Micropaleontology

Established 1955

Micropaleontology is the oldest publication in our field

Established in 1955, the journal is published online with a subscription to print copies as an added option in six issues per year. The journal’s mission is to publish peer-reviewed research on the morphology, systematics, biology, ecology, and biostratigraphy of eukaryotic microfossils and their modern representatives.

ISSN print 0026-2803, online 1937-2795
Scimago Journal Rank 2-year Impact Factor: 0.959

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Latest Articles:
  • Upper Paleocene to lower Eocene microfacies, biostratigraphy, and paleoenvironmental reconstruction in the northern Farafra Oasis, Western Desert (Egypt)
    S. Farouk, M. Khalifa, M. Abu El-Hassan, C. Papazzoni, F. Frontalini, R. Coccioni, A. Zaky - online 19 Aug 2019
  • New data on some type species of Maastrichtian - Paleocene Dasycladales (Green algae) from Iran, Part 2 Hamulusella Elliott in Deloffre and Granier 1992
    F. Schlagintweit, K. Rashidi, H. Yarahmadzahi, S. Habibimood, M. Amirshahkarmi, H. Ahmadi, M. Mirjalili - online 16 Sep 2019
  • Benthic foraminiferal turnover at the Eocene–Oligocene transition in the Caltavuturo Formation cropping out near Santa Cristina Gela (Sicily)
    Andrea Benedetti - online 16 Sep 2019
  • Influence of an Upper Bathyal Whale-fall on Benthic Foraminifera of Monterey Canyon, California (USA)
    Mary McGann and Lonny Lundsten - online 16 Sep 2019
  • Jurassic Biostratigraphy in the Persian Gulf, South of Iran.
    Zohreh Ghalandari, Mohammad Vahidinia, and Seyyed Reza Mousavi-Harami Mousavi-Harami - online 16 Sep 2019
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Micropaleontology (vol. 65) and Stratigraphy (v. 16) are combined for a total of 10 issues, published as ready. Subscriptions are on annual basis, with all issues of the volume included. Printed copies add $17.50 per issue, to cover the cost of production and mailing. Discounted online subscriptions for unsupported individual professionals and students require approval by the editorial office.

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About the Editor

Prof. Mike Kaminski is a Full Professor at the Department of Geosciences at King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia. He started his academic career in 1979, graduating with a BS degree in Geology from Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey. He did his masters degree in Geology at the Jagiellonian University in Kraków Poland. In 1987, he was awarded his PhD in the subject of Oceanography from the W.H.O.I./M.I.T. Joint Program in the USA. In 2007, he defended his “Habilitation”(D.Sc.) thesis at the Polish Academy of Science.

His research, projects and teaching experience spans nearly 30 years, and has authored over 250 scientific publications. He has sailed on three Ocean Drilling Program and other oceanographic expeditions, most recently to the North Pole. Professor Kaminski is fluent in English and Polish and holds a Visiting Professorship at the AGH University of Science & Technology in Kraków. He is a member of the editorial boards of several academic journals, including Micropaleontology, Stratigraphy, the Revue de Micropaleontologie, Geological Quarterly, and the Grzybowski Foundation Special Publications. He has supervised over 60 graduate students.