Seventy-five years of systematic biology: Looking back, moving forward

What does “systematic biology” mean today, where has it been in the past, and where is it going? We explore these questions by considering five elements – collaboration, integration, discourse, infrastructure, and society – that we think have allowed systematic biology to adapt to change and sustain growth without losing its unique identity. In the spirit of celebrating the 75th anniversary of our flagship journal, we generated a comprehensive dataset for all Systematic Biology and Systematic Zoology articles (N = 5,150) that we could locate and used bibliometric and textual analyses to illustrate ways in which our field has transformed. We offer our humble opinions on how our community can ensure that systematic biologists inherit an enlightening, dynamic, and enduring future., , ### Seventy-five years of systematic biology: Looking back, moving forward

Dataset DOI: [https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.905qfttz8](https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.905qfttz8)
GitHub repo: [https://github.com/mlandis/systbiol75](https://github.com/mlandis/systbiol75)

Datasets:

* `systbiol_articles_oxford_252905.xlsx`: Original Oxford dataset of *Systematic Biology/Zoology* articles published during 1952-2024. Empty fields represent missing data. This dataset was created prior to May 29, 2025. Supplementary Information contains analysis details.
* `systbiol_articles_enhanced_250717.xlsx`: Enhanced dataset of *Systematic Biology/Zoology* articles published during 1952-2024. Based on original Oxford dataset with extra columns for citation counts from Google Scholar, article types, and page lengths from the journal website, and extra articles missing from the original dataset. Empty fields represent missing data. This dataset was created prior to July 17, 2025. Supplementary Information conta...,

“系统生物学（systematic biology）”如今的内涵为何？其过往发展历程如何，又将走向何方？我们围绕协作、整合、话语体系、基础设施与社会影响五大维度探讨上述问题，认为正是这些要素助力系统生物学在坚守自身独特身份的同时，适配变革并实现持续发展。
为庆祝本社旗舰期刊创刊75周年，我们整理了可检索到的所有《系统生物学》与《系统动物学（Systematic Zoology）》论文（共5150篇），构建了综合性数据集，并通过文献计量与文本分析方法，展现本领域的转型历程。我们谨就学界如何保障系统生物学者能够拥有兼具启发性、活力与持久力的未来，提出浅见。

### 七十五载系统生物学：回望来时路，迈向新征程

数据集DOI：[https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.905qfttz8](https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.905qfttz8)
GitHub仓库：[https://github.com/mlandis/systbiol75](https://github.com/mlandis/systbiol75)

数据集：
* `systbiol_articles_oxford_252905.xlsx`：1952年至2024年发表的《系统生物学》/《系统动物学》论文的原始牛津数据集，空字段代表缺失数据。本数据集于2025年5月29日前完成构建，补充材料包含分析细节。
* `systbiol_articles_enhanced_250717.xlsx`：基于原始牛津数据集优化的1952年至2024年《系统生物学》/《系统动物学》论文数据集。新增列包含谷歌学术引用量、论文类型及期刊官网提供的页码长度，并补充了原始数据集中遗漏的论文。空字段代表缺失数据。本数据集于2025年7月17日前完成构建，补充材料包含……