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A number of metrics have been derived from the coverage and indexing created for Zoological Record®. Suggestions for other metrics are welcome.

Total number of new taxa published since 1864

Numbers of new taxa described in the worldwide scientific literature and included in Zoological Record® also individually records all taxonomic and nomenclatural acts from those publications.


Total New Names1,782,004
Total New Genera / Subgenera241,733
Total New Species / Subspecies1,424,736
Total Other New Names450,438
Total New Combinations334,034
Total New Synonyms334,749