The Journal of Systematic Palaeontology (Print: , online: ) is a peer-reviewed

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 quarterly scientific journal

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 of paleontology

Paleontology

Paleontology "old, ancient", ὄν, ὀντ- "being, creature", and λόγος "speech, thought") is the study of prehistoric life. It includes the study of fossils to determine organisms' evolution and interactions with each other and their environments...

 published by Taylor & Francis

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 on behalf of the British Natural History Museum

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. , the editor-in-chief is Paul D. Taylor.

The journal covers papers on new or poorly known faunas and floras and new approaches to systematics

Systematics

Biological systematics is the study of the diversification of terrestrial life, both past and present, and the relationships among living things through time. Relationships are visualized as evolutionary trees...

. It was established in 2003. According to the Journal Citation Reports

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, the journal has a 2009 impact factor

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of 3.613, ranking it second out of 41 journals in the category "Paleontology".