At the frontline of At the frontline of publishing in systematic publishing in systematic

zoology: zoology: A presentation of A presentation of

ZooKeysZooKeysLyubomir PenevLyubomir Penev11, Terry Erwin, Terry Erwin22, ,

Jeremy MillerJeremy Miller33

11Pensoft Publishers, Sofia, BulgariaPensoft Publishers, Sofia, Bulgaria22 Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC, USASmithsonian Institution, Washington DC, USA

3 3 Naturalis, Leiden, The NetherlandsNaturalis, Leiden, The Netherlands

Why ZooKeys is needed? Why ZooKeys is needed? Public demand for Public demand for open accessopen access to biodiversity data and especially to descriptions of new taxa to biodiversity data and especially to descriptions of new taxa Electronic publication Electronic publication gaining acceptance among systematists; lively discussions on its compliance to gaining acceptance among systematists; lively discussions on its compliance to

the 4th the 4th ICZN; ICZN; proposals for proposals for amendmentsamendments to the new (5 to the new (5thth) edition of the ) edition of the CodeCode published in October 2008 published in October 2008 ZooBankZooBank: : attempt to establish a central resource for the registration and validation of new taxon namesattempt to establish a central resource for the registration and validation of new taxon names LSIDLSID: : unique identifier for biological information, including (but not limited to) taxon namesunique identifier for biological information, including (but not limited to) taxon names Semantic Web enhancementsSemantic Web enhancements promote connections promote connections Data publicationData publication seems to soon become an indispensable part of taxonomic papers seems to soon become an indispensable part of taxonomic papers DisseminationDissemination of published results becomes at least as important as the publication itself! of published results becomes at least as important as the publication itself!

The PresentThe PresentLaunched on 4Launched on 4thth of July 2008 ; of July 2008 ; 52 52 issuesissues published published, >, >88000 pages, 000 pages, more than more than 30003000 registered users registered users withwithin in two two yearyearss!!

Impact factor of 1.133 gained within 2.5 yearsImpact factor of 1.133 gained within 2.5 years; covered by Scopus, Google ; covered by Scopus, Google Scholar, Zoological Record and CABI; accepted for archiving in Scholar, Zoological Record and CABI; accepted for archiving in PubMedCentralPubMedCentral

The first mandatory The first mandatory open accessopen access journal in systematic zoology journal in systematic zoology

The first mandatory The first mandatory ZooBankZooBank registration of all new taxa registration of all new taxa

Official partners of Official partners of GBIFGBIF and and EOLEOL; occurrence dataset supplied to GBIF on the ; occurrence dataset supplied to GBIF on the day of publicationday of publication

All new taxa supplied through XML mark up to All new taxa supplied through XML mark up to EOLEOL andand Plazi Plazi, , as well as as well as to to WikispeciesWikispecies on the day of publication on the day of publication

CrossRefCrossRef member, member, DOIDOI provided to articles and supplementary data files provided to articles and supplementary data files

Online and full-colour print versions; Online and full-colour print versions; no restrictions in colour and no charges no restrictions in colour and no charges for itfor it

Online editorial management systemOnline editorial management system facilitating efficient review and facilitating efficient review and manuscript workflowmanuscript workflow

FastFast p publication: typically ublication: typically 33-4 weeks for review, 3-7 days for publication after -4 weeks for review, 3-7 days for publication after acceptanceacceptance

Broad coverageBroad coverage – taxonomy, phylogeny, biogeography, checklists, – taxonomy, phylogeny, biogeography, checklists, conference proceedings, special issues, monographs, Festschrift volumesconference proceedings, special issues, monographs, Festschrift volumes

Life Cycle of a Traditional PublicationIntegrated with Online Enhancements

ManuscriptLocality data file

Submission, peer-review, editing

ProofsLSID

PublicationLocality KML file

MorphbankGenbank

XML MARK UP

IPT

Google Earth

Zoological Record

Archives

Indexing services

ISI Impact factor

Locality data fileDOI

MorphbankGenbankOccurrence data

Occurrence dataDOI

IPT

KML file

LSID

XML MARK UP

The occurrence dataset in The occurrence dataset in GBIFGBIF

IPT

The occurrence dataset in The occurrence dataset in Google Earth and Google Earth and

MorphbankMorphbank

Species descriptions on Species descriptions on EOLEOL

XML MARK UP

Online Keys in Multiple Online Keys in Multiple FormatsFormats

The The ZooKeys Model of Publishing ZooKeys Model of Publishing Interactive KeysInteractive Keys

ManuscriptData matricesand images

Submission, peer-review, editing

ProofsDOI

Publication

DOI

Key files

Zoological Record

Indexing services

Archives

Supplementary data files published

Data matrices, images, key files

LucidDELTAIntkey

IDENTIFY ONLINE

MX

EDIT/CHANGE KEYS

Lucid Translator Nexus

ISI Impact factor

Pre-submission

Peer-review, editing

Publication, dissemination, archiving

The FutureThe FutureMore semantic Web Enhancements! More semantic Web Enhancements!

Automated creation Automated creation and submission and submission of of XML marked up manuscripts from XML marked up manuscripts from databases/data aggregators (databases/data aggregators (e.g.,e.g., Scratchpads, GBIF)Scratchpads, GBIF)

HyperlinkHyperlinkinging of images of images

Make all these processes a routine Make all these processes a routine practicpracticee!!

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