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Systematic Biology Template

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About the Systematic Biology format

Systematic Biology is a peer-reviewed journal published by Oxford University Press, covering Genetic diversity and population structure, Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies, Evolution and Paleontology Studies. Over its lifetime it has published 5,032 papers, which have received 488,620 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', Systematic Biology, 12(3), pp. 45–58.

Formats any DOI in the closest standard style — Systematic Biology has no published style definition, so this is an approximation. No sign-up.

Publishes research inGenetic diversity and population structure Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies Evolution and Paleontology Studies Plant and animal studies Species Distribution and Climate Change
ISSN1063-5157
Citation impact (2-yr)5.91
h-index282
i10-index2,964
Article processing charge$1,984
Top institutions publishing hereAmerican Museum of Natural History
Journal websitesysbio.oxfordjournals.org
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Papers published in Systematic Biology per year

135
2014
124
2015
133
2016
101
2017
93
2018
83
2019
103
2020
101
2021
82
2022
76
2023
76
2024
94
2025

Citation impact of Systematic Biology by publication year

12.9K
2014
8.5K
2015
13.1K
2016
5.5K
2017
19.5K
2018
4.8K
2019
4.7K
2020
4K
2021
2.2K
2022
1.5K
2023
899
2024
311
2025

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

Most-cited papers in Systematic Biology

MrBayes 3.2: Efficient Bayesian Phylogenetic Inference and Model Choice Across a Large Model Space

Fredrik Ronquist, Maxim Teslenko, Paul van der Mark et al. · 22 Feb 2012

Since its introduction in 2001, MrBayes has grown in popularity as a software package for Bayesian phylogenetic inference using Markov chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) methods. With this note, we announce the release of version 3.2, a major upgrade to the latest official release presented in 2003. The new version provides convergence diagnostics and allows multiple…

28,206 citations Cite SaveGo to paper →
New Algorithms and Methods to Estimate Maximum-Likelihood Phylogenies: Assessing the Performance of PhyML 3.0

Stéphane Guindon, Jean-François Dufayard, Vincent Lefort et al. · 29 Mar 2010

PhyML is a phylogeny software based on the maximum-likelihood principle. Early PhyML versions used a fast algorithm performing nearest neighbor interchanges to improve a reasonable starting tree topology. Since the original publication (Guindon S., Gascuel O. 2003. A simple, fast and accurate algorithm to estimate large phylogenies by maximum likelihood. Syst. Biol. 52:696-704), PhyML has…

19,151 citations Cite SaveGo to paper →
A Simple, Fast, and Accurate Algorithm to Estimate Large Phylogenies by Maximum Likelihood

Stéphane Guindon, Olivier Gascuel · 1 Oct 2003

The increase in the number of large data sets and the complexity of current probabilistic sequence evolution models necessitates fast and reliable phylogeny reconstruction methods. We describe a new approach, based on the maximum- likelihood principle, which clearly satisfies these requirements. The core of this method is a simple hill-climbing algorithm that adjusts tree topology…

17,016 citations Cite SaveGo to paper →
Posterior Summarization in Bayesian Phylogenetics Using Tracer 1.7

Andrew Rambaut, Alexei J. Drummond, Dong Xie et al. · 24 Apr 2018

Bayesian inference of phylogeny using Markov chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) plays a central role in understanding evolutionary history from molecular sequence data. Visualizing and analyzing the MCMC-generated samples from the posterior distribution is a key step in any non-trivial Bayesian inference. We present the software package Tracer (version 1.7) for visualizing and analyzing the MCMC…

11,407 citations Cite SaveGo to paper →
A Rapid Bootstrap Algorithm for the RAxML Web Servers

Alexandros Stamatakis, Paul Hoover, Jacques Rougemont · 1 Oct 2008

Despite recent advances achieved by application of high-performance computing methods and novel algorithmic techniques to maximum likelihood (ML)-based inference programs, the major computational bottleneck still consists in the computation of bootstrap support values. Conducting a probably insufficient number of 100 bootstrap (BS) analyses with current ML programs on large datasets-either with respect to the number…

7,100 citations Cite SaveGo to paper →

Systematic Biology template — frequently asked questions

How do I write a paper in the Systematic Biology format?
In DocuGuru you write your manuscript in a normal editor — no LaTeX setup required — and select the Systematic Biology template. When you export, DocuGuru compiles the paper into the official Oxford University Press format and hands you a submission-ready PDF along with the editable LaTeX source.
What reference style does Systematic Biology use?
Systematic Biology uses Author–year (OUP) references, shown as author–year markers such as (Smith, 2023) in the text. DocuGuru formats every in-text citation and the reference list in this exact style automatically. A reference appears like this: Smith, A., Jones, B. and Lee, C. (2023) 'A representative article title', Systematic Biology, 12(3), pp. 45–58.
Do I need to know LaTeX to submit to Systematic Biology?
No. DocuGuru generates the oup-authoring-template LaTeX class and compiles the PDF for you in the background, so you get a Oxford University Press-ready Systematic Biology document without writing any LaTeX. If you do want it, the LaTeX source is included in the export.
Can I import an existing draft into the Systematic Biology template?
Yes. Paste or upload your current manuscript — Word, LaTeX, Markdown, or plain text — and DocuGuru reflows it into the Systematic Biology format with correct headings, figures, tables, and author–year citations.
What is Systematic Biology?
Oxford University Press journal. It is a multidisciplinary journal, published by Oxford University Press.
Can I export a submission-ready Systematic Biology PDF?
Yes — DocuGuru produces a PDF built with the official Systematic Biology template (the oup-authoring-template class) that is ready to submit to Oxford University Press, together with the matching LaTeX source files.
How much does the Systematic Biology template cost?
You can start writing in the Systematic Biology template for free. Exporting the final submission-ready Systematic Biology PDF and LaTeX source is part of DocuGuru's paid plans — see the app for current pricing.
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