About Arthropoda

Aims

Arthropoda (ISSN 2813-3323) is an international, peer-reviewed, open ‎access journal specializing in the study of arthropods, with a focus on non-insect arthropods, published quarterly online by MDPI.

Arthropoda is the sister journal to Insects, providing a publication outlet for research on non-insect arthropods.

Arthropoda publishes high-quality research on chelicerates (including arachnids such as spiders, mites, scorpions, and pseudoscorpions, as well as horseshoe crabs and sea spiders, among many others), myriapods (millipedes, centipedes, and allied taxa), and crustaceans. Manuscripts addressing fossil arthropods outside these taxonomic groups are also welcomed. The journal focuses on publishing research articles, reviews, communications, and brief reports, but other article types will also be considered. There is no restriction on the maximum length of the papers. The full experimental details must be provided so that the results can be reproduced. A range of multimedia and specialized format files can be accommodated as supplementary files.

We aim to publish a broad range of manuscripts with submissions possible across the breadth of biological science, as long as the focus remains on non-insect arthropods. We also look forward to receiving submissions overlapping with a cross-section of topics as diverse ‎as molecular genetics, behavior, neuroscience, ‎biomechanics, biochemistry, systematics, physiology, ‎developmental biology, ecology, and paleontology.

Scope

The scope of this journal covers all topics related to non-insect arthropods, running the spectrum from molecules through to populations and individual species to ecosystem studies. Specific fields of interest include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Morphology, anatomy, behavior, ethology, physiology, ecology;
• Natural history and life-history studies;
• Systematics, including higher-level systematics;
• Taxonomy and species descriptions;
• Phylogeny, evolution, biogeography, phylogeography, and population genetics;
• Paleontology;
• Biodiversity;
• Conservation biology and management;
• Distribution, range extensions, new geographical records, and species checklists;
• Invasive and introduced species;
• Pest management and arthropod control;
• Fisheries, aquaculture, and sustainable resource management;
• Arthropod–environment interactions and ecosystem processes;
• Interactions between arthropods and humans and their impacts on society.

MDPI Publication Ethics Statement

MDPI is a member of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE). MDPI takes the responsibility to enforce a rigorous peer-review together with strict ethical policies and standards to ensure to add high quality scientific works to the field of scholarly publication. Unfortunately, cases of plagiarism, data falsification, inappropriate authorship credit, and the like, do arise. MDPI takes such publishing ethics issues very seriously and our editors are trained to proceed in such cases with a zero tolerance policy. To verify the originality of content submitted to our journals, we use iThenticate to check submissions against previous publications.

Book Reviews

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Copyright / Open Access

Articles published in Arthropoda will be Open-Access articles distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The copyright is retained by the author(s). MDPI will insert the following note at the end of the published text:

Reprints

Reprints may be ordered. Please contact publisher@mdpi.com for more information on how to order reprints.

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Editorial Office

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