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The zero forcing number of a graph is a graph parameter based on a color change process, which starts with a state, where all vertices are colored either black or white. In the next step a white vertex turns black, if it is the only white neighbor of some black vertex, and this step is then iterated. The zero forcing number Z(G) is defined as the minimum cardinality of a set S of black vertices such that the whole vertex set turns black.

In this paper we study Z(G) for the class of bijection graphs, where a bijection graph is a graph on 2n vertices that can be partitioned into two parts with n vertices each, joined by a perfect matching. For this class of graphs we show an upper bound for the zero forcing number and classify the graphs that attain this bound. We improve the general lower bound for the zero forcing number, which is Z(G)≥δ(G)" role="presentation" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-table; line-height: normal; letter-spacing: normal; word-spacing: normal; overflow-wrap: normal; white-space: nowrap; float: none; direction: ltr; max-width: none; max-height: none; min-width: 0px; min-height: 0px; border: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; position: relative;">Z(G)≥δ(G)Z(G)≥δ(G), for certain bijection graphs and use this improved bound to find the exact value of the zero forcing number for these graphs. This extends and strengthens results of Yi (2012) about the more restricted class of so called permutation graphs.