Owing to its specialised methodology, palaeoecology is often regarded as a separate field from ecology, even though it is essential for understanding long-term ecological processes that have shaped the ecosystems that ecologists study and manage. Despite advances in ecological modelling, sample dating, and proxy-based reconstructions facilitating direct comparison of palaeoecological data with neo-ecological data, most of the scientific knowledge derived from palaeoecological studies remains siloed. We surveyed a group of palaeo-researchers with experience in crossing the divide between palaeoecology and neo-ecology, to develop Ten Simple Rules for publishing your palaeoecological research in non-palaeo journals. Our 10 rules are divided into the preparation phase, writing phase, and finalising phase when the article is submitted to the target journal. These rules provide a suite of strategies, including improved networking early in the process, building effective collaborations, transmitting results more efficiently to improve cross-disciplinary accessibility, and integrating concepts and methodologies that appeal to ecologists and a wider readership. Adhering to these Ten Simple Rules can ensure palaeoecologists' findings are more accessible and impactful among ecologists and the wider scientific community. Although this article primarily shows examples of how palaeoecological studies were published in journals for a broader audience, the rules apply to anyone who aims to publish outside specialised journals.

Centre for Environmental Change and Quaternary Research University of Gloucestershire Cheltenham United Kingdom

Climate Change Ecology Research Unit Adam Mickiewicz University Poznań Poland

Copernicus Institute of Sustainable Development Utrecht University Utrecht the Netherlands

Czech University of Life Sciences Prague Czech Republic

Departamento de Física e Ciencias da Terra Centro Interdisciplinar de Química e Bioloxía Universidade da Coruña Coruña Spain

Département de géographie Université de Montréal Montréal Canada

Department of Applied Earth Sciences Uva Wellassa University Badulla Sri Lanka

Department of Biology University of Bergen and Bjerknes Centre for Climate Research Bergen Norway

Department of Forest Ecology and Management Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences Umeå Sweden

Department of Geography and Environmental Sciences University of Maryland Baltimore County Maryland United States of America

Department of Geomorphology and Quaternary Geology University of Gdańsk Gdańsk Poland

Department of Physical Geography and Bolin Centre for Climate Research Stockholm University Stockholm Sweden

Department Umweltwissenschaften University of Basel Basel Switzerland

EDYTEM Université Savoie Mont Blanc CNRS Le Bourget du Lac France

Escuela de Geografía Universidad de Costa Rica San José Costa Rica

Geosciences Barcelona CSIC Barcelona Spain

Intituto de Ciencias del Mar y Limnología Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México Ciudad de México Mexico

Marine and Continental Waters Programme Institute for Agrifood Technology and Research La Ràpita Spain

Paleoecological Environmental Assessment and Research Lab Department of Biology Queen's University Kingston Canada

Paul Scherrer Institute Villigen Switzerland

School of Earth and Environment University of Leeds Leeds United Kingdom

School of Environmental Sciences University of Hull Hull United Kingdom

School of Geography and Sustainable Development University of St Andrews St Andrews United Kingdom

School of Geography Environmental Management and Energy Studies University of Johannesburg Johannesburg South Africa

School of Physics Chemistry and Earth Sciences University of Adelaide Adelaide Australia

Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona Bellaterra Catalonia Spain

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