Vertebrate Zoology

Aims & Scope

Research fields covered by VERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY are ta‍xo‍no‍my, mor‍pho‍logy, an‍at‍omy, phy‍lo‍ge‍ny (mo‍le‍cu‍lar and mor‍pho‍lo‍gy-based), hi‍sto‍ri‍cal bio‍geo‍gra‍phy, and pa‍lae‍on‍to‍lo‍gy of ver‍te‍bra‍tes.

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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.

Licensing & Copyright

This journal operates under an Open Access model. Articles are freely accessible to the public immediately upon publication. The content is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0), allowing users to share and adapt the work with proper attribution.

Copyright remains with the author(s), and no permission is required for non-commercial use, provided the original source is cited.

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Plagiarism Policy

This journal follows a plagiarism policy. All submitted manuscripts are screened using reliable plagiarism detection software to ensure originality and academic integrity. Authors are responsible for proper citation and acknowledgment of all sources, and any form of plagiarism, including self-plagiarism, will not be tolerated.

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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.

• Checklist of Chelonians of the World

  Citation: 144

  Authors: Uwe, Peter

• Diversity and evolution of the Middle American cichlid fishes (Teleostei: Cichlidae) with revised classification

  Citation: 87

  Authors: Oldrich, Lubomír, Klára, Jindřich

• Multigene phylogeny of cyprinodontiform fishes suggests continental radiations and a rogue taxon position of Pantanodon

  Citation: 53

  Authors: Moritz, Finn, Axel, Miguel

• Describing the smaller majority: integrative taxonomy reveals twenty-six new species of tiny microhylid frogs (genus Stumpffia) from Madagascar

  Citation: 50

  Authors: Andolalao, Mark, Frank, Jörn, Franco, Michael, Julian, Oliver, Teppei, Akira, Serge, Noromalala, Jana, Mark-Oliver, Gonçalo, David, Angelica, Miguel

• A scale atlas for common Mediterranean teleost fishes

  Citation: 40

  Authors: Zsuzsanna, Timo

• Phylogenetic partitioning of the third-largest vertebrate genus in the world, Cyrtodactylus Gray, 1827 (Reptilia; Squamata; Gekkonidae) and its relevance to taxonomy and conservation

  Citation: 38

  Authors: L. Lee, Perry L., Nikolay A., Minh D., Fred, Ishan, Paul M., Sang N., Truong Q., Suranjan, Luke J., Bryan L., Vinh Q., Aaron M., Kyle A., Evan S. H., Kin O., Thomas, Hanh, Roman A., Anchalee, Siriwadee, Chatmongkon, Cameron D., Shahrul, Ngo V., Jesse L.

• Intraspecific differentiation of Sino-Himalayan bush-dwelling Phylloscopus leaf warblers, with description of two new taxa (P. fuscatus, P. fuligiventer, P. affinis, P. armandii, P. subaffinis)

  Citation: 33

  Authors: Jochen, Yue-Hua, Martin

• Phylogeography and taxonomy of the barred grass snake (Natrix helvetica), with a discussion of the subspecies category in zoology

  Citation: 30

  Authors: Carolin, Uwe

• Taxonomic checklist of chameleons (Squamata: Chamaeleonidae)

  Citation: 29

  Authors: Frank

• On the “cartilaginous rider” in the endocasts of turtle brain cavities

  Citation: 27

  Authors: Ingmar, Serjoscha W., Gabriel