Journal profile · Entomology
American bee journal
ISSN 0002-7626 · Dadant and Sons, Inc · UNITED STATES · Monthly
American bee journal: subscription journal; median 149 days to acceptance (75 articles, last 24 months); community-reported acceptance: easy; 0 articles in 2025.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
American bee journal is published by Dadant and Sons, Inc. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Insect and Pesticide Research, Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior and Bee Products Chemical Analysis, together about 79.7% of its articles. Its main subfields are Insect Science. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
The American Bee Journal was established in 1861 by Samuel Wagner and has been published continuously since that time, except for a brief period during the Civil War. The Journal has the honor of being the oldest English language beekeeping publication in the world. Today, Dadant and Sons has the privilege of publishing the American Bee Journal for subscribers throughout the world. Readership is concentrated among hobby and commercial beekeepers, bee supply dealers, queen breeders, package-bee shippers, honey packers, and entomologists.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Entomology
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Insect and Pesticide ResearchAgricultural and Biological Sciences31%
- Insect and Arachnid Ecology and BehaviorBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology28.9%
- Bee Products Chemical AnalysisAgricultural and Biological Sciences19.8%
- Plant and animal studiesAgricultural and Biological Sciences8.2%
- Insect behavior and control techniquesAgricultural and Biological Sciences1.3%
- Insect Pest Control StrategiesAgricultural and Biological Sciences1.2%
- Vector-borne infectious diseasesImmunology and Microbiology0.9%
- Agricultural safety and regulationsAgricultural and Biological Sciences0.9%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CiteScore quartiles (Scopus, June 2026 release)
| Subject | Quartile | Rank | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| Insect Science | Q4 | 140/142 | 1st |
Scopus ranks journals by CiteScore within each subject: the 75th percentile and above is Q1, then a quartile every 25 points. A different system from the CAS zones.LetPub
Database indexing
Indexed in: no record yet.
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
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 0.1LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.1LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.02LetPub ·
- h-index
- 24LetPub ·
- h-index
- 34OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 130OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 155LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,367 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 0 | 0 | 56 |
| 2024 | 0 | 0 | 108 |
| 2023 | 0 | 0 | 151 |
| 2022 | 0 | 0 | 150 |
| 2021 | 0 | 0 | 258 |
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
Review time from article dates manuscript dates registered with PubMed · to
149 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 61 days – 206 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 17 days (60 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 172 days
- Sample
- 75 articles with submission and acceptance dates (221 in the window); the latest was accepted on
Only articles that were accepted and published are counted, not the time spent on rejected manuscripts, so this usually runs longer than a publisher's "time to first decision".
Other sources
- Average review time (community reports)
- 4–8 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
Subscription journalLetPub
A subscription journal: articles are read by subscription or purchase, and authors usually pay no publication charge.
No source has fee information yet; check the journal's website.
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Dadant and Sons, Inc
- Country or region
- UNITED STATES
- Frequency
- Monthly
- ISSN
- 0002-7626
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about American bee journal
How long does peer review take at American bee journal?
Based on the dates recorded on 75 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 149 days (interquartile range 61–206 days); authors report an average review time of 4–8 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.
Is American bee journal open access, and what is the APC?
American bee journal is a subscription 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 2026-08-24). Last updated: .