Journal profile · Zoology
Zootaxa
ISSN 1175-5326 · eISSN 1175-5334 · Magnolia Press · NEW ZEALAND · Irregular · Founded 2001
Zootaxa: CAS Zone 4 · Biology (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 0.94; subscription journal; review about 1 month (community reports); community-reported acceptance: about 80%; 2,547 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Zootaxa is published by Magnolia Press and is in Zone 4 of Biology in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Lepidoptera: Biology and Taxonomy, Coleoptera Taxonomy and Distribution and Plant and animal studies, together about 24.1% of its articles. Its main subfields are Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Zootaxa is a peer-reviewed international journal for rapid publication of high-quality papers on any aspect of systematic zoology, with a preference for large taxonomic works such as monographs and revisions. Zootaxa considers papers on all animal taxa, both living and fossil, and especially encourages descriptions of new taxa. All types of taxonomic papers are considered, including theories and methods of systematics and phylogeny, taxonomic monographs, revisions and reviews, catalogues/checklists, biographies and bibliographies, identification guides, analysis of characters, phylogenetic relationships and zoogeographical patterns of distribution, descriptions of taxa, and nomenclature. Open access publishing option is strongly encouraged for authors with research grants and other funds. For those without grants/funds, all accepted manuscripts will be published but access is secured for subscribers only. For more details, see the guideline here: https://www.mapress.com/zt/about/submissions
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Zoology
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Lepidoptera: Biology and TaxonomyBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology10.6%
- Coleoptera Taxonomy and DistributionAgricultural and Biological Sciences6.8%
- Plant and animal studiesAgricultural and Biological Sciences6.7%
- Insect-Plant Interactions and ControlAgricultural and Biological Sciences5.7%
- Marine Biology and Ecology ResearchEarth and Planetary Sciences5.6%
- Hymenoptera taxonomy and phylogenyAgricultural and Biological Sciences5%
- Amphibian and Reptile BiologyEnvironmental Science4.4%
- Fossil Insects in AmberAgricultural and Biological Sciences4.4%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Biology Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Biology | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Zoology | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Biology Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Biology | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Zoology | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Biology Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Biology | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Zoology | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SCIEScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Editions, and major and minor categories, are shown separately and never merged into one zone; check which edition your institution uses before you submit or report.
Metrics
Impact metrics and publication volume
Impact
- Impact factor
- 0.94LetPub ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 1.8LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.5LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.9LetPub ·
- h-index
- 71LetPub ·
- h-index
- 123OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 8,992OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.62OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 33.3%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0.19%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 2,037LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 50,202 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1,897 | 1,149 | 138 |
| 2025 | 2,547 | 1,980 | 1,265 |
| 2024 | 2,403 | 1,658 | 2,848 |
| 2023 | 2,307 | 1,748 | 4,923 |
| 2022 | 2,160 | 1,757 | 6,660 |
| 2021 | 2,663 | 2,118 | 9,386 |
Sources count differently and were observed at different times, so each source's own value is kept; "publisher" marks figures from the journal's website.
Review & acceptance
Review time and acceptance
- Average review time (community reports)
- about 1 monthLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- 80%LetPub ·
Community reports come from authors' own submissions (confidence 0.5) and are not a promise from the journal; for publisher figures, the journal's own definitions apply.
Fees & open access
APC and open-access policy
Subscription journalLetPub
A subscription journal: articles are read by subscription or purchase, and authors usually pay no publication charge.
No source has fee information yet; check the journal's website.
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Submission
Article types and submission policies (journal website)
Policy excerpts from the journal's websitePublication ethics, Open access, Peer review
- Publication ethics Publication ethics
Author ethics. The authors must ensure that the submission is an original one that has not been published before and is also not under consideration for publication elsewhere. Duplicated submission is not permitted and will result in the rejection of the manuscript. It is the authors’ responsibility to ensure that the manuscript contains no unlawful statements and does not violate the rights of an…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Open Access
Zootaxa is a hybrid journal and has published many open access papers: View Open Access Papers We encourage the open access of papers as they are more widely read and cited. Our open access option has one of the lowest article processing fees.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Peer Review Process
All manuscripts will be subjected to peer review before acceptance by editors.
Source ↗Publisher website ·
Excerpts are quoted from the journal's website; "model summary" lines are written by Workers AI and checked against the text. The journal's website is authoritative.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Magnolia Press
- Country or region
- NEW ZEALAND
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Irregular
- Founded
- 2001
- ISSN
- 1175-5326
- Electronic ISSN
- 1175-5334
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Submission system ↗LetPub
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Zootaxa
What CAS zone is Zootaxa in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Zootaxa is in Zone 4 of Biology, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Zoology. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 4 of Biology. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Zootaxa?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 0.94; CiteScore 1.8, h-index 123.
How long does peer review take at Zootaxa?
Authors report an average review time of about 1 month; the community-reported acceptance is “about 80%”. Article statistics cover accepted papers only, publisher figures follow the journal's own definitions, and community reports come from authors' own submissions; none is a promise from the journal.
Which databases index Zootaxa?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Zootaxa is indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Is Zootaxa open access, and what is the APC?
Zootaxa is a subscription journal. Fee information is not available yet; check the journal's website.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, Publisher website; every figure is tagged with its source and the date it was observed, and conflicting values are kept per source. LetPub source page: view ↗ (archived 2026-08-26). Last updated: .