Zootaxa
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| Discipline | |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Edited by | |
| Publication details | |
| History | 2001–present |
| Publisher | (New Zealand) |
| Frequency | Upon acceptance |
| Hybrid | |
| 1.091 (2020) | |
| Standard abbreviations | |
| ISO 4 | Zootaxa |
| Indexing | |
| ISSN | 1175-5326 (print) 1175-5334 (web) |
| OCLC no. | 49030618 |
| Links | |
)Zootaxa is a peer-reviewed scientific mega journal for animal taxonomists. It is published by (Auckland, New Zealand). The journal was established by in 2001 and new issues are published multiple times a week. From 2001 to 2020, more than 60,000 new species have been described in the journal accounting for around 25% of all new taxa indexed in The Zoological Record in the last few years.[1] Print and online versions are available.
Temporary suspension from JCR[]
The journal exhibited high levels of self-citation and its journal impact factor of 2019 was suspended from Journal Citation Reports in 2020, a sanction which hit 34 journals in total.[2] Biologist noted that high levels of self-citation may be inevitable for a journal which publishes a large share of new species classification.[3] Later that year this decision was reversed and it was admitted that levels of self-citation are appropriate considering the large proportion of papers from its field published by Zootaxa.[4]
See also[]
- ZooKeys, a fully open access zoological journal
- Phytotaxa, a botanical journal also published by Magnolia Press
References[]
- ^ Contributions of Zootaxa to biodiversity discovery: an overview of the first twenty years
- ^ Oransky, Author Ivan (2020-06-29). "Major indexing service sounds alarm on self-citations by nearly 50 journals". Retrieved 2020-07-01.
{{cite web}}:|first1=has generic name (help) - ^ Mounce, Ross (2020-07-03). "Suppression as a form of liberation?".
- ^ Major indexing service reverses decision to suppress two journals from closely followed metric
External links[]
- Official website
Media related to Zootaxa at Wikimedia Commons
Data related to Zootaxa at Wikispecies
- English-language journals
- Continuous journals
- Publications established in 2001
- Zoology journals
- Hybrid open access journals
- Magnolia Press academic journals
- Zoology journal stubs