期刊缩写       J PALEONTOL

期刊全称       JOURNAL OF PALEONTOLOGY 古生物学杂志

期刊ISSN      0022-3360

2013-2014最新影响因子     1.199

期刊官方网站       http://www.journalofpaleontology.org/

期刊投稿网址       http://www.journalofpaleontology.org/instructions.htm

通讯方式       PALEONTOLOGICAL SOC INC, 810 EAST 10TH ST, LAWRENCE, USA, KS, 66044

涉及的研究方向    地学-古生物学

出版国家       UNITED STATES

出版周期       Bimonthly

出版年份       1927

年文章数       84

PubMed Central (PMC)链接 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nlmcatalog?term=0022-3360%5BISSN%5D

平均审稿速度（网友分享经验）       较慢,6-12周

平均录用比例（网友分享经验）       容易

 

 

Publisher: Society of Economic Paleontologists and Mineralogists; Paleontological Society; American Association of Petroleum Geologists; Geological Society of America

 

A publication of The Paleontological Society

 

EDITORS:  Brian Pratt and Steve Hageman                    

Production Editor:  Kathleen Huber

Email may be sent to jpaleo@si.edu

The Journal of Paleontology publishes original articles and notes on the systematics, phylogeny, paleoecology, paleogeography, and evolution of fossil organisms. It emphasizes specimen-based research and features high quality illustrations. All taxonomic groups are treated, including invertebrates, microfossils, plants, vertebrates, and ichnofossils.

 

 

Journal of Paleontology

INSTRUCTIONS FOR AUTHORS

 

Journal of Paleontology accepts only online manuscript submissions through the website: http://journalofpaleontology.allentrack.net

Correspondence will be conducted only through the corresponding author who is normally the person who has submitted the manuscript.

For questions regarding online submissions, please contact the editorial offices at:  jpaleo@si.edu

As you prepare your manuscript, please refer to the following guidelines, as well as previous issues.

 

EDITORIAL POLICY

Journal of Paleontology publishes authoritative manuscripts on all aspects of paleontology, including systematics, phylogeny, paleoecology, paleobiogeography, biostratigraphy, taphonomy and evolution. It emphasizes specimen-based research and features illustrations of the highest quality possible. Manuscripts treating all fossil organism groups are welcome, including invertebrates, vertebrates, plants, algae and microorganisms of all sorts, as well as ichnofossils (trace fossils).

Because journal space is limited, manuscripts that demonstrate broad significance will be given a higher priority for acceptance. Those that simply describe a single new taxon (particularly a single new species) have a low priority—that a taxon is simply new to science or newly reported in a region is not in itself sufficient justification for publication. Splitting faunas or floras into a series of short descriptive manuscripts is less desirable than a more comprehensive contribution. Manuscripts giving just a catalog of taxa and only limited application are also given a low priority. Assessing the significance of manuscripts is ultimately at the discretion of the editors. It is assumed that all authors are responsible for the material, including the taxonomy, and have approved of the submitted manuscript.

The editors reserve the right to edit final versions of manuscripts for style, format and conciseness. Manuscripts deemed deficient in these aspects upon submission will be returned to the corresponding author without review. For geologic and scientific usage, follow reliable guides such as Suggestions to Authors of the Reports of the United States Geological Survey (seventh edition, 1991); for geographic names, a recognized English-language atlas; for general usage, sentence structure, and punctuation, The Chicago Manual of Style (sixteenth edition, 2010) and Strunk & White’s brief handbook The Elements of Style (fourth edition, 2000); and American spelling in Webster’s Third New International Dictionary. Excessive editing at the galley stage will be charged back to the author.

The editors reserve the right to decide if figures are acceptable or not. Manuscripts may be returned to the corresponding author with the request to improve image quality before or after being sent out for review.

 

CONTRIBUTION TYPES

Articles are up to 40 printed pages. Authors are asked to pay as much of the page charges as they can for articles of all lengths. Paying extra page charges is mandatory for articles that run 26–40 pages. Check with editorial staff for the current page rate charged by Allen Press.

Taxonomic Notes are for nomenclatural adjustments, normally to names previously published in Journal of Paleontology. This is not a venue, however, for petitions to overrule provisions in the codes of zoological or botanical nomenclature. Notes do not contain an abstract.

Memoirs are over 40 printed pages. Allow approximately 3.5 double-spaced manuscript pages for each printed page. Authors must pay full page charges.

 

GENERAL SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS

?       Manuscripts must be complete at submission, containing all information necessary and ready for publication. Manuscripts found to be incomplete (e.g., missing catalog numbers, misnumbered figures, incomplete references, etc.) will be returned without review.

?        Double-space the entire manuscript, including abstract, text, references, tables, figure captions, and appendices.

?        Number all pages, beginning with the title page.

?        Line numbering is allowed though not necessary.

?        Use a standard sérif font for the text (e.g., Times New Roman), 12 point only.

?        Italicize genus and species names, but not other taxonomic names.

?        Separate sentences with a single space after the period.

?        Use formatting commands rather than spaces and tabs.

?        Do not right-justify text.

?        Do not break words with a hyphen at the right margin.

?        Do not use footnotes.

?        Figures and tables must be cited in consecutive order in the text.

?        Use Appendices for large tables and listings that are critical for the text. Appendices will be included at the end of the article (both print and online).

?        Use Supplementary Data for extensive tables or listings such as specimens examined and detailed locality information if they are not critical for the text as this will conserve journal space (cited files will be archived online at Dryad: http://datadryad.org/using)

?        Authors are required to suggest two potential reviewers upon submission and encouraged to suggest more.

?        Authors may indicate potential reviewers whom they wish not to be asked to referee the manuscript, but this should be reserved for those with a real conflict of interest.