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Frontiers in Zoology Template

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About the Frontiers in Zoology format

Frontiers in Zoology is a peer-reviewed journal published by BMC (BioMed Central), covering Animal Behavior and Reproduction, Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research, Amphibian and Reptile Biology. Over its lifetime it has published 950 papers, which have received 47,124 citations.

PublisherBMC (BioMed Central)
Reference styleNumbered (Vancouver)
Numbered — [1], [2] in the text
1. Smith A, Jones B, Lee C. A representative article title. Frontiers in Zoology. 2023;12(3):45–58.

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Publishes research inAnimal Behavior and Reproduction Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research Amphibian and Reptile Biology Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior Avian ecology and behavior
ISSN1742-9994
Citation impact (2-yr)2.57
h-index96
i10-index725
Article processing charge$2,318
Open accessYes — indexed in DOAJ
Top institutions publishing hereUniversity of Vienna
Journal websitewww.frontiersinzoology.com
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Papers published in Frontiers in Zoology per year

98
2014
60
2015
53
2016
61
2017
52
2018
47
2019
36
2020
61
2021
33
2022
41
2023
32
2024
40
2025

Citation impact of Frontiers in Zoology by publication year

4.5K
2014
3.5K
2015
2.6K
2016
2.1K
2017
1.6K
2018
1.2K
2019
780
2020
1.1K
2021
441
2022
338
2023
171
2024
75
2025

Citations each year’s papers have accumulated so far — the most recent years are still building up.

Most-cited papers in Frontiers in Zoology

The integrative future of taxonomy

José M. Padial, Aurélien Miralles, Ignacio De la Riva et al. · 1 Jan 2010

BACKGROUND: Taxonomy is the biological discipline that identifies, describes, classifies and names extant and extinct species and other taxa. Nowadays, species taxonomy is confronted with the challenge to fully incorporate new theory, methods and data from disciplines that study the origin, limits and evolution of species. RESULTS: Integrative taxonomy has been proposed as a framework…

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A new versatile primer set targeting a short fragment of the mitochondrial COI region for metabarcoding metazoan diversity: application for characterizing coral reef fish gut contents

Matthieu Leray, Joy Yang, Chris Meyer et al. · 1 Jan 2013

INTRODUCTION: The PCR-based analysis of homologous genes has become one of the most powerful approaches for species detection and identification, particularly with the recent availability of Next Generation Sequencing platforms (NGS) making it possible to identify species composition from a broad range of environmental samples. Identifying species from these samples relies on the ability to…

1,695 citations Cite SaveGo to paper →
The importance of immune gene variability (MHC) in evolutionary ecology and conservation

Simone Sommer · 20 Oct 2005

Genetic studies have typically inferred the effects of human impact by documenting patterns of genetic differentiation and levels of genetic diversity among potentially isolated populations using selective neutral markers such as mitochondrial control region sequences, microsatellites or single nucleotide polymorphism (SNPs). However, evolutionary relevant and adaptive processes within and between populations can only be reflected…

Molecular biogeography of Europe: Pleistocene cycles and postglacial trends

Thomas Schmitt · 1 Jan 2007

The climatic cycles with subsequent glacial and intergalcial periods have had a great impact on the distribution and evolution of species. Using genetic analytical tools considerably increased our understanding of these processes. In this review I therefore give an overview of the molecular biogeography of Europe. For means of simplification, I distinguish between three major…

FASconCAT-G: extensive functions for multiple sequence alignment preparations concerning phylogenetic studies

Patrick Kück, Gary C. Longo · 17 Nov 2014

BACKGROUND: Phylogenetic and population genetic studies often deal with multiple sequence alignments that require manipulation or processing steps such as sequence concatenation, sequence renaming, sequence translation or consensus sequence generation. In recent years phylogenetic data sets have expanded from single genes to genome wide markers comprising hundreds to thousands of loci. Processing of these large…

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What reference style does Frontiers in Zoology use?
Frontiers in Zoology uses Numbered (Vancouver) references, shown as numbered [1], [2] markers in the text. DocuGuru formats every in-text citation and the reference list in this exact style automatically. A reference appears like this: 1. Smith A, Jones B, Lee C. A representative article title. Frontiers in Zoology. 2023;12(3):45–58.
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