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{{Infobox journal<br />
| title = Zootaxa<br />
| cover = Zootaxa header.png<br />
| editor = [[Zhi-Qiang Zhang]]<br />
| discipline = {{hlist|[[Taxonomy (biology)|Taxonomy]]|[[Zoology]]}}<br />
| abbreviation = Zootaxa <br />
| publisher = [[Magnolia Press]]<br />
| country = New Zealand<br />
| frequency = Upon acceptance<br />
| history = 2001–present<br />
| openaccess = [[Hybrid open-access journal|Hybrid]]<br />
| license = <br />
| impact = 1.091<br />
| impact-year = 2020<br />
| website = http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/<br />
| link1 = http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/content.html<br />
| link1-name = Online access<br />
| link2 = <br />
| link2-name =<br />
| JSTOR = <br />
| OCLC = 49030618<br />
| LCCN = <br />
| CODEN = <br />
| ISSN = 1175-5326<br />
| eISSN = 1175-5334<br />
}}<br />
'''''Zootaxa''''' is a [[Peer review|peer-reviewed]] [[scientific journal|scientific]] [[mega journal]] for [[Taxonomy (biology)|animal taxonomists]]. It is published by [[Magnolia Press]] (Auckland, New Zealand). The journal was established by [[Zhi-Qiang Zhang]] in 2001 and new issues are published multiple times a week. From 2001 to 2020, more than 60,000 new [[species]] have been described in the journal accounting for around 25% of all new [[Taxon|taxa]] indexed in [[The Zoological Record]] in the last few years.<ref>[https://www.mapress.com/j/zt/article/view/zootaxa.4979.1.3 Contributions of Zootaxa to biodiversity discovery: an overview of the first twenty years]</ref> Print and online versions are available.<br />
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==Temporary suspension from JCR==<br />
The journal exhibited high levels of [[self-citation]] and its [[journal impact factor]] of 2019 was suspended from ''[[Journal Citation Reports]]'' in 2020, a sanction which hit 34 journals in total.<ref>{{cite web|first1=Ivan|last1=Oransky|access-date=2020-07-01|title=Major indexing service sounds alarm on self-citations by nearly 50 journals|url=https://retractionwatch.com/2020/06/29/major-indexing-service-sounds-alarm-on-self-citations-by-nearly-50-journals/|date=2020-06-29}}</ref><br />
Biologist [[Ross Mounce]] noted that high levels of self-citation may be inevitable for a journal which publishes a large share of new species classification.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Mounce|first1=Ross|date=2020-07-03|title=Suppression as a form of liberation?|url=http://rossmounce.co.uk/2020/07/03/suppression-as-a-form-of-liberation/}}</ref> Later that year this decision was reversed and it was admitted that levels of self-citation are appropriate considering the large proportion of papers from its field published by Zootaxa.<ref>[https://retractionwatch.com/2020/07/28/major-indexing-service-reverses-decision-to-suppress-two-journals-from-closely-followed-metric/ Major indexing service reverses decision to suppress two journals from closely followed metric]</ref><br />
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==See also==<br />
*''[[ZooKeys]]'', a fully open access zoological journal<br />
*''[[Phytotaxa]]'', a botanical journal also published by Magnolia Press<br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
*{{Official website|http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/}}<br />
*{{Commons category-inline|Media from Zootaxa|''Zootaxa''}}<br />
*{{wikispecies-inline|ISSN 1175-5326|''Zootaxa''}}<br />
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