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AUSTRALIAN JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY publish.csiro.au/zo Australian Journal of Zoology is an international journal publishing contributions on evolutionary, molecular and comparative zoology. The journal focuses on Australasian fauna but also includes high-quality research from any region that has broader practical or theoretical relevance or that demonstrates a conceptual advance to any aspect of zoology. • • Volume 66 • Issue 4 • 2018 • Pages 235–306 SCOPE Volume 66 • Issue 4 • 2018 ZOOLOGY AUSTRALIAN JOURNAL OF Subject areas include, but are not limited to: anatomy, physiology, molecular biology, genetics, reproductive biology, developmental biology, parasitology, morphology, behaviour, ecology, zoogeography, systematics and evolution. E vo lu tionary , M o lE cul ar an d c oM pa rativE Z o ol ogy AUTHOR BENEFITS • International reach and discoverability • Indexing in a wide variety of relevant databases • Professional copyediting for every paper Frequency: 6 issues/year • Capture impact through citation tracking and Altmetrics Publishing since: 1953 • Authors retain copyright ISSN: 0004-959X (print + online) • Green and Gold Open Access compliant with major funders eISSN: 1446-5698 (online) • No page charges • Rapid online publication ahead of issue release STAY IN CONTACT • publishing.ajz@csiro.au • Join the conversation on social media using hashtag #AusJZoology • Sign up for free journals content emails publish.csiro.au/earlyalert • Recommend the journal to your librarian publish.csiro.au/journals/recommend Editor-in-Chief: Paul Cooper As a member of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE), Australian Journal of Zoology supports its core practices and is committed to transparency in scholarly publishing. SUBMIT YOUR ARTICLE ONLINE • Prepare: publish.csiro.au/zo/forauthors • Submit: mc.manuscriptcentral.com/csiro-zo ABN: 41 687 119 230 JOURNAL METRICS SPEED IMPACT 45 days from manuscript submission to first decision # 22 days from manuscript acceptance to publication IF 0.6 Impact Factor 2018 0.8 5-Year Impact Factor 2018 TC 1817 Total Citations in 2018 USAGE 28,453 downloads in 2018 278 Altmetrics mentions in 2018 CS SNIP Ranking in area 2018 142/170 in Zoology (Q4) 0.8 CiteScore 2018 Highest percentile 44% (213/385 Animal Science and Zoology) 0.5 SNIP 2018 Source Normalised Impact per Paper SJR 0.4 SJR 2018 h5 12 h5-index SCImago Journal Rank Google Scholar index for papers published 2014-18 ABOUT CSIRO PUBLISHING CSIRO Publishing operates as an editorially independent science publisher within Australia’s premier research group, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), and has been publishing journals since 1948. Our internationally recognised publishing program includes journals, books and magazines and covers a wide range of scientific disciplines. PARTNER ORGANISATIONS Metrics are correct as of June 2019.