification and CAS Early Warning List history

Major Category (Broad Field):
2区 (Zone 2)Earth Sciences
Minor Category (Specific Field):
2区PALEONTOLOGY
CAS Early Warning List History:
Updated annually: 2020 – 2024
2020
Not warned
2021
Not warned
2022
Not warned
2023
Not warned
2024
Not warned

WoS Categories & Quartiles

Detailed JCR / JCI category rankings and quartile breakdown from Clarivate

Clarivate JCR & JCI
CategoryIndexRankQuartile
PALEONTOLOGY
JCRSCIE
12/58Q1
PALEONTOLOGY
JCISCIE
4/58Q1

Annual Historical Statistics & Publications

Track annual publication volume, total citations, and Impact Factor evolution

12 year
YearImpact FactorArticles / YearTotal Citations
2026—190
20252.13128
20241.94471
20231.41370
20221.6920145
20212.09131201
20202.08117197
2019—1269
2018—21292
2017—16282
2016—11115
2015—9103
Academic Metric Intelligence

Journal Metrics & Citation Visualizations

Impact Factor Trend (2018–2024)

Clarivate IF trend for Fossil Record

WoS Q1
01232020202120222023202420252.10
Annual Impact Factor Metric
2025:2.1

Total Cites vs Self-Cites

Evaluation of scholarly independence and citation reach

Total citations steady growth
Self-citation: 5.3%

Citations per Document

Citation metric windows across 2, 3, and 4 years

Cites / Doc (4 years)Cites / Doc (3 years)Cites / Doc (2 years)

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Database Updated: 2026-10-01