Cladistics

Aims & Scope

Cladistics publishes high quality research papers on systematics, encouraging debate on all aspects of the field, from philosophy, theory and methodology to empirical studies and applications in biogeography, coevolution, conservation biology, ontogeny, genomics and paleontology.

Cladistics is read by scientists working in the research fields of evolution, systematics and integrative biology and enjoys a consistently high position in the ISI® rankings for evolutionary biology.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	6.2
2024	3.90

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	1471

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	542

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	1.973

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q1

h-index

Year	Value
2024	107

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Abstracting & Indexing

Journal is indexed in leading academic databases, ensuring global visibility and accessibility of our peer-reviewed research.

• Scopus
• Google Scholar
• Web of Science
• Medline

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Subjects & Keywords

Journal’s research areas, covering key disciplines and specialized sub-topics in Agricultural and Biological Sciences, designed to support cutting-edge academic discovery.

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Most Cited Articles

The Most Cited Articles section features the journal's most impactful research, based on citation counts. These articles have been referenced frequently by other researchers, indicating their significant contribution to their respective fields.

• TNT, a free program for phylogenetic analysis

  Citation: 4136

  Authors: Pablo A., James S., Kevin C.

• TESTING SIGNIFICANCE OF INCONGRUENCE

  Citation: 2907

  Authors: James S., Mari, Arnold G., Carol

• SequenceMatrix: concatenation software for the fast assembly of multi-gene datasets with character set and codon information

  Citation: 2044

  Authors: Gaurav, David J., Rudolf

• BRANCH SUPPORT AND TREE STABILITY

  Citation: 2010

  Authors: KaËšre

• <scp>TNT</scp> version 1.5, including a full implementation of phylogenetic morphometrics

  Citation: 1819

  Authors: Pablo A., Santiago A.

• The Parsimony Ratchet, a New Method for Rapid Parsimony Analysis

  Citation: 1296

  Authors: Kevin C.

• THE RETENTION INDEX AND THE RESCALED CONSISTENCY INDEX

  Citation: 1135

  Authors: James S.

• PARSIMONY JACKKNIFING OUTPERFORMS NEIGHBOR‐JOINING

  Citation: 1094

  Authors: James S., Victor A., Mari, Diana, Arnold G.

• ESTIMATING CHARACTER WEIGHTS DURING TREE SEARCH

  Citation: 910

  Authors: Pablo A.

• A review of long‐branch attraction

  Citation: 897

  Authors: Johannes

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