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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®. Currently Zoological Record® monitors over 5,000 international serials plus other non serial publications to gather information relating to the biology, research nomenclature and taxonomy of animals. Zoological Record® also individually records all taxonomic and nomenclatural acts from those publications.
| Total New Names | 1,531,978 |
| Total New Genera / Subgenera | 217,173 |
| Total New Species / Subspecies | 1,211,066 |
| Total Other New Names | 293,909 |
| Total New Combinations | 270,922 |
| Total New Synonyms | 289,593 |
