Cladistics publishes high quality research papers on systematics, encouraging debate on all aspects of the field, from philosophy, theory and methodology to empirical studies and applications in biogeography, coevolution, conservation biology, ontogeny, genomics and paleontology.

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Top Downloaded Articles in 2008
A review of long-branch attraction
Johannes Bergsten
Myth of the molecule: DNA barcodes for species cannot replace morphology for identification and classification
Kipling W. Will, Daniel Rubinoff
Logical basis for morphological characters in phylogenetics
Paul C. Sereno

Highly Cited Articles published in 2007 & 2008
A molecular phylogeny of annelids
Vincent Rousset, Fredrik Pleijel, Greg W. Rouse, Christer Erséus, Mark E. Siddall
A comparison of algorithms for the identification of specimens using DNA barcodes: examples from gymnosperms
Damon P. Little, Dennis Wm. Stevenson
A new model Gondwanan taxon: systematics and biogeography of the harvestman family Pettalidae (Arachnida, Opiliones, Cyphophthalmi), with a taxonomic revision of genera from Australia and New Zealand
Sarah L. Boyer, Gonzalo Giribet

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