The Journal of Paleontology publishes specimen-based research and welcomes your submission on all aspects of paleontology, including systematics, paleoecology, paleobiogeography, biostratigraphy, taphonomy, and evolution. Submissions on all fossil organismal groups and trace fossils are welcome.

The Journal of Paleontology is one of the two flagship journals of the Paleontological Society with a long tradition of publishing papers in systematic paleontology. The Journal of Paleontology is a very author-friendly journal with a rigorous review process, high quality formatting, and free online color figures. Articles published in the Journal of Paleontology are indexed by 18 organizations and platforms.

You may publish open access for free with a Read and Publish Agreement or a Paleontological Society discount. The Journal of Paleontology covers the cost of uploading all supplemental files to Dryad and Zenodo, making this free for authors. New zoological taxonomic names are registered on ZooBank by authors, and the Journal of Paleontology takes on the responsibility of updating this information after publication to ensure new names from Journal of Paleontology articles are always searchable online. When you publish in the Journal of Paleontology, you will receive a PDF of your article for personal use and unlimited e-mail or personal distribution. You retain the copyright of your article.