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Biological Journal of the Linnean Society Template

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About the Biological Journal of the Linnean Society format

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society is a peer-reviewed journal published by Oxford University Press, covering Plant and animal studies, Animal Behavior and Reproduction, Genetic diversity and population structure. Over its lifetime it has published 8,136 papers, which have received 296,450 citations.

PublisherOxford University Press
Reference styleAuthor–year (OUP)
Author–year — (Smith, 2023) in the text
Smith, A., Jones, B. and Lee, C. (2023) 'A representative article title', Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 12(3), pp. 45–58.

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Publishes research inPlant and animal studies Animal Behavior and Reproduction Genetic diversity and population structure Amphibian and Reptile Biology Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
ISSN0024-4066
Citation impact (2-yr)1.54
h-index183
i10-index5,153
Top institutions publishing hereCentre National de la Recherche Scientifique
Journal websiteonlinelibrary.wiley.com
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Papers published in Biological Journal of the Linnean Society per year

235
2014
299
2015
209
2016
217
2017
222
2018
207
2019
234
2020
178
2021
139
2022
177
2023
140
2024
148
2025

Citation impact of Biological Journal of the Linnean Society by publication year

6K
2014
9.8K
2015
4.2K
2016
6.7K
2017
3.7K
2018
3K
2019
3.3K
2020
1.7K
2021
1.3K
2022
831
2023
381
2024
104
2025

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

Most-cited papers in Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Some genetic consequences of ice ages, and their role in divergence and speciation

Godfrey M. Hewitt · 1 Jul 1996

The genetic effects of pleistocene ice ages are approached by deduction from paleoenvironmental information, by induction from the genetic structure of populations and species, and by their combination to infer likely consequences. (1) Recent palaeoclimatic information indicate rapid global reversals and changes in ranges of species which would involve elimination with spreading from the edge.…

3,722 citations Cite SaveGo to paper →
Post-glacial re-colonization of European biota

Godfrey M. Hewitt · 1 Sep 1999

Population structure is the result of both present processes and past history. Molecular markers are proving of great value in describing the former, and it is important to similarly determine the latter in order to understand their respective contributions. The study of palaeo-climates has also advanced significantly, and in particular that of the Pleistocene ice…

2,855 citations Cite SaveGo to paper →
Molecular and morphological data reveal cryptic taxonomic diversity in the terrestrial slug complex Arion subfuscus/fuscus (Mollusca, Pulmonata, Arionidae) in continental north-west Europe

Jan Pinceel, Kurt Jordaens, Natalie Van Houtte et al. · 24 Aug 2004

The importance and abundance of cryptic species among invertebrate taxa is well documented. Nowadays, taxonomic, phylogenetic and conservation biological studies frequently use molecular markers to delineate cryptic taxa. Such studies, however, often face the problem of the differential resolution of the molecular markers and techniques involved. This issue is explored in the present study of…

2,261 citations Cite SaveGo to paper →
Towards integrative taxonomy

Benoı̂t Dayrat · 24 Jun 2005

Delineating species boundaries correctly is crucial to the discovery of life's diversity because it determines whether or not different individual organisms are members of the same entity. The gap in communication between the different disciplines currently involved in delimiting species is an important and overlooked problem in the so-called ‘taxonomy crisis’. To solve this problem,…

1,947 citations Cite SaveGo to paper →

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