The Journal of Systematic Palaeontology (Print: ISSN 1477-2019, online: ISSN 1478-0941) is a peer-reviewed quarterly scientific journal of paleontology published by Taylor & Francis on behalf of the British Natural History Museum. As of 2009, the editor-in-chief is Paul D. Taylor.
The journal covers papers on new or poorly known faunas and floras and new approaches to systematics. It was established in 2003. According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2009 impact factor of 3.613, ranking it second out of 41 journals in the category "Paleontology".
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