Journal profile · Entomology
Annual Review of Entomology
ISSN 0066-4170 · eISSN 1545-4487 · Annual Reviews Inc. · UNITED STATES · Annual · Founded 1956
Annual Review of Entomology: CAS Zone 1 · Agricultural & Forestry Sciences (2025 upgraded edition, Top journal); impact factor 16.74; subscription journal; community-reported acceptance: mostly invited papers; 36 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Annual Review of Entomology is published by Annual Reviews Inc. and is in Zone 1 of Agricultural & Forestry Sciences in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition, Top journal). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Insect-Plant Interactions and Control, Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior and Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research, together about 35.3% of its articles. Its main subfields are Insect Science and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
AIMS AND SCOPE OF JOURNAL: The Annual Review of Entomology reviews significant developments in the field of entomology, including biochemistry and physiology, morphology and development, behavior and neuroscience, ecology, agricultural entomology and pest management, biological control, forest entomology, acarines and other arthropods, medical and veterinary entomology, pathology, vectors of plant disease, genetics, genomics, and systematics, evolution, and biogeography.  
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Entomology
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Insect-Plant Interactions and ControlAgricultural and Biological Sciences14.8%
- Insect and Arachnid Ecology and BehaviorBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology10.8%
- Neurobiology and Insect Physiology ResearchNeuroscience9.7%
- Insect behavior and control techniquesAgricultural and Biological Sciences8.2%
- Insect Pest Control StrategiesAgricultural and Biological Sciences5.9%
- Insect Utilization and EffectsAgricultural and Biological Sciences4.5%
- Animal Behavior and ReproductionAgricultural and Biological Sciences3.9%
- Insect Resistance and GeneticsBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology3.7%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Agricultural & Forestry Sciences Zone 1
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Agricultural & Forestry Sciences | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Entomology | Zone 1 |
Top journal: yesReview journal: yes
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Agricultural & Forestry Sciences Zone 1
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Agricultural & Forestry Sciences | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Entomology | Zone 1 |
Top journal: yesReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Agricultural & Forestry Sciences Zone 1
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Agricultural & Forestry Sciences | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Entomology | Zone 1 |
Top journal: yesReview journal: yes
CiteScore quartiles (Scopus, June 2026 release)
| Subject | Quartile | Rank | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics | Q1 | 1/736 | 99th |
| Insect Science | Q1 | 1/193 | 99th |
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
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
- 16.74LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher)
- 16.9Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 33.3LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 3.82LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 6.58LetPub ·
- h-index
- 178LetPub ·
- h-index
- 350OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 1,632OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 12.28OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 100%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 21LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,925 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 16 | 3 | 15,624 |
| 2025 | 36 | 34 | 19,626 |
| 2024 | 24 | 23 | 20,145 |
| 2023 | 26 | 24 | 19,763 |
| 2022 | 30 | 23 | 20,786 |
| 2021 | 27 | 17 | 21,507 |
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 acceptance (community reports)
- Mostly invited papersLetPub ·
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
- Annual Reviews Inc.
- Country or region
- UNITED STATES
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Annual
- Founded
- 1956
- ISSN
- 0066-4170
- Electronic ISSN
- 1545-4487
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Annual Review of Entomology
What CAS zone is Annual Review of Entomology in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Annual Review of Entomology is in Zone 1 of Agricultural & Forestry Sciences, and in Zone 1 of the minor category Entomology; it is a Top journal. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 1 of Agricultural & Forestry Sciences. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Annual Review of Entomology?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 16.74; CiteScore 33.3, h-index 350.
Which databases index Annual Review of Entomology?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Annual Review of Entomology is indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Is Annual Review of Entomology open access, and what is the APC?
Annual Review of Entomology 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: .