''Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research'' (') is a quarterly, peer reviewed,

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, published by Wiley-Blackwell. It was originally established in 1963, then reestablished in 1994 by John Wiley & Sons (some division of Blackwell). The

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is Dr. Wilfried Westheide (, Germany). According to '' Journal Citation Reports'', the 2016 impact factor for this journal is 2.444.

Scope

The focus of ''Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research'' is the systematic study of animal sciences, connected with evolutionary research. Its function is both as a forum and a survey for the range of evolutionary research studies and related fields, which is published in English, German or

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. A component of the focus is integrating

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results from anatomy, morphology, physiology, ethology, general genetics, population genetics,

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, and molecular biology. Besides original research articles (20 pages), this journal also publishes review articles, short communications, and letters to the editors. As a forum for discourse and the exchange of science, authors are encouraged to send in criticisms of previously published articles.

Historical background

From March 1963 to June 1994 this journal was published as ', published by (Academic Publishers' Association), Frankfurt, Germany.

Abstracting and indexing

''Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research'' is indexed in the following databases: * '' AGRICOLA'' Database ( National Agricultural Library) * '' EBSCO'' : Academic Search, Current Abstracts,

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* '' Elsevier'' : BIOBASE, Embiology, GEOBASE / Geographical & Geological Abstracts, Protozoological Abstracts, SCOPUS * '' CSA Illumina'' : ASFA / Aquatic Sciences & Fisheries Abstracts, Biological Sciences Database, Environmental Sciences & Pollution Management Database, Human Population & Natural Resource Management * '' CABI'' : Global Health,

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, Index Veterinarius * '' Web of Knowledge'' : Current Contents / Agriculture, Biology & Environmental Sciences, Biological Abstracts, BIOSIS Previews, Journal Citation Reports, SciSearch, Science Citation Index,

Zoological Record ''The Zoological Record'' (''ZR'') is an electronic index of zoological literature that also serves as the unofficial register of scientific names in zoology. It was started as a print publication in 1864 by the Zoological Society of London, ...

References

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