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Journal of Systematic Palaeontology is a peer-reviewed journal published by Taylor & Francis, covering Evolution and Paleontology Studies, Paleontology and Evolutionary Biology, Ichthyology and Marine Biology.

PublisherTaylor & Francis
Reference styleAuthor–year (Chicago, T&F)
Author–year — (Smith, 2023) in the text
Smith, Ada, Ben Jones, and Cara Lee. 2023. "A Representative Article Title." Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 12 (3): 45–58.

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Publishes research inEvolution and Paleontology Studies Paleontology and Evolutionary Biology Ichthyology and Marine Biology Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils Fossil Insects in Amber
ISSN1477-2019
Citation impact (2-yr)3.02
h-index70
i10-index581
Total citations23,806
Top institutions publishing hereNatural History Museum
Journal websitewww.tandf.co.uk
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Papers published in Journal of Systematic Palaeontology per year

58
2014
41
2015
54
2016
77
2017
37
2018
75
2019
47
2020
62
2021
21
2022
34
2023
38
2024
49
2025

Citation impact of Journal of Systematic Palaeontology by publication year

1.5K
2014
923
2015
1.2K
2016
1.7K
2017
594
2018
1.3K
2019
780
2020
728
2021
212
2022
219
2023
234
2024
86
2025

Citations each year’s papers have accumulated so far — the most recent years are still building up.

Most-cited papers in Journal of Systematic Palaeontology

The phylogeny of the ornithischian dinosaurs

Richard J. Butler, Paul Upchurch, David Norman · 25 Sep 2007

Synopsis Ornithischia is a familiar and diverse clade of dinosaurs whose global phylogeny has remained largely unaltered since early cladistic analyses in the mid 1980s. Current understanding of ornithischian evolution is hampered by a paucity of explicitly numerical phylogenetic analyses that consider the entire clade. As a result, it is difficult to assess the robustness…

The phylogeny and classification of post-Palaeozoic echinoids

Andreas Kroh, Andrew B. Smith · 21 May 2010

The relationships of post-Palaeozoic echinoids at family level are established through phylogenetic analysis of 169 taxa and 306 skeletal characters (excluding pedicellariae). Previous phylogenetic analyses of echinoids have either examined specific subgroups in detail or have looked at a relatively small number of taxa selected from across the class, with sparse sampling potentially affecting the…

The phylogeny of Tetanurae (Dinosauria: Theropoda)

Matthew T. Carrano, Roger Benson, Scott D. Sampson · 17 May 2012

Tetanuran theropods represent the majority of Mesozoic predatory dinosaur diversity and the lineage leading to extant Aves. Thus their history is relevant to understanding the evolution of dinosaur diversity, Mesozoic terrestrial ecosystems, and modern birds. Previously, the fragmentary and poorly sampled fossil record of basal (non-coelurosaur) tetanurans led to uncertainties regarding their basic interrelationships. This…

The Phylogeny of Ceratosauria (Dinosauria: Theropoda)

Matthew T. Carrano, Scott D. Sampson · 31 Oct 2007

Synopsis Recent discoveries and analyses have drawn increased attention to Ceratosauria, a taxonomically and morphologically diverse group of basal theropods. By the time of its first appearance in the Late Jurassic, the group was probably globally distributed. This pattern eventually gave way to a primarily Gondwanan distribution by the Late Cretaceous. Ceratosaurs are one of…

The higher-level phylogeny of Archosauria (Tetrapoda: Diapsida)

Stephen L. Brusatte, Michael J. Benton, Julia B. Desojo et al. · 15 Mar 2010

Crown group Archosauria, which includes birds, dinosaurs, crocodylomorphs, and several extinct Mesozoic groups, is a primary division of the vertebrate tree of life. However, the higher-level phylogenetic relationships within Archosauria are poorly resolved and controversial, despite years of study. The phylogeny of crocodile-line archosaurs (Crurotarsi) is particularly contentious, and has been plagued by problematic taxon…

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Journal of Systematic Palaeontology uses Author–year (Chicago, T&F) references, shown as author–year markers such as (Smith, 2023) in the text. DocuGuru formats every in-text citation and the reference list in this exact style automatically. A reference appears like this: Smith, Ada, Ben Jones, and Cara Lee. 2023. "A Representative Article Title." Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 12 (3): 45–58.
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