Journal profile · ENTOMOLOGY
Acta entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae
ISSN 0374-1036 · eISSN 1804-6487 · National Museum/Narodni muzeum · CZECH REPUBLIC · Semiannual · Founded 1967
Acta entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae: CAS Zone 3 · Agricultural & Forestry Sciences (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 0.81; fully open access; review 6–12 weeks (community reports); community-reported acceptance: easy; 35 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Acta entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae is published by National Museum/Narodni muzeum and is in Zone 3 of Agricultural & Forestry Sciences in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Coleoptera Taxonomy and Distribution, Lepidoptera: Biology and Taxonomy and Coleoptera: Cerambycidae studies, together about 31.7% of its articles. Its main subfields are Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
PDF version of the Instructions for authors Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae (AEMNP) in an open access journal publishing research focused on insect systematics. It was established in 1923. From 2008 onwards, AEMNP is published biannually, accompanied with irregular Supplements. From 2018, papers are published online first, and subsequently printed in two volumes published at the end of June and December. Formerly, the Department of Entomology of the National Museum in Prague has been issuing four publication series (the PDFs of all of them are available on this webpage): Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae (= Sborník entomologického oddělení Národního musea) – this journal continues until today. Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae, Supplementum: now merged with the main series. Acta Faunistica Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae: now merged with AEMNP. Acta Faunistica Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae, Supplementum: now merged with AEMNP. Publisher: National Museum, Václavské náměstí 68, CZ – 115 79, Praha 1, Czech Republic Contact to editors (including MS submissions): aemnp.editors@gmail.com Scope of the journal: AEMNP is publishing papers on: Insect systematics, taxonomy and nomenclature; Morphology of adult and immature stages and/or their biology with possible applications in taxonomy and phylogeny; Phylogeny at least partly based on morphological characters (or with morphological characters mapped on the tree); Catalogues applicable for further taxonomy and biodiversity studies; General papers on methodology of insect taxonomy. Editorial board: Chairman of the editorial board: Josef Jelínek (Czech Republic) Editor-in-chief: Petr Kment (Czech Republic) Associate editors: Martin Fikáček (Czech Republic) Jiří Hájek (Czech Republic) Petr Kočárek (Czech Republic) Igor Malenovský (Czech Republic) Lukáš Sekerka (Czech Republic) Michal Tkoč (Czech Republic) Technical editor: Martin Fikáček (Czech Republic) English language editors: Jitka Ansari (United Kingdom) Leonidas R. Davranoglou (Greece) Grey T. Gustafson (USA) Advisory board: Michael Balke (Germany) Lubomír Masner (Canada) Jan Bezděk (Czech Republic) Wolfram Mey (Germany) David S. Boukal (Czech Republic) Ricardo Palma (New Zealand) Freddy Bravo (Brazil) Dávid Rédei (China) Gregory R. Curler (USA) Aleš Smetana (Canada) Vladimir M. Gnezdilov (Russia) Alexey Yu. Solodovnikov (Denmark) Zdeněk Laštůvka (Czech Republic) Sonja Wedmann (Germany) Digital archive compliant with ICZN re
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): ENTOMOLOGY
Editor-in-chief Petr KmentPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Coleoptera Taxonomy and DistributionAgricultural and Biological Sciences15.6%
- Lepidoptera: Biology and TaxonomyBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology8.6%
- Coleoptera: Cerambycidae studiesAgricultural and Biological Sciences7.5%
- Insect-Plant Interactions and ControlAgricultural and Biological Sciences7.4%
- Fossil Insects in AmberAgricultural and Biological Sciences7.1%
- Hemiptera Insect StudiesAgricultural and Biological Sciences6.9%
- Scarabaeidae Beetle Taxonomy and BiogeographyEarth and Planetary Sciences5.5%
- Hymenoptera taxonomy and phylogenyAgricultural and Biological Sciences5.4%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Agricultural & Forestry Sciences Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Agricultural & Forestry Sciences | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Entomology | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Agricultural & Forestry Sciences Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Agricultural & Forestry Sciences | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Entomology | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Agricultural & Forestry Sciences Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Agricultural & Forestry Sciences | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Entomology | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SCIEScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Editions, and major and minor categories, are shown separately and never merged into one zone; check which edition your institution uses before you submit or report.
Metrics
Impact metrics and publication volume
Impact
- Impact factor
- 0.81LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 0.8Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 1.5LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.58LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.88LetPub ·
- h-index
- 17LetPub ·
- h-index
- 13OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 31OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.33OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 12.5%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 100%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 34LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 423 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 12 | 12 | 0 |
| 2025 | 35 | 35 | 6 |
| 2024 | 32 | 32 | 20 |
| 2023 | 29 | 29 | 49 |
| 2022 | 26 | 26 | 93 |
| 2021 | 32 | 32 | 121 |
Sources count differently and were observed at different times, so each source's own value is kept; "publisher" marks figures from the journal's website.
Review & acceptance
Review time and acceptance
- Average review time (community reports)
- 6–12 weeksLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- EasyLetPub ·
Community reports come from authors' own submissions (confidence 0.5) and are not a promise from the journal; for publisher figures, the journal's own definitions apply.
Fees & open access
APC and open-access policy
Fully open accessOpenAlex
Every article is open access; authors usually pay an article processing charge (APC).
No source has fee information yet; check the journal's website.
Other charges and waivers (author guidelines)
- Page charges
- No page charges
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Submission
Article types and submission policies (journal website)
Policy excerpts from the journal's websitePeer review, Self-archiving
- Peer review
Peer review by two reviewers Model summary
Manuscripts are reviewed by two peer reviewers.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Self-archiving
Two printed issues per year, online PDFs published continuously Model summary
The journal has two printed issues per year, on-line PDFs are published continuously throughout the year.
Source ↗Publisher website ·
Excerpts are quoted from the journal's website; "model summary" lines are written by Workers AI and checked against the text. The journal's website is authoritative.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- National Museum/Narodni muzeum
- Country or region
- CZECH REPUBLIC
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Semiannual
- Founded
- 1967
- ISSN
- 0374-1036
- Electronic ISSN
- 1804-6487
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Acta entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae
What CAS zone is Acta entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Acta entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae is in Zone 3 of Agricultural & Forestry Sciences, and in Zone 3 of the minor category Entomology. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 3 of Agricultural & Forestry Sciences. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Acta entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 0.81; CiteScore 1.5, h-index 13.
How long does peer review take at Acta entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae?
Authors report an average review time of 6–12 weeks; the community-reported acceptance is “Easy”. Article statistics cover accepted papers only, publisher figures follow the journal's own definitions, and community reports come from authors' own submissions; none is a promise from the journal.
Which databases index Acta entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Acta entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae is indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Is Acta entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae open access, and what is the APC?
Acta entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae is a fully open-access journal. Fee information is not available yet; check the journal's website.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, Publisher website; every figure is tagged with its source and the date it was observed, and conflicting values are kept per source. LetPub source page: view ↗ (archived 2026-08-25). Last updated: .