European Journal of Taxonomy

European Journal of Taxonomy
DisciplineTaxonomy
LanguageEnglish
Edited byFabio Cianferoni
Publication details
History2011–present
Publisher
EJT Consortium
FrequencyContinuous
Yes
LicenseCC BY 4.0
1.398 (2021)
Standard abbreviations
ISO 4Eur. J. Taxon.
Indexing
ISSN2118-9773
OCLC no.758480175
Links

The European Journal of Taxonomy is a peer-reviewed open access scientific journal for descriptive taxonomy of living and fossil eukaryotes, covering subjects in zoology, botany, and palaeontology. It is supported by the EJT Consortium, a group of European natural history institutes, which fully funds the publication. Therefore, the journal is free for both authors and readers (diamond open access).[1]

History

The journal was initiated by a task force of people from the European Distributed Institute of Taxonomy network. The first article was published on 9 September 2011. In October 2015, the Consortium of European Taxonomic Facilities endorsed the journal.[1]

Several older journals have been merged into the European Journal of Taxonomy:[1]

  • Journal of Afrotropical Zoology
  • Bulletin de l'Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique, Entomologie
  • Bulletin de l'Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique, Biologie
  • Bulletin de l'Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique, Sciences de la Terre
  • Steenstrupia[2]
  • Zoologische Mededelingen

Abstracting and indexing

The journal is abstracted and indexed in:

According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2020 impact factor of 1.372.[5]

References

  1. ^ a b c "About the Journal". Homepage. European Journal of Taxonomy. Retrieved 2021-12-13.
  2. ^ Eibye-Jacobsen, Danny (2012). "Steenstrupia: a short history of the taxonomic journal of the Zoological Museum, University of Copenhagen, 1970–2012". Steenstrupia. 32 (2): 93–94. Archived from the original on 2024-07-16.
  3. ^ a b c d e "Web of Science Master Journal List". Intellectual Property & Science. Clarivate . Retrieved 2021-12-13.
  4. ^ "Serials cited". CAB Abstracts. CABI. Retrieved 2021-12-13.
  5. ^ "European Journal of Taxonomy". 2020 Journal Citation Reports. Web of Science (Science ed.). Clarivate. 2021.