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]

Palaeoworld
Green cover with the journal title in red sans-serif type. Below the title are a list of editors and a greyscale photo of the well-preserved spine of a small animal. Images of fossils appear faintly in the background: The skull of a Tyrannosaurus rex, a trilobite, and a leafy plant.
Cover of volume 25, issue 2 (June 2016). The theme of the issue is the systematics and biodiversity of Lagerstätten.
Discipline
LanguageChinese, English
Edited byQun Yang and David Harper
Publication details
History1991–present
Publisher
Elsevier, on behalf of the Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology (China)
FrequencyQuarterly
Hybrid[1]
1.841 (2020)
Standard abbreviations
ISO 4Palaeoworld
Indexing
ISSN1871-174X (print)
1875-5887 (web)
LCCN2007202708
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]

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References edit

  1. ^ "Palaeoworld: Open Access Articles". ScienceDirect. Elsevier. Retrieved 24 March 2017.
  2. ^ a b "Palaeoworld". Elsevier.com. Elsevier. Retrieved 24 March 2017.
  3. ^ a b Palaeoworld. Library of Congress. 1991. Retrieved 24 March 2017. {{cite book}}: |website= ignored (help)
  4. ^ "Palaeoworld Editorial Board". Elsevier.com. Elsevier. Retrieved 24 March 2017.

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