The Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology (JVP)

History and Coverage
The Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology (or JVP) was founded in 1980 at the University of Oklahoma by Dr. Jiri Zidek, with financial support from the University of Oklahoma Presidential Associates Fund; publication of the JVP was continued in 1984 by the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology. It publishes original contributions on all aspects of the subject, including vertebrate origins, evolution, functional morphology, taxonomy, phylogeny, biostratigraphy, paleoecology, taphonomy, paleobiogeography, and paleoanthropology.

Impact Factors

The Journal is included in the ISI Science Citation Index.  In the 2011 Journal Citation Report® the Journal had an Impact Factor of 2.214, ranking it at 6th out of 49 journals in the Paleontology category at ISI.

Information for Authors

The Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology (JVP) is the bimonthly journal of the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology. It is devoted to studies on the evolution, functional morphology, taxonomy, phylogeny,  biostratigraphy, paleoecology and paleobiogeography of fossil vertebrates. JVP publishes high quality peer-reviewed original articles, and occasional reviews, interdisciplinary papers and book reviews. It is international in scope, and emphasizes both specimen- and field-based based research and the use of high quality illustrations.  Priority is given to articles dealing with topics of broad interest to the entire vertebrate paleontology community and to high-impact specialist studies. Articles dealing with narrower topics, including notes on taxonomic name changes (unless these deal with errors published in in JVP), preliminary site reports, and documentation of new specimens of well-known taxa, are afforded lower priority. Go to Information for Authors...