Zootaxa

Peer-reviewed scientific mega journal
Academic journal
  • Taxonomy
  • Zoology
LanguageEnglishEdited byZhi-Qiang ZhangPublication detailsHistory2001–presentPublisher
Magnolia Press (New Zealand)
FrequencyUpon acceptance
Open access
Hybrid
Impact factor
1.091 (2020)Standard abbreviations
ISO 4 (alt) · Bluebook (alt1 · alt2)
NLM (alt) · MathSciNet (alt Paid subscription required)ISO 4ZootaxaIndexing
CODEN (alt · alt2) · JSTOR (alt) · LCCN (alt)
MIAR · NLM (alt) · ScopusISSN1175-5326 (print)
1175-5334 (web)
OCLC no.49030618Links
  • Journal homepage
  • Online access

Zootaxa is a peer-reviewed scientific mega journal for animal taxonomists. It is published by Magnolia Press (Auckland, New Zealand). The journal was established by Zhi-Qiang Zhang 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 Ross Mounce 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

  1. ^ Contributions of Zootaxa to biodiversity discovery: an overview of the first twenty years
  2. ^ Oransky, Ivan (2020-06-29). "Major indexing service sounds alarm on self-citations by nearly 50 journals". Retrieved 2020-07-01.
  3. ^ Mounce, Ross (2020-07-03). "Suppression as a form of liberation?".
  4. ^ 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


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