European Journal of Taxonomy
Academic journal
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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:
- Biological Abstracts[3]
- BIOSIS Previews[3]
- CAB Abstracts[4]
- Current Contents/Agriculture, Biology & Environmental Sciences[3]
- Science Citation Index Expanded[3]
- The Zoological Record[3]
According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2020 impact factor of 1.372.[5]