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]

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
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History

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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

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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

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  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.
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