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About the Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society format

Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society is a peer-reviewed journal published by Oxford University Press, covering Evolution and Paleontology Studies, Paleontology and Evolutionary Biology, Ichthyology and Marine Biology. Over its lifetime it has published 5,466 papers, which have received 135,158 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', Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 12(3), pp. 45–58.

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Publishes research inEvolution and Paleontology Studies Paleontology and Evolutionary Biology Ichthyology and Marine Biology Marine Biology and Ecology Research Amphibian and Reptile Biology
ISSN0024-4082
Citation impact (2-yr)2.34
h-index130
i10-index2,963
Article processing charge$3,016
Top institutions publishing hereNatural History Museum
Journal websiteacademic.oup.com
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Papers published in Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society per year

199
2014
140
2015
173
2016
148
2017
97
2018
180
2019
187
2020
129
2021
98
2022
196
2023
197
2024
196
2025

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

3.7K
2014
3.6K
2015
3.7K
2016
4.9K
2017
2.3K
2018
3.4K
2019
3.1K
2020
2.3K
2021
1.1K
2022
1.5K
2023
823
2024
222
2025

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

Most-cited papers in Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society

Tongues, tentacles and trunks: the biomechanics of movement in muscular-hydrostats

William M. Kier, Kathleen K. Smith · 1 Apr 1985

Muscular-hydrostats, muscular organs which lack typical systems of skeletal support, include the tongues of mammals and lizards, the arms and tentacles of cephalopod molluscs and the trunks of elephants. In this paper the means by which such organs produce elongation, shortening, bending and torsion are discussed. The most important biomechanical feature of muscular-hydrostats is that…

Sauropod dinosaur phylogeny: critique and cladistic analysis

Jeffrey A. Wilson · 13 Sep 2002

Wilson, Jeffrey A. (2002): Sauropod dinosaur phylogeny: critique and cladistic analysis. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 136 (2): 217-276, DOI: 10.1046/j.1096-3642.2002.00029.x, URL: https://academic.oup.com/zoolinnean/article-lookup/doi/10.1046/j.1096-3642.2002.00029.x

Interrelationships of the ostariophysan fishes (Teleostei)

Sara V. Fink, William L. Fink · 1 Aug 1981

The history of ostariophysan classification is summarized and it is noted that traditional concepts of relationships have never been supported by characters found to be unique to the taxa. We present a new hypothesis of relationships among four of the five major ostariophysan lineages: Cypriniformes, Characiformes, Siluroidei, and Gymnotoidei (Otophysi). Cypriniforms are the sister-group of…

Towards a phylogeny of gastropod molluscs: an analysis using morphological characters

Winston F. Ponder, David R. Lindberg · 1 Feb 1997

Morphological (including ultrastructural) and developmental characters utilized in recent literature are critically reviewed as the basis to reassess the phylogenetic relationships of gastropods. The purpose of this paper is to provide a framework of characters for future studies and a testable phylogenetic hypothesis. This is one of the first attempts to use such characters to…

Higher-order phylogeny of modern birds (Theropoda, Aves: Neornithes) based on comparative anatomy. II. Analysis and discussion

Bradley C. Livezey, Richard L. Zusi · 1 Jan 2007

In recent years, avian systematics has been characterized by a diminished reliance on morphological cladistics of modern taxa, intensive palaeornithogical research stimulated by new discoveries and an inundation by analyses based on DNA sequences. Unfortunately, in contrast to significant insights into basal origins, the broad picture of neornithine phylogeny remains largely unresolved. Morphological studies have…

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