Zoologica Scripta
Last updated ISSN 0300-3256
Zoologica Scripta is published by Wiley in earth and planetary sciences. It is a subscription journal. The article processing charge is $4,100.
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What it publishes
Recent work in Zoologica Scripta concentrates on these topics, taken from its published record rather than from its own description:
- Marine Biology and Ecology Research
- Genetic diversity and population structure
- Parasite Biology and Host Interactions
- Aquatic Invertebrate Ecology and Behavior
- Evolution and Paleontology Studies
- Amphibian and Reptile Biology
- Plant and animal studies
- Marine Ecology and Invasive Species
- Lepidoptera: Biology and Taxonomy
- Invertebrate Taxonomy and Ecology
Key facts
| Publisher | Wiley |
|---|---|
| ISSN | 0300-3256, 1463-6409 |
| Subject area | Earth and Planetary Sciences |
| Access | Subscription |
| Article processing charge | $4,100 |
| Indexed in | Web of Science — Science Citation Index Expanded · Scopus |
| Articles published | 2,423 |
| Publishing since | 1971 |
| Journal website | onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/14636409 |
Facts come from OpenAlex, DOAJ and Wikidata and may lag the journal’s own pages. Check the publisher’s site before submitting. Indexing shown here is what is recorded, not a complete picture — about a third of journals have no indexing recorded anywhere we can read, so “not recorded” does not mean a journal is absent from Scopus or Web of Science.
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