Acta Zoologica

Published on behalf of The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences and The Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters

Edited by:
Graham Budd and Lennart Olsson

ISI Journal Citation Reports® Ranking: 2007: 63/124 (Zoology)
Impact Factor: 0.937

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Published regularly since 1920, Acta Zoologica has retained its position as one of the world's leading journals in the field of animal organization, development, structure and function. Each issue publishes original research of interest to zoologists and physiologists worldwide, in the field of animal structure (from the cellular to the organismic level) and development with emphasis on functional, comparative and phylogenetic aspects. Occasional review articles are also published, as well as book reviews.

Published by Blackwell Publishing for The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences and The Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters, Acta Zoologica incorporates an extensive International Advisory Council ensuring that only papers of the highest quality are accepted for publication.

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Online manuscript submission now available
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TopHighlights

Top Articles:
Click on the links below to read the most downloaded and most highly cited articles from Acta Zoologica in 2007

Most cited articles published in 2007:
Early development of the aplacophoran mollusc Chaetoderma Nielsen et al.
Lateral organs in sedentary polychaetes (Annelida) - Ultrastructure and phylogenetic significance of an insufficiently known sense organ Purschke & Hausen
Actual distribution of bacteriocytes in the trophosome of a beard worm (Oligobrachia mashikoi, Siboglinidae, Annelida): clarification using whole-mount in situ hybridization Deguchi et al.
Autopodial skeleton evolution in side-necked turtles (Pleurodira) Sanchez-Villagra et al.
The origin of higher taxa: macroevolutionary processes, and the case of the mammals Kemp

Most downloaded articles published in 2007:
The origin of higher taxa: macroevolutionary processes, and the case of the mammals Kemp
Editorial: a renaissance for evolutionary morphology Budd & Olsson
The segmental organization of the head region in Chelicerata: a critical review of recent studies and hypotheses Bitsch & Bitsch
The Origin and Evolution of Mammals Werdelin
Foundations of Phylogenetic Systematics Svensson

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