Are publications on zoological taxonomy under attack?

Taxonomy is essential to biological sciences and the priority field in face of the biodiversity crisis. The industry of scientific publications has made extensive promotion and display of bibliometric indexes, resulting in side effects such as the Journal Impact Factor™ (JIF) mania. Inadequacies of...

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Main Authors: Ângelo Parise Pinto, Gabriel Mejdalani, Ross Mounce, Luís Fábio Silveira, Luciane Marinoni, José Albertino Rafael
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: The Royal Society 2021-02-01
Series:Royal Society Open Science
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Online Access:https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/pdf/10.1098/rsos.201617