ZooKeys

ZooKeys is a peer-reviewed open access scientific journal covering zoological taxonomy, phylogeny, and biogeography. It was established in 2008 and the founding editor-in-chief was Terry Erwin (Smithsonian Institution) until his death in 2020.^[2] In December 2023, Torsten Dikow was appointed the new editor-in-chief.^[3] It is published by Pensoft Publishers.^[4]

ZooKeys

Discipline	Taxonomy Zoology Ecology Paleontology Genomics Behavioral Science
Language	English
Edited by	Torsten Dikow[1]
Publication details
History	2008–present
Publisher	Pensoft Publishers
Frequency	Continuous
Open access	Yes
License	CC BY 4.0
Impact factor	1.3 (2024)
Standard abbreviations ISO 4 (alt) · Bluebook (alt) NLM (alt) · MathSciNet (alt )
ISO 4	ZooKeys
Indexing CODEN (alt · alt2) · JSTOR (alt) · LCCN (alt) MIAR · NLM (alt) · Scopus · W&L
ISSN	1313-2989 (print) 1313-2970 (web)
OCLC no.	248547717
Links
Journal homepage

ZooKeys provides all new taxa to the Encyclopedia of Life on the day of publication.^[5]

Abstracting and indexing

The articles published in the journal are indexed across a significant number of repositories. The content of the journal is archived in PubMed Central, CLOCKSS,^[6] Zenodo, Portico,^[7] Europe PMC, and Zendy,^[8] and indexed by a large number of industry leading indexers. The full list of indexers can be found on the journal homepage.^[9] The 2024 Scopus for ZooKeys has been released, reporting a value of 2.5.^[10]

ZooKeys allows authors to publish preprints of their manuscripts on ARPHA Preprints ^[11] or other preprint servers.

Reviewing policy

Scientific articles submitted for publishing in journal are subjected to a single-blind review process. In this review process, the author submitting their research article does not know the identities of their reviewers, although the reviewers may choose to if so desired. Two independent experts review each article, and a final publishing decision is made by the Editor-in-Chief.^[12]

Use of AI policy

Any author who uses Artificial Intelligence tools like ChatGPT and similar large language models must be transparent about their use in preparing the article for publication. The details of how the AI was used must be disclosed in the “Materials and Methods” section of the article.^[12]