182 issues of Zootaxa published during Jan-May 2012
During Jan-May 2012, 182 issues of Zootaxa published. In comparison, 169 issues were published during Jan-May 2011. A 7.7% increase.
During Jan-May 2012, 182 issues of Zootaxa published. In comparison, 169 issues were published during Jan-May 2011. A 7.7% increase.
This special volume on animal biodiversity is for open access:
Animal
biodiversity:
An outline of higher-level classification and survey of
taxonomic richness
Zootaxa 3148: 1-237 (23 Dec.
2011)
Edited by ZHI-QIANG ZHANG
Three of the top 10 new species described in 2011 are from Zootaxa papers:
They are the Bonaire banded box jellyfish (Tamoya ohboya)
Wandering Leg Sausage (a giant millipede, Crurifarcimen vagans)
Sazima’s Tarantula (Pterinopelma sazimai)
Zootaxa is a major open access publisher of taxonomic papers. Here is a collection of 24 papers published for open access in October 2010.
12 papers on Coleoptera were published in Sept 2010 in Zootaxa. Two of these are for open access. More papers in the Coleoptera collection in Zootaxa: http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/taxa/Coleoptera.html
New classification according to Lindquist & Moraza (2010) Zootaxa 2479: 1–21
Blattisociinae Garman, 1948
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According to the September 2008 report in Essential Science Indicators from Thomson Reuters, Zootaxa is a rising star among ISI journals in the field of Plant and Animal Sciences that have achieved the highest percentage increase in total citations from from February to April 2008. This is the third time that Zootaxa received this honor.