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Zoological Letters

BMC · United Kingdom · Est. 1990

eISSN2056-306X

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Score Breakdown

✓ WoS SCIE/SSCI+25

✓ DOAJ Verified+15

Total40

Journal Impact Factor

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H-Index

SNIP

1.155

Total Works

263

Total Citations

5,234

2yr Mean Citedness

2.12

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Aims & Scope✦ Inferred from recent articles

This journal publishes research on diverse topics in zoology, including animal development and metamorphosis, reproductive biology and cryopreservation, evolutionary developmental biology, speciation and reproductive isolation, chemosensory gene evolution, nematode taxonomy and phylogenetics, the effects of environmental factors on development, sleep behavior evolution, symbiotic relationships in insects, aphid phylogenetics and symbiosis, latitudinal variation in morphology, parasitic crustacean-host interactions, photoperiodism and reproduction, stress response and behavior, therapeutic fish applications, environmental influences on sleep-like states, muscle recruitment patterns, bryozoan growth rates, insect wing scale evolution, aphid species identification, beta-catenin function in early metazoans, and osteohistology of amphibians.

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General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1990

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications263

Publisher OrgBioMed Central

OA Since2014

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Submission Info

APC Cost$1,490Below median

Peer ReviewAnonymous peer review

Review Time—

Acceptance Rate—

OA LicenseCC BY, CC0

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

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9/12 · 75%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

BMC

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2056-306X

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, DOAJ

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Peer review process documented?

Anonymous peer review

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Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

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APC fees clearly disclosed?

$1,490

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Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

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Long-term digital preservation?

N/A

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Plagiarism detection in place?

N/A

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

DOAJ verified

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Primary language documented?

English

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Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Zoology

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Developmental Biology and Gene RegulationNeurobiology and Insect Physiology ResearchInsect and Arachnid Ecology and BehaviorMarine Ecology and Invasive SpeciesAnimal Behavior and ReproductionMarine Biology and Ecology ResearchIchthyology and Marine BiologyAmphibian and Reptile BiologyReproductive biology and impacts on aquatic speciesPlanarian Biology and Electrostimulation