Zoologica Scripta

Aims & Scope

Zoologica Scripta publishes papers in animal systematics and phylogeny, i.e. studies of evolutionary relationships among taxa, and the origin and evolution of biological diversity.

Papers can also deal with ecological interactions and geographic distributions (phylogeography) if the results are placed in a wider phylogenetic/systematic/evolutionary context.

Zoologica Scripta encourages papers on the development of methods for all aspects of phylogenetic inference and biological nomenclature/classification.

Articles published in Zoologica Scripta must be original and present either theoretical or empirical studies of interest to a broad audience in systematics and phylogeny.

Purely taxonomic papers, like species descriptions without being placed in a wider systematic/phylogenetic context, will not be considered.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	2
2024	2.30

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.833

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q1

h-index

Year	Value
2024	76

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	6401

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	348

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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

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Subjects & Keywords

Journal’s research areas, covering key disciplines and specialized sub-topics in Agricultural and Biological Sciences and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, 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.

• Inferring evolutionary processes from phylogenies

  Citation: 895

  Authors: MARK

• Cladistics and polychaetes

  Citation: 457

  Authors: G. W., K.

• Mecoptera is paraphyletic: multiple genes and phylogeny of Mecoptera and Siphonaptera

  Citation: 432

  Authors: Michael F.

• Phylogenetics and evolution of Capitata (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa), and the systematics of Corynidae

  Citation: 265

  Authors: Annalise M., Peter, Paulyn

• A new molecular phylogeny offers hope for a stable family level classification of the Noctuoidea (Lepidoptera)

  Citation: 221

  Authors: Reza, Ian J., J. Donald, Marko, Lauri, Jeremy D., Niklas

• Polychaete systematics: Past and present

  Citation: 203

  Authors: KRISTIAN, GREG

• Gastropod evolutionary rates and phylogenetic relationships assessed using partial 28S rDNA and histone H3 sequences

  Citation: 186

  Authors: Donald. J., Winston F, Peter E.

• Phylogeny and the evolution of acoustic communication in extant Ensifera (Insecta, Orthoptera)

  Citation: 180

  Authors: Laure

• Phylogeny, classification and evolution of the Cynipoidea

  Citation: 170

  Authors: Fredrik

• New records, species, genera, and a new family of gastropods from hydrothermal vents and hydrocarbon seeps*

  Citation: 156

  Authors: ANDERS, PHILIPPE

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