Journal Title：Zootaxa

Zootaxa is a peer-reviewed international journal for rapid publication of high quality papers on any aspect of systematic zoology, with a preference for large taxonomic works such as monographs and revisions. Zootaxa considers papers on all animal taxa, both living and fossil, and especially encourages descriptions of new taxa. All types of taxonomic papers are considered, including theories and methods of systematics and phylogeny, taxonomic monographs, revisions and reviews, catalogues/checklists, biographies and bibliographies, identification guides, analysis of characters, phylogenetic relationships and zoogeographical patterns of distribution, descriptions of taxa, and nomenclature. Open access publishing option is strongly encouraged for authors with research grants and other funds. For those without grants/funds, all accepted manuscripts will be published but access is secured for subscribers only.

Zootaxa 是一份经过同行评审的国际期刊，旨在快速发表有关系统动物学各个方面的高质量论文，偏爱大型分类学著作，例如专着和修订本。 Zootaxa 考虑所有动物分类群的论文，包括活的和化石的，特别鼓励对新分类群的描述。考虑到所有类型的分类学论文，包括系统学和系统发育学的理论和方法、分类学专着、修订和评论、目录/清单、传记和参考书目、识别指南、特征分析、系统发育关系和动物地理分布模式、分类群描述, 和命名法。强烈鼓励有研究资助和其他资金的作者选择开放获取出版。对于那些没有资助/资金的人，所有被接受的手稿都将被发表，但仅限订阅者访问。