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Quaternary publishes Special Issues to create collections of papers on specific topics, with the aim of building a community of authors and readers to discuss the latest research and develop new ideas and research directions. Special Issues are led by Guest Editors, who are experts on the topic and all Special Issue submissions follow MDPI's standard editorial process. The journal’s Editor-in-Chief and/or designated Editorial Board Member will oversee Guest Editor appointments and Special Issue proposals, checking their content for relevance and ensuring the suitability of the material for the journal. The papers published in a Special Issue will be collected and displayed on a dedicated page of the journal’s website. Further information on MDPI's Special Issue policies and Guest Editor responsibilities can be found here. For any inquiries related to a Special Issue, please contact the Editorial Office.

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Geoheritage and Geoconservation of Quaternary Geosites submission deadline 30 Aug 2025 | Viewed by 321 | Submission Open
Keywords: geoheritage; geological and geomorphological sites; geoconservation; quaternary geology; quaternary palaeontology collections; gemmology; quaternary volcanism; fluvial and landscape evolution; archaeological stratigraphy
Environmental Changes and Their Significance for Sustainability submission deadline 20 Sep 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 3053 | Submission Open
Keywords: environmental change; hazard risk; sustainable land surface evolution; sustainable land surface processes
Past Practice and Future Prospects in Coastal Environmental Reconstructions
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submission deadline 20 Oct 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 6715 | Submission Open
Keywords: coastal environments; marine depositional systems; facies analysis; seismic and sequence stratigraphy; sedimentary record; human settlements; geoarcheology; coastal hazard; GIS studies in coastal areas; micropaleontology; sedimentology; tephrostratigraphy
Best Practices in Luminescence Dating of Challenging Sedimentary Archives submission deadline 30 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 149 | Submission Open
Keywords: luminescence dating; challenging sedimentary contexts; best practices; age modeling; methodological innovation
Archaeology in the Late Quaternary: Emerging Materials, Methods, Issues and Perspectives
edited by Yong Ge
submission deadline 10 Nov 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1788 | Submission Open
Keywords: archaeology; archaeobotany; archaeometry; stone tools; artefacts
Advances in Paleopathology and Paleohistology in Quaternary Vertebrates
edited by , , and Vijay Sathé
submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 794 | Submission Open
Keywords: Quaternary; pathology; bone tissues; histology; mammals; reptiles; Aves; life history; extinction
Quaternary Birds of the Planet of First, Ancient and Modern Humans
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submission deadline 10 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1035 | Submission Open
Keywords: diversity; extinction; utilization; art; resource; ranges; domestication; decline
From Source to Sink: Sedimentary Archives and Its Palaeo-Environmental Implications During Quaternary
edited by Yan Li
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1239 | Submission Open
Keywords: sedimentology; seismic and sequence stratigraphy; chronology; facies analysis; sedimentary record; catastrophic sedimentation; micropaleontology sedimentology
Paleoecology, Evolution, Biogeography and Systematics of Quaternary Mammals
edited by and Joaquín Arroyo-Cabrales
submission deadline 10 Jan 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 4412 | Submission Open
Keywords: paleoecology; mammals; stable isotopes; extinction; biogeography; paleoclimate; morphology; trace fossils
Interdisciplinary Research into Cultural and Biological Transformations in the Paleolithic Period: 2nd Edition
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submission deadline 20 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 345 | Submission Open
Keywords: paleolithic; transformations; adaptation; cultural and biological evolution; lithic technologies; human evolution; faunal turnovers; symbolic behavior
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