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Issue: Vol. 2943 No. 1: 7 Jul. 2011
Type: Editorial
Published: 2011-07-07
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2943.1.3
Page range: 58–62
Abstract views: 55
PDF downloaded: 26

Recommendations about nomenclature for papers submitted to Zootaxa

Reptiles & Amphibiens, UMR 7205 OSEB, Département de Systématique & Evolution, Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, CP 30, 25 rue Cuvier, 75005 Paris, France
Department of Biology, University of Padova, Via Ugo Bassi 58 B, 35131 Padova, Italy
New Zealand Arthropod Collection, Landcare Research, 231 Morrin Road, St. Johns, Auckland 1072, New Zealand
General nomenclature

Abstract

The rapid success of Zootaxa has been due in part to the decentralization of its editorial process and to the taxonomic specialization of members of the editorial board (Zhang 2010). Both these factors allowed a quicker publication of papers than in many other journals, after an appropriate review by editors well acquainted with the taxa covered and the relevant literature.

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