Taxonomic vandalism explained

Taxonomic vandalism is a term used in biology to describe the practice of publishing numerous[1] scientifically unfounded or poorly-justified taxonomic names, often without adequate research[2] or peer review.[3] [4] This phenomenon has been observed across various fields of taxonomy, but has been particularly prevalent in herpetology.[5] [6] [7]

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  1. Páll-Gergely . Barna . Hunyadi . András . Auffenberg . Kurt . Taxonomic vandalism in malacology: comments on molluscan taxa recently described by N. N. Thach and colleagues (2014–2019) . Folia Malacologica . 28 . 1 . 2020 . 10.12657/folmal.028.002 . 35–76. free .
  2. News: On the troubles of naming species . The Economist . 21 September 2022 . 31 August 2024.
  3. Web site: Magazine . Smithsonian . A Few Bad Scientists Are Threatening to Topple Taxonomy . Smithsonian Magazine . 7 September 2017 . 31 August 2024.
  4. Web site: Naish . Darren . Taxonomic vandalism and the Raymond Hoser problem . Scientific American . 20 June 2013 . 31 August 2024.
  5. Wüster . Wolfgang . Thomson . Scott A . O’shea . Mark . Kaiser . Hinrich . Confronting taxonomic vandalism in biology: conscientious community self-organization can preserve nomenclatural stability . Biological Journal of the Linnean Society . 133 . 3 . 28 June 2021 . 0024-4066 . 10.1093/biolinnean/blab009 . 645–670. 2436/624028 . free .
  6. Loizides . Michael . Alvarado . Pablo . Moreau . Pierre-Arthur . Assyov . Boris . Halasů . Viktorie . Stadler . Marc . Rinaldi . Andrea . Marques . Guilhermina . Zervakis . Georgios I. . Borovička . Jan . Van Vooren . Nicolas . Grebenc . Tine . Richard . Franck . Taşkin . Hatira . Gube . Matthias . Sammut . Carmel . Agnello . Carlo . Baroni . Timothy J. . Crous . Pedro . Fryssouli . Vassiliki . Gonou . Zacharoula . Guidori . Urbano . Gulden . Gro . Hansen . Karen . Kristiansen . Roy . Læssøe . Thomas . Mateos . Javier . Miller . Andrew . Moreno . Gabriel . Perić . Branislav . Polemis . Elias . Salom . Joan Carles . Siquier . José Leonardo . Snabl . Martin . Weholt . Øyvind . Bellanger . Jean-Michel . Has taxonomic vandalism gone too far? A case study, the rise of the pay-to-publish model and the pitfalls of Morchella systematics . Mycological Progress . 21 . 1 . 2022 . 1617-416X . 10.1007/s11557-021-01755-z . 7–38.
  7. Web site: Statement of the SAB on taxonomic vandalism for the Reptile Database . 25 May 2021. The Reptile Database . 31 August 2024.

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