Number of pages published
92851 pages in total; length of papers from 4 pages to 1295 pages
302
pages in 2001
2445 pages in 2002
6033
pages in 2003
9641
pages in 2004
12447
pages in 2005
22052 pages in 2006
23530 pages in 2007
Rejection rate
26.8% during 2001-2003 (pooled
from rates for papers on Arachnida, Coleoptera, Diptera, Mollusca,
Nematoda and Pisces)
Speed of publication (for papers
published by the end of 2003)
Published 2-60 days* after the acceptance by
editors
Accepted 58 (2-240) days** after peer
review (pooled from data for papers on Arachnida, Diptera, Mollusca
and Pisces)
* Reduction of the time "in-press" is what Zootaxa aims at and can
do, although delays can be caused by authors not returning corrections
to proofs in a timely manner.
** Mean (min.-max.); time lag in review/revision depends very much on the reviewers and
authors.
Number of new taxa published
8721 (1441 of Diptera,
1371 of Coleoptera, 861 of Crustacea,
755 of Hymenoptera, 609 of Hemiptera,
554 of Acari, 455 of Trichoptera, 391 of
Pisces, 441 of Lepidoptera,
306 of Araneae, 197 of Platyhelminthes,
161
of Mollusca, 156 of Annelida,
140 of
Myriapoda, 120 of Amphibia,
115 of Phthiraptera,
112 of Reptilia, 107 of Orthoptera,
93 of Collembola, 99 of
Porifera, 86
of Coelenterata, 75 of Thysanoptera, 69 of
Plecoptera, 67 of Ephemeroptera, 65 of Tardigrada,
53 of
Nematoda, 50 of Echinodermata,
48 of Phasmatodea, 44 of
Blattodea, 29 of Opiliones,
37 of Odonata, 18 of Protozoa, 18
of Psocoptera, 16 of Scorpiones,
13 of Rotifera,
16
of Megaloptera,
10
of Gnathostomulida, 10 of Pycnogonida, 10 of Mammalia,
8 of Nemertea, 8 of Isoptera,
8 of Aves, 7 of Ascidiacea,
6 of Pseudoscorpiones,
6 of Mantodea, 6 of
Neuroptera,
3 of Bryozoa, 3 of Mecoptera,
3 of Protura, 2 of Strepsiptera,
2 of
Onychophora,1 of Uropygida,
1 of Acanthocephala, 2
of Ricinulei, 1 of Embioptera,
1 of Solifugae,
2 of Brachiopoda, 3 of Schizomida).
Number and geographical distribution of
authors
4758 (North
America: USA 863, Mexico 133, Canada 95; South and Central
America: Brazil 772, Argentina 171, Venezuela
43, Colombia 45,
Chile 23, Costa Rica 20, Uruguay
13, Cuba
12,
Peru 13, Ecuador 9, Guyana
4; Panama 4, Paraguay 3, Bolivia 4,
Jamaica 2, Puerto Rico
2, Aruba 1,
Bermuda 1, Guatemala 1; Europe: Germany 203, UK 142, France
133, Italy
112, Spain 118, Russia 100, Turkey 83, Poland 68, Belgium
61, Czech Republic 49, The Netherlands 35, Sweden 31, Norway
23, Serbia
& Montenegro 28, Hungary
22, Finland 20, Switzerland 24, Austria 23, Denmark 17,
Portugal 17, Croatia 12, Slovakia 12, Bulgaria
11,
Ukraine 10, Ireland 8,
Greece 10, Romania 5, Slovenia 5, Lithuania
4,
Iceland 3, Canary
Islands 3, Turkmenistan
1, Cyprus 1, Estonia 1, Tunisia 1, La Reunion 1, Moldova 1, Bosnia
& Herzegovina 1; Africa: South
Africa 47, Madagascar 12, Egypt 7, Kenya 5, Nigeria 3; Benin 3, Mauritius 2, Reublique de Cote d'Ivoire 2,
Tanzania 2,
Namibia
1, Cameroon 1, Republic
of Congo 1, Ghana 1, Algeria 1, Senegal 1; Asia:
P.R. China 399, Japan 119, India 67, Iran 42, Korea 33, R. China
22, Thailand 21, Vietnam 14, Israel
13, Sri Lanka 15, Singapore 13, Malaysia 11, Philippines 7,
Indonesia 7, Parkistan 6, Jordan 4, Saudi Arabia 3, Bangladesh
1, Borneo 1, Cambodia 1, Mongolia 1, Sultanate of Oman
1, United Arab Emirates
1, Mayotte 1;
Australasia-Oceania:
Australia 215, New Zealand 42, New Caledonia 3, Papua
New Guinea 3, Guam 2,
Fiji 2, Palau 1).
Most productive authors
33
papers
D. YANG (R.P. China) a total
of 361 pages
23 papers N.L
EVENHUIS (USA)
a total of 682 pages
21 papers
H.H. NG (USA) a total of 312 pages
19 papers X.-H. WANG (P.R. China)
a total of 295 pages
18 papers V.I. GUSAROV (Norway) a total of 630 pages
18
papers W.J.E.M. COSTA (Brazil)
a total of 391 pages
16
papers G.J. DE MORAES (Brazil) a total of 750 pages
15 papers
C.H.W. FLECHTMANN (Brazil) a total of
137 pages
11 papers P.D. PERKINS (USA)
a total of 884 pages
234 monographs (papers with
60
pages or more) published so far
1 in
2001
8 in
2002
20 in 2003
27 in 2004
31 in 2005
58 in 2006
57 in 2007
32 in 2008
