The Journal of Paleolimnology is an active, peer-reviewed multidisciplinary journal dedicated to the study of lake histories and inland waters. It was established in 1988 and is published quarterly by Springer.

This Journal of Paleolimnology provides a vehicle for the rapid dissemination of original scientific work dealing with the reconstruction of lake histories. Although the majority of papers deal with lakes, it also publishes paleoenvironmental studies of river, wetland, peatland and estuary systems. In addition to original data and ideas, the Journal of Paleolimnology publishes review articles, commentaries, book reviews and program announcements. 

The journal is multidisciplinary in nature, and publishes papers concerned with biological, chemical, physical, and geological methods that are used to reconstruct and interpret lake histories as well as those dealing with climatic change, as well as other pressing topics, such as global environmental change, lake acidification, eutrophication, long-term monitoring, and other aspects of lake histories ontogeny.

This Internet Archive Collection contains microfilm published between 1991 and 2002.

Journal of Paleolimnology can be found online at https://www.springer.com/journal/10933

The ISSN is 0921-2728