''Cladistics'' is a bimonthly
peer-reviewed
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scientific journal
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Content
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which has published research in
cladistics since 1985. It is published by
Wiley-Blackwell on behalf of the
Willi Hennig Society
The Willi Hennig Society "was founded in 1980 with the expressed purpose of promoting the field of phylogenetic systematics." The society is represented by phylogenetic systematists managing and publishing in the peer-reviewed journal titled '' Cl ...
. ''Cladistics'' publishes
papers
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relevant to
evolution,
systematics
Biological systematics is the study of the diversification of living forms, both past and present, and the relationships among living things through time. Relationships are visualized as evolutionary trees (synonyms: cladograms, phylogenetic tre ...
, and
integrative biology. Papers of both a conceptual or
philosophical nature, discussions of methodology, empirical studies on taxonomic groups from animals to bacteria, and applications of systematics in disciplines such as
genomics
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,
paleontology and biomedical
epidemiology are accepted. Five types of paper appear in the journal:
reviews, regular papers, forum papers,
letters to the editor, and
book reviews. According to the ''
Journal Citation Reports'', the journal has a 2020
impact factor of 5.254, ranking it 10th out of 50 journals in the category "Evolutionary Biology". Its
editor-in-chief is Rudolf Meier, who replaced Dennis Stevenson in 2019.
External links
* {{Official website, 1=http://www.wiley.com/bw/submit.asp?ref=0748-3007
Willi Hennig Society
Evolutionary biology journals
Phylogenetics
Bimonthly journals
English-language journals
Wiley-Blackwell academic journals
Publications established in 1985
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