Streamlining taxonomic publication: a working example with Scratchpads and ZooKeys

By

Blagoderov, Vladimir Aleksandrovich 1968-
Brake, Irina
Georgiev, Teodor
Penev, Lyubomir
Roberts, David
Ryrcroft, Simon
Scott, Ben
Agosti, Donat
Catapano, Terry
Smith, Vincent

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2010

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

50

Pages

17-28

Subjects

ICBN , ICZN , Nomenclature , online publishing , taxonomy

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.50.539

 

Abstract

We describe a method to publish nomenclatural acts described in taxonomic websites (Scratchpads) that are formally registered through publication in a printed journal (ZooKeys). This method is fully compliant with the zoological nomenclatural code. Our approach supports manuscript creation (via a Scratchpad), electronic act registration (via ZooBank), online and print publication (in the journal ZooKeys) and simultaneous dissemination (ZooKeys and Scratchpads) for nomenclatorial acts including new species descriptions. The workflow supports the generation of manuscripts directly from a database and is illustrated by two sample papers published in the present issue.