Zootaxa

Aims & Scope

Zootaxa is a peer-reviewed international journal for rapid publication of high quality papers on any aspect of systematic zoology, with a preference for large taxonomic works such as monographs and revisions.

Zootaxa considers papers on all animal taxa, both living and fossil, and especially encourages descriptions of new taxa.

All types of taxonomic papers are considered, including theories and methods of systematics and phylogeny, taxonomic monographs, revisions and reviews, catalogues/checklists, biographies and bibliographies, identification guides, analysis of characters, phylogenetic relationships and zoogeographical patterns of distribution, descriptions of taxa, and nomenclature.

Open access publishing option is strongly encouraged for authors with research grants and other funds.

For those without grants/funds, all accepted manuscripts will be published but access is secured for subscribers only.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	0.9
2024	0.80

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.480

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q2

h-index

Year	Value
2024	110

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	11985

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	5596

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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.

• Biogeographical regionalisation of the Neotropical region

  Citation: 830

  Authors: JUAN J.

• Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types

  Citation: 467

  Authors: CARL J.

• The use of bioacoustics in anuran taxonomy: theory, terminology, methods and recommendations for best practice

  Citation: 452

  Authors: JÖRN, MARTIN, ARIEL, PHILIPPE J. R., LUÍS FELIPE, MIKE, FRANK, CÉLIO F. B., MARK-OLIVER, MIGUEL

• Anopheles coluzzii and Anopheles amharicus, new members of the Anopheles gambiae complex

  Citation: 422

  Authors: MAUREEN, RICHARD H., RICHARD, ALESSANDRA DELLA, MAMADOU B., NORA J.

• The Argasidae, Ixodidae and Nuttalliellidae (Acari: Ixodida) of the world: a list of valid species names

  Citation: 385

  Authors: ALBERTO A., RICHARD G., DMITRY A., TREVOR N., AGUSTÍN, IVAN G., RENFU, STEPHEN C.

• New World direct-developing frogs (Anura: Terrarana): Molecular phylogeny, classification, biogeography, and conservation

  Citation: 359

  Authors: S. BLAIR, WILLIAM E., MATTHEW P.

• The phylum Cnidaria: A review of phylogenetic patterns and diversity 300 years after Linnaeus*

  Citation: 350

  Authors: MARYMEGAN, MERCER R., PAULYN, ALLEN G., MICHAEL N., DAPHNE G., SCOTT C., CATHERINE S., DENNIS M., ESTEFANIA, SANDRA L., JOEL L.

• Order Lepidoptera Linnaeus, 1758. In: Zhang, Z.-Q. (Ed.) Animal biodiversity: An outline of higher-level classification and survey of taxonomic richness

  Citation: 325

  Authors: ERIK J., LAURI, IAN J., NIELS P., DAVID C., JOËL, CHARLES, MARKO, JEROME C., THOMAS J., NIKLAS, SHEN-HORN, REZA, DAVID, JOAQUIN, DANIEL, BENGT Å., JOHN W., SIBYL RAE, DONALD R., JURATE DE, WILLY DE, MARC E., PATRICIA, CEES, PETER, AXEL, JEREMY D., AXEL, OLE, AKITO Y., SJAAK J. C., MIKHAIL V., J. DONALD, GERARDO, JEAN-FRANÇOIS, SANGMI, MATTHIAS, KYU-TEK, CARLA, JADRANKA, ALEXANDER, B. CHRISTIAN, JAE-CHEON, M. ALMA, GERHARD M., ANDREW D., SUSAN, ROMAN V., VADIM V., ANDREAS

• Pictorial keys for the identification of mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae) associated with Dengue Virus Transmission

  Citation: 313

  Authors: LEOPOLDO M.

• Lepidoptera phylogeny and systematics: the state of inventorying moth and butterfly diversity

  Citation: 276

  Authors: NIELS P., MALCOLM J., OLE

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