Paleontological Journal (Russian: Paleontologicheskii Zhurnal) is a monthly peer-reviewed

Peer review

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 Russian journal

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...

 established in 1967. It focuses on the paleontology and the fossil records of Eastern Europe and Asia. Articles are published simultaneously in Russian and English.

The journal is edited by Alexei Yu. Rozanov and published by MAIK Nauka/Interperiodica

Nauka

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Abstracting and indexing

Paleonotological Journal is indexed and abstracted in the following databases.

According to Journal Citation Reports

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, the journal has a 2010 impact factor

Impact factor

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