Corresponding author: Lyubomir Penev (
Werner Greuter
OPTIMA
PhytoKeys was launched on the 1st of November 2010 as a novel, peer-reviewed, open-access outlet for plant biodiversity research (
The journal implemented several innovative technologies, such as a domain specific XML markup based on the TaxPub Schema (
PhytoKeys was the first journal to announce the revolutionary changes instituted in the International Code of Nomenclature for algae, fungi and plants (ICN) in a paper published during the actual proceedings of the XVIII International Botanical Congress in Melbourne in July 2011, bringing the news to a world-wide audience (
Since its launch the journal has received 130 submissions in total. Out of this number, 90 articles (1,456 pages) were published in volumes 1–18. Twenty-one manuscripts have been archived by the system because they were rejected during the review process, withdrawn from consideration or cancelled for other reasons. The yearly growth in numbers of published articles, issues, and number of pages in PhytoKeys has been substantial (
Total number of submitted manuscripts, published articles, issues, and printed pages for the first two years of PhytoKeys.
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1 November 2010-31 October 2011 | 47 | 35 | 6 | 420 |
1 November 2011-31 October 2012 | 78 | 53 | 12 | 1,008 |
Total (until 5 December 2012) | 130 | 90 | 18 | 1,456 |
Total number of submitted manuscripts, published articles and pages per year in PhyltoKeys.
Altogether, four new genera, one subgenus, 90 species, and one variety have been published in the journal since its launch, or 96 new taxa in total (
New taxa published in PhytoKeys from 1st November 2009 to 6th December 2012 that have been registered in the International Plant Name Index (as per 6th December 2011, data provided by Christine Barker, IPNI).
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2010 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
2011 | 41 | 2 | 0 | 38 | 1 |
2012 | 44 | 1 | 1 | 42 | 0 |
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Other nomenclatural novelties published in PhytoKeys for the entire period of its existence (data provided by Christine Barker, IPNI).
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2010 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
2011 | 43 | 43 | 1 | 8 |
2012 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 2 |
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Taxonomic distribution by family of the published nomenclatural novelties in PhytoKeys.
PhytoKeys has always been engaged with open data publishing. One of the pioneering methods for data publishing converted a conventional floristic checklist, written in a standard word processing program, into structured data in the Darwin Core Archive format (
The first data paper in PhytoKeys was published in May 2012 by
The top ten papers in PhytoKeys through the 5th of December 2012 have been accessed 55,502 times (
The top ten most viewed articles of PhytoKeys according to the PhytoKeys website counter accessed on the 5th of December 2012.
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In order to promote plant taxonomy, Pensoft’s Public Relations office has initiated a new service aimed at facilitating our authors in promoting their research among the general public and science media. Since its launch, altogether 17 international press releases have been prepared and distributed through EurekAlert!, one of the world largest online distributors of science news, supplying information to more than 7,500 mass media and independent science journalists, and Pensoft’s own channels (see
The top ten most accessed press releases of PhytoKeys articles posted through EurekAlert!. The counter registers only downloads from EurekAlert!, mostly by science media and journalists. The actual number of readers is most likely much higher than this number.
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10-Jul-2012 | 4,847 |
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1-Jan-2012 | 3,424 |
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6-Jan-2012 | 3,181 |
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3-Jan-2012 | 3,092 |
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8-Dec-2011 | 2,767 |
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23-Mar-2012 | 2,634 |
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4-Jan-2012 | 2,474 |
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19-Jul-2011 | 2,119 |
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14-Sep-2011 | 1,252 |
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28-Aug-2012 | 1,195 |
In conclusion, PhytoKeys, along with its 'brother' journals Zookeys and MycoKeys, continues to evolve its editorial workflow, constantly implementing new and improved publishing and dissemination technologies, thus always being on point for digital biodiversity science. We would like to thank all of our authors, reviewers, subject editors, readers, and journalistic followers without whose support PhytoKeys would not have become such a successful journal in just two years time! We also thank Christine Barker (IPNI) for providing information on the nomenclatural novelties published in PhytoKeys that have been registered in IPNI.