Journal profile · ENTOMOLOGY
Arthropod Systematics & Phylogeny
ISSN 1863-7221 · eISSN 1864-8312 · Staatliche Naturhistorische Sammlungen Dresden · GERMANY
Arthropod Systematics & Phylogeny: CAS Zone 2 · Agricultural & Forestry Sciences (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 1.97; fully open access; no APC; review about 12 weeks (community reports); community-reported acceptance: fairly easy; 36 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Arthropod Systematics & Phylogeny is published by Staatliche Naturhistorische Sammlungen Dresden and is in Zone 2 of Agricultural & Forestry Sciences in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Fossil Insects in Amber, Coleoptera Taxonomy and Distribution and Plant and animal studies, together about 30.5% of its articles. Its main subfields are Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
The scope of the journal covers integrative taxonomy, morphology/anatomy, phylogeny (molecular or morphology-based), bio- and phylogeography, and palaeontology. Purely descriptive work, faunistic work, and (usually) work with a strong regional focus are outside the scope. Descriptions of new taxa are welcome, but must be embedded in a novel wider context (e.g. a phylogenetic, evolutionary, or biogeographical framework).
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): ENTOMOLOGY
Editor-in-chief Senckenberg GesellschaftPublisher website
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named Germany 8 (8 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Fossil Insects in AmberAgricultural and Biological Sciences11.5%
- Coleoptera Taxonomy and DistributionAgricultural and Biological Sciences10.3%
- Plant and animal studiesAgricultural and Biological Sciences8.7%
- Lepidoptera: Biology and TaxonomyBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology8.4%
- Insect and Arachnid Ecology and BehaviorBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology6.1%
- Hymenoptera taxonomy and phylogenyAgricultural and Biological Sciences6%
- Scarabaeidae Beetle Taxonomy and BiogeographyEarth and Planetary Sciences5.9%
- Freshwater macroinvertebrate diversity and ecologyEnvironmental Science4.5%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Agricultural & Forestry Sciences Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Agricultural & Forestry Sciences | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Entomology | Zone 2 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Agricultural & Forestry Sciences Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Agricultural & Forestry Sciences | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Entomology | Zone 1 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Agricultural & Forestry Sciences Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Agricultural & Forestry Sciences | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Entomology | Zone 2 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SCIEScopusDOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
Web of SciencePubMedPublisher website
Other: Crossref, Sherpa Romeo
As the journal's website lists them, not checked against each database; for Web of Science editions the records above apply.
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
- 1.97LetPub ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 3.5LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.74LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.25LetPub ·
- h-index
- 17LetPub ·
- h-index
- 36OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 166OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.55OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 5%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 98.17%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 32LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 408 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 35 | 35 | 4 |
| 2025 | 36 | 36 | 45 |
| 2024 | 34 | 34 | 114 |
| 2023 | 45 | 45 | 179 |
| 2022 | 31 | 31 | 225 |
| 2021 | 25 | 25 | 209 |
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)
- about 12 weeksLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- Fairly easyLetPub ·
- Peer review
- Peer reviewLetPub
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).
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LetPub | No APC | No | — | |
| Publisher website | No APC | — | — |
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 websiteAI use, Authorship, Conflicts of interest, Publication ethics, License & copyright, Open access, Peer review, Preprints
- AI use Use of AI
Authors must be transparent about the use of Artificial Intelligence tools such as ChatGPT and other large language models in the manuscript preparation, and disclose details of how the AI tool was used within the "Materials and Methods" section.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Authorship Authorship/Contributorship
Some journals are integrated with Contributor Role Taxonomy (CRediT), in order to recognise individual author input within a publication, thereby ensuring professional and ethical conduct, while avoiding authorship disputes, gift / ghost authorship and similar pressing issues in academic publishing. During manuscript submission, the submitting author is strongly recommended to specify a contributo…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Conflicts of interest Conflict of interest
During the editorial process, the following relationships between editors and authors are considered conflicts of interest: Colleagues currently working in the same research group or department, recent co-authors, and doctoral students for which the editor served as committee chair. During the submission process, the authors are kindly advised to identify possible conflicts of interest with the jo…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Publication ethics Publication Ethics and Malpractice Statement
GeneralThe publishing ethics and malpractice policies follow the Principles of Transparency and Best Practice in Scholarly Publishing (joint statement by COPE, DOAJ, WAME, and OASPA), the NISO Recommended Practices for the Presentation and Identification of E-Journals (PIE-J), and, where relevant, the Recommendations for the Conduct, Reporting, Editing, and Publication of Scholarly Work in Medical…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright License and Copyright Agreement
In submitting the manuscript to any of Pensoft’s journals, authors certify that: They are authorized by their co-authors to enter into these arrangements. The work described has not been published before (except in the form of an abstract or as part of a published lecture, review or thesis); it is not under consideration for publication elsewhere; its publication has been approved by all author(s)…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Open Access
This journal provides immediate open access to its content on the principle that making research freely available to the public supports a greater global exchange of knowledge.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Peer Review
This journal uses a single-blind peer review process. This means that the names of reviewers are hidden from the authors (the author does not know the identity of the reviewer, but the reviewer knows the identity of the author). Notwithstanding that, the reviewers are encouraged to disclose their identities, if they wish to do so. Each article is reviewed by at least two independent experts, with …
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Preprints Preprints
Arthropod Systematics & Phylogeny does explicitly not offer the option to publish submitted manuscripts as preprints.
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
- Staatliche Naturhistorische Sammlungen Dresden
- Country or region
- GERMANY
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 1863-7221
- Electronic ISSN
- 1864-8312
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Arthropod Systematics & Phylogeny
What CAS zone is Arthropod Systematics & Phylogeny in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Arthropod Systematics & Phylogeny is in Zone 2 of Agricultural & Forestry Sciences, and in Zone 2 of the minor category Entomology. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 2 of Agricultural & Forestry Sciences. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Arthropod Systematics & Phylogeny?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 1.97; CiteScore 3.5, h-index 36.
How long does peer review take at Arthropod Systematics & Phylogeny?
Authors report an average review time of about 12 weeks; the community-reported acceptance is “Fairly 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.
Where are the editorial board members of Arthropod Systematics & Phylogeny based?
Of the 8 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Germany (8). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Arthropod Systematics & Phylogeny?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Arthropod Systematics & Phylogeny is indexed in SCIE, Scopus and DOAJ. The journal's website also lists Web of Science and PubMed; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Arthropod Systematics & Phylogeny open access, and what is the APC?
Arthropod Systematics & Phylogeny is a fully open-access journal. It charges no article processing charge.
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 2026-08-26). Last updated: .