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| Acta Zoologica | |
|---|---|
| Title | Acta Zoologica |
| Discipline | Zoology |
| Language | English |
| Abbreviation | Acta Zool. |
| Publisher | Wiley-Blackwell |
| Country | Sweden |
| History | 1920–present |
| Frequency | Quarterly |
| Issn | 0001-7272 |
Acta Zoologica is a peer-reviewed scientific journal publishing original research on animal biology, with emphasis on comparative anatomy, physiology, ecology and evolution. The journal has connections to institutions such as the Linnean Society of London, Swedish Museum of Natural History, University of Copenhagen, University of Cambridge, and prominent researchers associated with Zoological Society of London. It appears alongside other periodicals like Nature, Science (journal), Systematic Biology, and Journal of Experimental Biology in literature citations and academic curricula.
Founded in the early twentieth century, the journal emerged in the context of scholarly enterprises including the Royal Society, Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, Royal Institution, and national museums in Stockholm and Copenhagen. Early editors and contributors had affiliations with universities such as Uppsala University, Lund University, University of Oslo, and research stations comparable to Marine Biological Association and Scripps Institution of Oceanography. During the interwar period the periodical intersected intellectually with work by figures linked to Ernst Mayr, Julian Huxley, Thomas Henry Huxley, and institutions like Royal Society of Edinburgh and British Museum (Natural History). Postwar developments saw collaboration with scholars from Harvard University, Yale University, Max Planck Society, and Smithsonian Institution as global zoological research networks expanded.
The journal covers organismal studies influenced by traditions at Stockholm University, King's College London, University of Oxford, University of Copenhagen, and laboratories associated with Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Biology. Topics include comparative morphology with links to work by researchers at Natural History Museum, London and Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin, functional anatomy research akin to outputs from University of Cambridge and University of Chicago, and ecological and evolutionary studies echoing themes from University of California, Berkeley, Princeton University, and University of Toronto. Subdisciplines reflected in articles align with the research agendas of scholars trained at Columbia University, University of Michigan, Cornell University, and University of Edinburgh.
Published by Wiley-Blackwell on behalf of institutional stakeholders in Sweden and Scandinavia, the journal follows peer review protocols common at Elsevier, Springer Nature, and professional societies such as the International Union for Conservation of Nature. Editorial boards have included academics with appointments at Lund University, Uppsala University, Karolinska Institutet, University of Helsinki, and visiting scholars from University of Oxford and Princeton University. Submission guidelines, open access options, and licensing reflect standards also used by PLOS, Frontiers Media, and BioMed Central. Production and distribution networks engage vendors and libraries including British Library, Library of Congress, and consortiums like JSTOR and Project MUSE.
Acta Zoologica is listed in major bibliographic services alongside journals indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, BIOSIS Previews, and Zoological Record. Citation tracking occurs in databases affiliated with Clarivate, Elsevier, and aggregators used by institutions such as University of Cambridge, Harvard University, and Yale University. Abstracting services that catalog the journal operate similarly to platforms run by National Library of Medicine, Europe PubMed Central, and regional indexes maintained by Nordic Council of Ministers and the Swedish Research Council.
The journal's impact is discussed in contexts shared with periodicals like Evolution (journal), The American Naturalist, Proceedings of the Royal Society B, and Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B. Metrics and evaluations reference analytic frameworks used by Journal Citation Reports, Scimago Journal Rank, and research assessment exercises such as those conducted by Research Councils UK and the European Research Council. The reception among academic societies including Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology, European Society for Evolutionary Biology, and national academies such as the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has been shaped by evolving priorities in biodiversity research and conservation agendas coordinated with the Convention on Biological Diversity and the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services.
Significant papers published in the journal have been referenced alongside seminal works by scholars from Harvard University, University of California, Los Angeles, University of Chicago, and Imperial College London. Contributions addressing comparative anatomy, developmental processes, phylogeography, and life-history theory have been cited in reviews and monographs produced by publishers like Oxford University Press, Cambridge University Press, and Elsevier Academic Press. The journal has disseminated findings that intersect with landmark studies associated with researchers linked to Ernst Mayr, Stephen Jay Gould, Richard Dawkins, Nikolaas Tinbergen, and institutions such as Royal Society, Smithsonian Institution, and Max Planck Society.
Category:Zoology journals