Zoology

Aims & Scope

Zoology is a journal devoted to experimental and comparative animal science.

It presents a common forum for all scientists who take an explicitly organism oriented and integrative approach to the study of animal form, function, development and evolution.

The journal invites papers that take a comparative or experimental approach to behavior and neurobiology, functional morphology, evolution and development, ecological physiology, and cell biology.

Due to the increasing realization that animals exist only within a partnership with symbionts, Zoology encourages submissions of papers focused on the analysis of holobionts or metaorganisms as associations of the macroscopic host in synergistic interdependence with numerous microbial and eukaryotic species.

The editors and the editorial board are committed to presenting science at its best.

The editorial team is regularly adjusting editorial practice to the ever changing field of animal biology.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	1.6
2024	1.60

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.496

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q2

h-index

Year	Value
2024	61

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	11684

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	267

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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.

• Metaorganisms as the new frontier

  Citation: 355

  Authors: Thomas C.G., Margaret J.

• Sialic acids: fascinating sugars in higher animals and man

  Citation: 336

  Authors: Roland

• Behaviour as a tool in the assessment of animal welfare

  Citation: 212

  Authors: Marian Stamp

• Metaorganisms in extreme environments: do microbes play a role in organismal adaptation?

  Citation: 210

  Authors: Corinna, Tal, Peter, Nicole, Wolfgang J., Sebastian, Ute, Heribert, Nils, Tim, Devani, Lucia, Claudia, Nils, Maged M., Ruth A., Hinrich, Christian R., Nancy, Maren, Thomas C.G.

• Feeding anatomy, filter-feeding rate, and diet of whale sharks Rhincodon typus during surface ram filter feeding off the Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico

  Citation: 161

  Authors: Philip J., Michael, Robert E., Ray L., Rafael, Samantha L., Maria Laura, James A., Kyle R., Jayne M., John P., Leslie D.

• Natural hybridization in primates: One evolutionary mechanism

  Citation: 151

  Authors: Michael L., Axel

• Parasitic worms: strategies of host finding, recognition and invasion

  Citation: 151

  Authors: Wilfried

• Mineralized cartilage in the skeleton of chondrichthyan fishes

  Citation: 150

  Authors: Mason N., Adam P.

• Nematodes of the genus Pristionchus are closely associated with scarab beetles and the Colorado potato beetle in Western Europe

  Citation: 141

  Authors: Matthias, Werner E., Ralf J.

• Causes and consequences of biological diversity in soil

  Citation: 140

  Authors: Richard D.

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