Zootaxa

Journal Title：Zootaxa

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.

Zootaxa 是一份同行评议的国际期刊，用于快速发表有关系统动物学任何方面的高质量论文，优先考虑大型分类学著作，如专著和修订本。Zootaxa 考虑所有动物分类单元的论文，包括现存和化石动物分类单元，并特别鼓励对新分类单元的描述。所有类型的分类学论文均受考虑，包括系统学和系统发育的理论和方法、分类学专著、修订本和评论、目录/清单、传记和书目、鉴定指南、特征分析、系统发育关系和动物地理分布模式、分类单元描述和命名法。强烈鼓励拥有研究补助金和其他资金的作者采用开放获取出版选项。对于没有补助金/资金的作者，所有接受的手稿都将出版，但只有订阅者才能访问。

Zootaxa创刊于2001年，由Magnolia Press出版商出版，收稿方向涵盖生物 - 动物学全领域，此期刊水平偏中等偏靠后，在所属细分领域中专业影响力一般，过审相对较易，如果您文章质量佳，选择此期刊，发表机率较高。平均审稿速度 约1.0个月 ，影响因子指数0.8，该期刊近期没有被列入国际期刊预警名单，广大学者值得一试。