Journal profile · Zoology
Annales Zoologici
ISSN 0003-4541 · Muzeum i Instytut Zoologii · POLAND · Quarterly · Founded 1954
Annales Zoologici: CAS Zone 3 · Agricultural & Forestry Sciences (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 0.74; subscription journal; review over 12 weeks (community reports); community-reported acceptance: easy; 60 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Annales Zoologici is published by Muzeum i Instytut Zoologii 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, Coleoptera: Cerambycidae studies and Insect-Plant Interactions and Control, together about 34.3% of its articles. Its main subfields are Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Annales Zoologici is published quarterly by the Museum and Institute of Zoology at the Polish Academy of Sciences. It is an international journal devoted to all aspects of systematic entomology (in a broad sense).
Source: LetPub
Research area (LetPub): Zoology
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Coleoptera Taxonomy and DistributionAgricultural and Biological Sciences15.9%
- Coleoptera: Cerambycidae studiesAgricultural and Biological Sciences10.3%
- Insect-Plant Interactions and ControlAgricultural and Biological Sciences8.1%
- Lepidoptera: Biology and TaxonomyBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology7.1%
- Forest Insect Ecology and ManagementEnvironmental Science6%
- Scarabaeidae Beetle Taxonomy and BiogeographyEarth and Planetary Sciences5.5%
- Study of Mite SpeciesAgricultural and Biological Sciences5%
- Fossil Insects in AmberAgricultural and Biological Sciences4.1%
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 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Agricultural & Forestry Sciences | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Entomology | Zone 3 |
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
- 0.74LetPub ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 1.5LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.38LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.67LetPub ·
- h-index
- 25LetPub ·
- h-index
- 33OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 321OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.63OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 14.3%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0.58%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 59LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,967 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 26 | 21 | 2 |
| 2025 | 60 | 2 | 30 |
| 2024 | 53 | 5 | 55 |
| 2023 | 59 | 1 | 118 |
| 2022 | 48 | 5 | 175 |
| 2021 | 33 | 1 | 205 |
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)
- over 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
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
- Muzeum i Instytut Zoologii
- Country or region
- POLAND
- Language
- Multi-Language
- Frequency
- Quarterly
- Founded
- 1954
- ISSN
- 0003-4541
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Annales Zoologici
What CAS zone is Annales Zoologici in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Annales Zoologici 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 Annales Zoologici?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 0.74; CiteScore 1.5, h-index 33.
How long does peer review take at Annales Zoologici?
Authors report an average review time of over 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 Annales Zoologici?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Annales Zoologici is indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Is Annales Zoologici open access, and what is the APC?
Annales Zoologici 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; 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: .