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Fossil Record A palaeontological open-access journal of the Museum für Naturkunde

Journal metrics

  • IF value: 1.250 IF 1.250
  • IF 5-year<br/> value: 1.373 IF 5-year
    1.373
  • CiteScore<br/> value: 1.23 CiteScore
    1.23
  • SNIP value: 0.954 SNIP 0.954
  • SJR value: 0.820 SJR 0.820
  • IPP value: 1.519 IPP 1.519
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Open access Article level metrics Moderate APCs
Chief editors:
Constanze
Bickelmann
,
Rene
Hoffmann
,
Christian
Klug
,
Johannes
Müller
,
Torsten
Scheyer
&
Florian
Witzmann

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.

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Extended agreement with the Leibniz Association 03 May 2018

As of 1 May 2018 the centralized payment of article processing charges (APCs) with the Leibniz Association has been extended to 53 Leibniz Institutions participating in the Leibniz Association's Open Access Publishing Fund.

New institutional agreement between the PIK and Copernicus Publications 24 Aug 2017

Authors from the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) will profit from a new institutional agreement with Copernicus Publications starting 23 August 2017. The agreement which is valid for the first author enables a direct settlement of article processing charges (APCs) between the PIK and the publisher.

Update of publication policy 04 Jul 2017

The updated publication policy now is extended by the journal's open access statement, its archiving and indexing scheme, and explicit policies on corrections and retractions.

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