Contributions to Zoology


Contributions to Zoology is a scientific journal that started in 1848 as a publication of the Committee in charge of the library of the Dutch Royal Zoological Society "Natura Artis Magistra" and became integrated in the library of the University of Amsterdam in 1939. Since 2019 the journal is published by Brill publishers, Leiden. The journal has been freely available online since 1997. The current editor-in-chief is Ronald Vonk from Naturalis Biodiversity Center, Leiden.
Contributions to Zoology solicits high-quality papers in all systematics-related branches of comparative zoology. Preference is given to manuscripts dealing with conceptual issues and to integrative papers. Reviews and alpha-taxonomic contributions are considered for publication, but acceptance will depend on their high quality and exceptional nature.

Abstracting and Indexing

The journal is currently indexed in PubMed, Web of Science: Science Citation Index Expanded, and Scopus.
The journal has a 2018 impact factor of 2.139.