''Palaeontology'' is one of the two
scientific journal
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Content
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s of the
Palaeontological Association
The Palaeontological Association (PalAss for short) is a charitable organisation based in the UK founded in 1957 for the promotion of the study of palaeontology and allied sciences.
Publications
The Association publishes two main journals: ' ...
(the other being ''
Papers in Palaeontology''). It was established in 1957 and is published on behalf of the Association by
Wiley-Blackwell
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. The
editor-in-chief
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is Barry Lomax (University of Nottingham). ''Palaeontology'' publishes articles on a range of palaeontological topics, including
taphonomy
Taphonomy is the study of how organisms decay and become fossilized or preserved in the paleontological record. The term ''taphonomy'' (from Greek , 'burial' and , 'law') was introduced to paleontology in 1940 by Soviet scientist Ivan Efremov t ...
, functional morphology,
systematics, palaeo-environmental reconstruction and
biostratigraphy
Biostratigraphy is the branch of stratigraphy which focuses on correlating and assigning relative ages of rock Stratum, strata by using the fossil assemblages contained within them.Hine, Robert. “Biostratigraphy.” ''Oxford Reference: Dictiona ...
. According to the ''
Journal Citation Reports
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'', the journal has a 2017
impact factor
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of 3.730, ranking it 1st out of 55 journals in the category "Paleontology".
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Paleontology journals
Publications established in 1957
English-language journals
Wiley-Blackwell academic journals
Bimonthly journals
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