Feature Papers in Phylogeny and Evolution (2026–2027)
A special issue of Diversity (ISSN 1424-2818). This special issue belongs to the section "Phylogeny and Evolution".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 22 October 2026 | Viewed by 216
Special Issue Editors
Interests: evolution; systematics; biogeography
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The Phylogeny and Evolution Section of Diversity is currently seeking submissions to the Special Issue “Feature Papers in Phylogeny and Evolution 2026–2027.” This Special Issue aims to highlight high-quality, forward-looking contributions that advance our understanding of evolutionary processes and phylogenetic relationships across the diversity of life, both extant and extinct.
As a generalist journal, Diversity particularly welcomes papers that address broad conceptual, methodological, or synthetic questions in phylogeny and evolution. Studies may be based on specific taxa, regions, or datasets, provided that their discussion clearly articulates general implications or transferable insights of relevance beyond the focal system. Highly specialized or strictly local studies will be considered only where they contribute meaningfully to wider evolutionary or phylogenetic understanding.
This Special Issue welcomes both descriptive and hypothesis-driven research, including empirical, methodological, integrative, and conceptual contributions. Submissions may draw on morphological, molecular, genomic, palaeontological, ecological, or interdisciplinary evidence.
All contributions should aim to serve as a clear point of departure for future research and be written in a manner accessible to a broad scientific readership, including non-specialists, while maintaining the academic rigor expected by specialists.
Prof. Dr. Matjaž Kuntner
Dr. Stenio Italo Araujo Foerster
Guest Editors
Manuscript Submission Information
Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. All submissions that pass pre-check are peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 250 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for assessment.
Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Diversity is an international peer-reviewed open access monthly journal published by MDPI.
Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 2100 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.
Keywords
- phylogeny
- evolution
- biodiversity
- comparative approaches
- integrative studies
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