The Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research (JZSER) is a peer-reviewed, international forum for publication of high-quality research on systematic zoology and evolutionary biology. The aim of the journal is to provoke a synthesis of results from morphology, physiology, animal geography, ecology, ethology, evolutionary genetics, population genetics, developmental biology and molecular biology. Besides empirical papers, theoretical contributions and review articles are welcome. Purely taxonomic and predominantly cytogenetic manuscripts will not be accepted except in rare cases, and then only at the Editors-in-Chief's discretion. Only papers in English language are accepted.The following aspects are relevant for the editors? decision whether a manuscript should be considered for publication in JZSER: Is the study of supra-regional relevance (in case of phylogeographic studies) and/or is it of broad systematic relevance? Does the study address a hot topic, is it cutting edge or controversial? Does it cover a taxonomic group comprehensively? Does the manuscript provide an example of a general biological principle and/or extends this principle or provides a new "twist" to it? Does the study use a modern set of methods to illuminate a biological problem and / or is the set of molecular genetic markers used sufficient to allow the conclusions drawn? Is the manuscript well written with an acceptable level of English and are figures and tables carefully prepared (also regarding readability) illustrating the relevant results in a clear and comprehensive way? Are the hypotheses well presented and the results discussed in an evolutionary sense? Not all of these criteria have to be fulfilled, but they help the editors to select papers that presumably will be of interest for a broad readership.

《動物系統學和進化研究雜志》(JZSER)是一個同行評議的國際論壇，旨在發表關于系統動物學和進化生物學的高質量研究。該雜志的目的是綜合形態學、生理學、動物地理學、生態學、動物行為學、進化遺傳學、種群遺傳學、發育生物學和分子生物學的研究成果。除了實證論文外，還歡迎理論貢獻和評論文章。純分類和細胞遺傳學手稿將不被接受，除非在極少數情況下，然后只有在主編的自由裁量權。只接受英文論文。以下幾個方面與編輯決定是否考慮在JZSER出版稿件有關:超區域相關性研究(在系統地理學研究中)和/或具有廣泛的系統相關性嗎?這項研究針對的是一個熱門話題，是前沿的還是有爭議的?它是否全面地涵蓋了一個分類群?手稿是否提供了一個一般生物學原理的例子和/或擴展了這個原理，或提供了一個新的“扭曲”?這項研究是否使用了一套現代的方法來闡明一個生物學問題和/或一套分子遺傳標記的使用是否足以使得出的結論?稿件是否寫得好，英語水平是否可以接受，是否精心準備了圖表(也包括可讀性)，清晰全面地說明了相關結果?假設是否被很好地提出，結果是否在進化的意義上得到了討論?并非所有這些標準都必須滿足，但它們有助于編輯選擇可能會引起廣大讀者興趣的論文。