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Vertebrate Zoology

Museum of Zoology Dresden
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SCImago
Q1
WOS
Q1
Impact factor
2.4
SJR
0.855
CiteScore
4.0
Categories
Animal Science and Zoology
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
Areas
Agricultural and Biological Sciences
Years of issue
2011-2025
journal names
Vertebrate Zoology
VERTEBR ZOOL
Publications
445
Citations
1 299
h-index
13
Publications
172
Citations
1 195
Top-3 citing journals
Zootaxa
Zootaxa (128 citations)
Vertebrate Zoology (117 citations)
ZooKeys
ZooKeys (63 citations)
Top-3 organizations
Top-3 countries
Germany (100 publications)
Brazil (41 publications)
Jordan (12 publications)
USA (7 publications)
Germany (6 publications)
India (4 publications)

Most cited in 5 years

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Citing journals

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Zootaxa
128 citations, 9.85%
Vertebrate Zoology
117 citations, 9.01%
ZooKeys
63 citations, 4.85%
Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society
52 citations, 4%
Diversity
30 citations, 2.31%
Biological Journal of the Linnean Society
28 citations, 2.16%
Zoosystematics and Evolution
27 citations, 2.08%
Anatomical Record
26 citations, 2%
Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution
25 citations, 1.92%
PeerJ
21 citations, 1.62%
Animals
18 citations, 1.39%
Copeia
18 citations, 1.39%
Herpetozoa
18 citations, 1.39%
Zoologischer Anzeiger
17 citations, 1.31%
Chelonian Conservation and Biology
16 citations, 1.23%
Journal of Natural History
13 citations, 1%
Biodiversity Data Journal
13 citations, 1%
Ecology and Evolution
13 citations, 1%
Scientific Reports
13 citations, 1%
Neotropical Ichthyology
12 citations, 0.92%
Systematics and Biodiversity
10 citations, 0.77%
Journal of Mammalogy
9 citations, 0.69%
Historical Biology
9 citations, 0.69%
Auk
8 citations, 0.62%
Zoology in the Middle East
8 citations, 0.62%
Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington
8 citations, 0.62%
Current Herpetology
8 citations, 0.62%
Zoologica Scripta
8 citations, 0.62%
Fishes
8 citations, 0.62%
Swiss Journal of Palaeontology
8 citations, 0.62%
PLoS ONE
8 citations, 0.62%
Journal of Anatomy
7 citations, 0.54%
Journal of Mammalian Evolution
7 citations, 0.54%
Journal of Biogeography
7 citations, 0.54%
Journal of Fish Biology
6 citations, 0.46%
South American Journal of Herpetology
6 citations, 0.46%
Nature Conservation
6 citations, 0.46%
Global Ecology and Conservation
6 citations, 0.46%
Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History
6 citations, 0.46%
Journal of Systematic Palaeontology
6 citations, 0.46%
Fossil Record
6 citations, 0.46%
Systematic Biology
6 citations, 0.46%
Journal of Morphology
6 citations, 0.46%
Evolutionary Systematics
6 citations, 0.46%
ICHTHYOLOGY AND HERPETOLOGY
6 citations, 0.46%
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
5 citations, 0.38%
Zoologia
5 citations, 0.38%
Mammalian Biology
5 citations, 0.38%
Herpetologica
5 citations, 0.38%
Journal for Nature Conservation
5 citations, 0.38%
African Journal of Herpetology
5 citations, 0.38%
Ecologies
5 citations, 0.38%
IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science
4 citations, 0.31%
Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
4 citations, 0.31%
Biological Reviews
4 citations, 0.31%
Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology
4 citations, 0.31%
Journal of Veterinary Medicine Series C: Anatomia Histologia Embryologia
4 citations, 0.31%
Mammalia
4 citations, 0.31%
Toxicon
4 citations, 0.31%
Zoomorphology
4 citations, 0.31%
Evolutionary Biology
4 citations, 0.31%
American Museum Novitates
4 citations, 0.31%
Handbook of the Mammals of Europe
4 citations, 0.31%
Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
3 citations, 0.23%
Evolution; international journal of organic evolution
3 citations, 0.23%
Global Change Biology
3 citations, 0.23%
Ostrich
3 citations, 0.23%
Journal of Ichthyology
3 citations, 0.23%
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
3 citations, 0.23%
Cretaceous Research
3 citations, 0.23%
Brazilian Journal of Biology
3 citations, 0.23%
Biota Neotropica
3 citations, 0.23%
Current Zoology
3 citations, 0.23%
European Zoological Journal
3 citations, 0.23%
Biodiversity and Conservation
3 citations, 0.23%
American Naturalist
3 citations, 0.23%
Revista Chilena de Historia Natural
3 citations, 0.23%
Journal of Arid Environments
3 citations, 0.23%
Biological Conservation
3 citations, 0.23%
Aquaculture
3 citations, 0.23%
Paleontological Journal
3 citations, 0.23%
African Journal of Ecology
3 citations, 0.23%
Acta Zoologica
3 citations, 0.23%
Journal of Heredity
3 citations, 0.23%
Integrative Zoology
3 citations, 0.23%
Taxonomy
3 citations, 0.23%
The Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature
3 citations, 0.23%
Toxins
2 citations, 0.15%
Russian Journal of Genetics
2 citations, 0.15%
Science of the Total Environment
2 citations, 0.15%
Molecular Biology Reports
2 citations, 0.15%
Hydrobiologia
2 citations, 0.15%
Nature Communications
2 citations, 0.15%
Royal Society Open Science
2 citations, 0.15%
Diversity and Distributions
2 citations, 0.15%
BMC Zoology
2 citations, 0.15%
Mammalian Species
2 citations, 0.15%
Journal of South American Earth Sciences
2 citations, 0.15%
Parasitology
2 citations, 0.15%
Aquatic Ecology
2 citations, 0.15%
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Citing publishers

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Pensoft Publishers
170 citations, 13.09%
Wiley
137 citations, 10.55%
Magnolia Press
128 citations, 9.85%
Oxford University Press
114 citations, 8.78%
Springer Nature
111 citations, 8.55%
Elsevier
104 citations, 8.01%
Museum of Zoology Dresden
87 citations, 6.7%
MDPI
77 citations, 5.93%
Taylor & Francis
69 citations, 5.31%
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
24 citations, 1.85%
PeerJ
21 citations, 1.62%
SciELO
19 citations, 1.46%
American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists
18 citations, 1.39%
Pleiades Publishing
13 citations, 1%
Chelonian Conservation and Biology Journal
13 citations, 1%
American Museum of Natural History (BioOne sponsored)
10 citations, 0.77%
The Royal Society
8 citations, 0.62%
Public Library of Science (PLoS)
8 citations, 0.62%
Biological Society of Washington
8 citations, 0.62%
Herpetological Society of Japan
8 citations, 0.62%
Frontiers Media S.A.
7 citations, 0.54%
Herpetologists League
6 citations, 0.46%
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS)
5 citations, 0.38%
The Russian Academy of Sciences
5 citations, 0.38%
Walter de Gruyter
4 citations, 0.31%
4 citations, 0.31%
IOP Publishing
4 citations, 0.31%
Cambridge University Press
3 citations, 0.23%
SAGE
3 citations, 0.23%
University of Chicago Press
3 citations, 0.23%
Sociedade Brasileira de Herpetologia
3 citations, 0.23%
Sociedade Brasileira de Zoologia
3 citations, 0.23%
Chelonian Research Foundation
3 citations, 0.23%
CSIRO Publishing
3 citations, 0.23%
National Inquiry Services Center (NISC)
3 citations, 0.23%
American Ornithologists' Union
3 citations, 0.23%
Brazilian Herpetological Society
3 citations, 0.23%
The Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature
3 citations, 0.23%
Sociedad de Biologia de Chile
2 citations, 0.15%
Copernicus
2 citations, 0.15%
Carnegie Museum of Natural History
2 citations, 0.15%
Academia Brasileira de Ciencias
2 citations, 0.15%
Zoological Society of Japan
2 citations, 0.15%
Humboldt Field Research Institute
2 citations, 0.15%
KMK Scientific Press
2 citations, 0.15%
PAGEPress Publications
2 citations, 0.15%
JStage(Ornithological Society of Japan)
2 citations, 0.15%
American Society of Parasitologists
2 citations, 0.15%
Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University
2 citations, 0.15%
EDP Sciences
1 citation, 0.08%
Brill
1 citation, 0.08%
American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
1 citation, 0.08%
Sociedade Brasileira de Genetica
1 citation, 0.08%
1 citation, 0.08%
Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France
1 citation, 0.08%
Raptor Research Foundation, Inc.
1 citation, 0.08%
Universidad Nacional de Colombia
1 citation, 0.08%
Acoustical Society of America (ASA)
1 citation, 0.08%
The Company of Biologists
1 citation, 0.08%
National Institute of Oceanography and Fisheries
1 citation, 0.08%
The Korean Society of Genetics
1 citation, 0.08%
Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia
1 citation, 0.08%
Scientific Society of Szczecin
1 citation, 0.08%
The Paleontological Society of Japan
1 citation, 0.08%
Brigham Young University
1 citation, 0.08%
British Ornithologists' Club
1 citation, 0.08%
American Association of Zoo Veterinarians
1 citation, 0.08%
1 citation, 0.08%
Hindawi Limited
1 citation, 0.08%
Canadian Science Publishing
1 citation, 0.08%
Akademizdatcenter Nauka
1 citation, 0.08%
Centre for Evaluation in Education and Science (CEON/CEES)
1 citation, 0.08%
A.N.Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution RAS - IEE RAS
1 citation, 0.08%
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
1 citation, 0.08%
IntechOpen
1 citation, 0.08%
Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia)
1 citation, 0.08%
Research Square Platform LLC
1 citation, 0.08%
Helminthological Society
1 citation, 0.08%
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Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro
29 publications, 6.52%
Trier University
14 publications, 3.15%
Jordan University of Science and Technology
12 publications, 2.7%
Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf
12 publications, 2.7%
Universidade Federal do Maranhao
8 publications, 1.8%
Senckenberg Society for Nature Research - Leibniz Institution for Biodiversity and Earth System Research
5 publications, 1.12%
Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz
5 publications, 1.12%
Technical University of Braunschweig
4 publications, 0.9%
Hamburg University
4 publications, 0.9%
University of Tehran
3 publications, 0.67%
Goethe University Frankfurt
3 publications, 0.67%
Universidad del Quindío
3 publications, 0.67%
Lomonosov Moscow State University
2 publications, 0.45%
University of Tübingen
2 publications, 0.45%
Shivaji University
2 publications, 0.45%
Cornell University
2 publications, 0.45%
Federal University of Minas Gerais
2 publications, 0.45%
University of South Bohemia in České Budějovice
2 publications, 0.45%
A.N. Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution of the Russian Academy of Sciences
1 publication, 0.22%
Federal Scientific Center of the East Asia Terrestrial Biodiversity of the Far Eastern Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences
1 publication, 0.22%
Institute of Biological Problems of the North of the Far Eastern Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences
1 publication, 0.22%
Institute of General and Experimental Biology of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences
1 publication, 0.22%
University of Tyumen
1 publication, 0.22%
North-Eastern Federal University
1 publication, 0.22%
Ege University
1 publication, 0.22%
Manisa Celal Bayar University
1 publication, 0.22%
Tata Institute of Fundamental Research
1 publication, 0.22%
Sun Yat-sen University
1 publication, 0.22%
National Taiwan Ocean University
1 publication, 0.22%
University of Basel
1 publication, 0.22%
University of Cambridge
1 publication, 0.22%
Sorbonne University
1 publication, 0.22%
University of Southern California
1 publication, 0.22%
National University of Singapore
1 publication, 0.22%
University of Western Australia
1 publication, 0.22%
University of Pretoria
1 publication, 0.22%
American University in Cairo
1 publication, 0.22%
University of Phayao
1 publication, 0.22%
Harvard University
1 publication, 0.22%
University of Pecs
1 publication, 0.22%
University of Michigan
1 publication, 0.22%
Joint Russian-Vietnamese Tropical Research and Technological Center
1 publication, 0.22%
Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
1 publication, 0.22%
Rhenish Friedrich Wilhelm University of Bonn
1 publication, 0.22%
Chengdu Institute of Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
1 publication, 0.22%
University of Vienna
1 publication, 0.22%
University of Porto
1 publication, 0.22%
University of Wrocław
1 publication, 0.22%
Naturalis Biodiversity Center
1 publication, 0.22%
University of Barcelona
1 publication, 0.22%
University of Louisville
1 publication, 0.22%
University of North Carolina at Asheville
1 publication, 0.22%
Texas A&M University
1 publication, 0.22%
Mohamed Boudiaf University of M'Sila
1 publication, 0.22%
Tunis El Manar University
1 publication, 0.22%
University of São Paulo
1 publication, 0.22%
Universidad Nacional de San Antonio Abad del Cusco
1 publication, 0.22%
Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier
1 publication, 0.22%
Universidad Nacional de Tucumán
1 publication, 0.22%
University of Kansas
1 publication, 0.22%
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Goethe University Frankfurt
3 publications, 1.74%
Lomonosov Moscow State University
2 publications, 1.16%
University of Tübingen
2 publications, 1.16%
Shivaji University
2 publications, 1.16%
A.N. Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution of the Russian Academy of Sciences
1 publication, 0.58%
Federal Scientific Center of the East Asia Terrestrial Biodiversity of the Far Eastern Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences
1 publication, 0.58%
Institute of Biological Problems of the North of the Far Eastern Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences
1 publication, 0.58%
Institute of General and Experimental Biology of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences
1 publication, 0.58%
University of Tyumen
1 publication, 0.58%
North-Eastern Federal University
1 publication, 0.58%
Ege University
1 publication, 0.58%
Manisa Celal Bayar University
1 publication, 0.58%
Tata Institute of Fundamental Research
1 publication, 0.58%
Sun Yat-sen University
1 publication, 0.58%
National Taiwan Ocean University
1 publication, 0.58%
University of Cambridge
1 publication, 0.58%
Sorbonne University
1 publication, 0.58%
University of Southern California
1 publication, 0.58%
National University of Singapore
1 publication, 0.58%
Cornell University
1 publication, 0.58%
University of Western Australia
1 publication, 0.58%
University of Pretoria
1 publication, 0.58%
American University in Cairo
1 publication, 0.58%
University of Phayao
1 publication, 0.58%
Harvard University
1 publication, 0.58%
University of Michigan
1 publication, 0.58%
Joint Russian-Vietnamese Tropical Research and Technological Center
1 publication, 0.58%
Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
1 publication, 0.58%
Chengdu Institute of Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
1 publication, 0.58%
University of Vienna
1 publication, 0.58%
Naturalis Biodiversity Center
1 publication, 0.58%
University of Barcelona
1 publication, 0.58%
University of Louisville
1 publication, 0.58%
University of North Carolina at Asheville
1 publication, 0.58%
Texas A&M University
1 publication, 0.58%
Mohamed Boudiaf University of M'Sila
1 publication, 0.58%
Tunis El Manar University
1 publication, 0.58%
Universidad Nacional de San Antonio Abad del Cusco
1 publication, 0.58%
Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier
1 publication, 0.58%
Universidad Nacional de Tucumán
1 publication, 0.58%
University of Kansas
1 publication, 0.58%
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Germany, 100, 22.47%
Germany
100 publications, 22.47%
Brazil, 41, 9.21%
Brazil
41 publications, 9.21%
Jordan, 12, 2.7%
Jordan
12 publications, 2.7%
USA, 10, 2.25%
USA
10 publications, 2.25%
India, 5, 1.12%
India
5 publications, 1.12%
Colombia, 4, 0.9%
Colombia
4 publications, 0.9%
Russia, 3, 0.67%
Russia
3 publications, 0.67%
Argentina, 3, 0.67%
Argentina
3 publications, 0.67%
Iran, 3, 0.67%
Iran
3 publications, 0.67%
Czech Republic, 3, 0.67%
Czech Republic
3 publications, 0.67%
France, 2, 0.45%
France
2 publications, 0.45%
China, 2, 0.45%
China
2 publications, 0.45%
United Kingdom, 2, 0.45%
United Kingdom
2 publications, 0.45%
Portugal, 1, 0.22%
Portugal
1 publication, 0.22%
Australia, 1, 0.22%
Australia
1 publication, 0.22%
Austria, 1, 0.22%
Austria
1 publication, 0.22%
Algeria, 1, 0.22%
Algeria
1 publication, 0.22%
Hungary, 1, 0.22%
Hungary
1 publication, 0.22%
Vietnam, 1, 0.22%
Vietnam
1 publication, 0.22%
Egypt, 1, 0.22%
Egypt
1 publication, 0.22%
Spain, 1, 0.22%
Spain
1 publication, 0.22%
Mexico, 1, 0.22%
Mexico
1 publication, 0.22%
Nepal, 1, 0.22%
Nepal
1 publication, 0.22%
Netherlands, 1, 0.22%
Netherlands
1 publication, 0.22%
Norway, 1, 0.22%
Norway
1 publication, 0.22%
Peru, 1, 0.22%
Peru
1 publication, 0.22%
Poland, 1, 0.22%
Poland
1 publication, 0.22%
Singapore, 1, 0.22%
Singapore
1 publication, 0.22%
Thailand, 1, 0.22%
Thailand
1 publication, 0.22%
Tunisia, 1, 0.22%
Tunisia
1 publication, 0.22%
Turkey, 1, 0.22%
Turkey
1 publication, 0.22%
Switzerland, 1, 0.22%
Switzerland
1 publication, 0.22%
Sri Lanka, 1, 0.22%
Sri Lanka
1 publication, 0.22%
South Africa, 1, 0.22%
South Africa
1 publication, 0.22%
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USA, 7, 4.07%
USA
7 publications, 4.07%
Germany, 6, 3.49%
Germany
6 publications, 3.49%
India, 4, 2.33%
India
4 publications, 2.33%
Russia, 3, 1.74%
Russia
3 publications, 1.74%
France, 2, 1.16%
France
2 publications, 1.16%
China, 2, 1.16%
China
2 publications, 1.16%
United Kingdom, 2, 1.16%
United Kingdom
2 publications, 1.16%
Australia, 1, 0.58%
Australia
1 publication, 0.58%
Austria, 1, 0.58%
Austria
1 publication, 0.58%
Algeria, 1, 0.58%
Algeria
1 publication, 0.58%
Argentina, 1, 0.58%
Argentina
1 publication, 0.58%
Brazil, 1, 0.58%
Brazil
1 publication, 0.58%
Vietnam, 1, 0.58%
Vietnam
1 publication, 0.58%
Egypt, 1, 0.58%
Egypt
1 publication, 0.58%
Spain, 1, 0.58%
Spain
1 publication, 0.58%
Mexico, 1, 0.58%
Mexico
1 publication, 0.58%
Netherlands, 1, 0.58%
Netherlands
1 publication, 0.58%
Norway, 1, 0.58%
Norway
1 publication, 0.58%
Peru, 1, 0.58%
Peru
1 publication, 0.58%
Singapore, 1, 0.58%
Singapore
1 publication, 0.58%
Thailand, 1, 0.58%
Thailand
1 publication, 0.58%
Tunisia, 1, 0.58%
Tunisia
1 publication, 0.58%
Turkey, 1, 0.58%
Turkey
1 publication, 0.58%
South Africa, 1, 0.58%
South Africa
1 publication, 0.58%
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