Palaeoworld is a peer-reviewed academic journal with a focus on palaeontology and stratigraphy research in and around China.[2] It was founded in 1991 by the Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology at the Chinese Academy of Sciences (NIGPAS).[3] The journal has been published quarterly since 2006; prior to 2006, it did not adhere to a fixed publication schedule.[3]
 Cover of volume 25, issue 2 (June 2016). The theme of the issue is the systematics and biodiversity of Lagerstätten. | |
| Discipline | |
|---|---|
| Language | Chinese, English |
| Edited by | Qun Yang and David Harper |
| Publication details | |
| History | 1991–present |
| Publisher | Elsevier, on behalf of the Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology (China) |
| Frequency | Quarterly |
| Hybrid[1] | |
| 1.841 (2020) | |
| Standard abbreviations | |
| ISO 4 | Palaeoworld |
| Indexing | |
| ISSN | 1871-174X (print) 1875-5887 (web) |
| LCCN | 2007202708 |
| OCLC no. | 73667170 |
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The journal publishes articles from several specialised fields pertaining to palaeobiology and earth science, such as: fossil taxonomy; biostratigraphy, chemostratigraphy, and chronostratigraphy; evolutionary biology; evolutionary ecology; palaeoecology; palaeoclimatology; and molecular palaeontology.[2]
Its editors-in-chief are Shuzhong Shen of the State Key Laboratory of Palaeobiology and Stratigraphy at NIGPAS, and Norman MacLeod of the Natural History Museum, London.[4]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Palaeoworld: Open Access Articles". ScienceDirect. Elsevier. Retrieved 24 March 2017.
- ^ a b "Palaeoworld". Elsevier.com. Elsevier. Retrieved 24 March 2017.
- ^ a b Palaeoworld. Library of Congress. 1991. Retrieved 24 March 2017.
{{cite book}}:|website=ignored (help) - ^ "Palaeoworld Editorial Board". Elsevier.com. Elsevier. Retrieved 24 March 2017.
External links
edit- Official website (Elsevier.com)
- Official website (ScienceDirect)
- Palaeoworld (electronic version) in libraries (WorldCat catalog)
- Palaeoworld (print version) in libraries (WorldCat catalog)