Journal profile · Paleontology
Comptes Rendus Palevol
ISSN 1631-0683 · eISSN 1777-571X · Elsevier Masson · FRANCE · Bimonthly · Founded 2002
Comptes Rendus Palevol: CAS Zone 4 · Earth Sciences (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 1.11; diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review 6–12 weeks (community reports); community-reported acceptance: easy (Elsevier website: 89%); 30 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Comptes Rendus Palevol is published by Elsevier Masson and is in Zone 4 of Earth Sciences in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Evolution and Paleontology Studies, Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology and Paleontology and Evolutionary Biology, together about 39% of its articles. Its main subfields are Paleontology. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Comptes Rendus Palevol is a fully electronic and peer-reviewed journal, with a continuous publication stream, devoted to palaeontology, prehistory and evolutionary sciences. It publishes original research results, in French or English, in the following domains: systematic and human palaeontology, prehistory, evolutionary biology and macroevolution, and history of sciences. Thematic issues may also be published under the responsibility of a guest editor.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Paleontology
Editor-in-chief Michel LaurinPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Evolution and Paleontology StudiesEarth and Planetary Sciences16.6%
- Pleistocene-Era Hominins and ArchaeologySocial Sciences13.9%
- Paleontology and Evolutionary BiologyEarth and Planetary Sciences8.6%
- Geology and Paleoclimatology ResearchEarth and Planetary Sciences6.8%
- Paleontology and Stratigraphy of FossilsEarth and Planetary Sciences5.8%
- Archaeology and ancient environmental studiesEarth and Planetary Sciences4.9%
- Ichthyology and Marine BiologyEnvironmental Science4.5%
- Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology StudiesArts and Humanities3.8%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Earth Sciences Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Earth Sciences | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Paleontology | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Earth Sciences Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Earth Sciences | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Paleontology | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Earth Sciences Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Earth Sciences | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Paleontology | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SCIEScopusDOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
INSPECGeoRefCurrent ContentsPublisher website
Other: Cambridge Scientific Abstracts, ISI Alerting Services®
As the journal's website lists them, not checked against each database; for Web of Science editions the records above apply.
Editions, and major and minor categories, are shown separately and never merged into one zone; check which edition your institution uses before you submit or report.
Metrics
Impact metrics and publication volume
Impact
- Impact factor
- 1.11LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2002
- 2Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 3LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher)
- 67Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.56LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.8LetPub ·
- h-index
- 40LetPub ·
- h-index
- 67OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 860OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.76OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 8.3%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 98.91%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 29LetPub ·
- Articles per year (publisher)
- 2,002Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,743 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 18 | 18 | 2 |
| 2025 | 30 | 30 | 64 |
| 2024 | 31 | 31 | 73 |
| 2023 | 38 | 38 | 83 |
| 2022 | 45 | 45 | 209 |
| 2021 | 45 | 45 | 213 |
Sources count differently and were observed at different times, so each source's own value is kept; "publisher" marks figures from the journal's website.
Review & acceptance
Review time and acceptance
- Average review time (community reports)
- 6–12 weeksLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- 89%LetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 48 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Double anonymous peer reviewDOAJ
Community reports come from authors' own submissions (confidence 0.5) and are not a promise from the journal; for publisher figures, the journal's own definitions apply.
Fees & open access
APC and open-access policy
Diamond open access (no APC)DOAJ
Every article is open access and authors pay no article processing charge.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOAJ | No APC | No | CC BY |
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Submission
Article types and submission policies (journal website)
Article types accepted1
- articleElle publie des résultats originaux de recherche, en français et en anglais, dans les domaines suivants : systématique, paléontologie humaine, préhistoire, biol…Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteLicense & copyright, Open access, Preprints
- License & copyright
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License Model summary
Les articles de la revue sont sous licence Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access
Diamond open access, no fees for authors Model summary
Comptes Rendus Palevol est une revue en accès libre "diamant", librement accessible sur son site internet et disponible en ligne dès sa parution, sans frais pour les auteurs.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Preprints
Archived via Zenodo Model summary
Comptes Rendus Palevol est archivée via la plateforme Zenodo.
Source ↗Publisher website ·
Excerpts are quoted from the journal's website; "model summary" lines are written by Workers AI and checked against the text. The journal's website is authoritative.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Elsevier Masson
- Country or region
- FRANCE
- Language
- French
- Frequency
- Bimonthly
- Founded
- 2002
- ISSN
- 1631-0683
- Electronic ISSN
- 1777-571X
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗DOAJ
- Submission system ↗LetPub
- Author guidelines ↗DOAJ
- Aims & Scope ↗DOAJ
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗DOAJ
- Editorial board ↗DOAJ
- Plagiarism policy ↗DOAJ
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Comptes Rendus Palevol
What CAS zone is Comptes Rendus Palevol in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Comptes Rendus Palevol is in Zone 4 of Earth Sciences, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Paleontology. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 3 of Earth Sciences. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Comptes Rendus Palevol?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 1.11; CiteScore 3, h-index 67.
How long does peer review take at Comptes Rendus Palevol?
Authors report an average review time of 6–12 weeks; the community-reported acceptance is “Easy (Elsevier website: 89%)”. Article statistics cover accepted papers only, publisher figures follow the journal's own definitions, and community reports come from authors' own submissions; none is a promise from the journal.
Which databases index Comptes Rendus Palevol?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Comptes Rendus Palevol is indexed in SCIE, Scopus and DOAJ. The journal's website also lists INSPEC, GeoRef and Current Contents; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Comptes Rendus Palevol open access, and what is the APC?
Comptes Rendus Palevol is a diamond open-access journal (no APC). It charges no article processing charge.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, Publisher website, OpenAlex, DOAJ; every figure is tagged with its source and the date it was observed, and conflicting values are kept per source. LetPub source page: view ↗ (archived 2026-08-26). Last updated: .