A basic reason for the diverging interpretations regarding the nomenclatural status of ‘retracted' publications lies in different understandings of some ‘simple’ terms like ‘issued’, used in Article 8 of the Code but not defined in this text. After a discussion of the questions at stake, formal definitions of some of these terms are provided.
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9 October 2020
‘Retraction' of taxonomic papers: the meaning of the word ‘issued’ and related ones in zoological nomenclature
Alain Dubois
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Zoosystema
Vol. 42 • No. 26
October 2020
Vol. 42 • No. 26
October 2020
definitions
International Code of Zoological Nomenclature
Nomenclatural availability
retraction of publication
terminology