Journal profile · Agricultural and Biological Sciences-Insect Science
ARTHROPODA SELECTA
ISSN 0136-006X · KMK Scientific Press Ltd. · Russian Federation
ARTHROPODA SELECTA: CAS Zone 4 · Agricultural & Forestry Sciences (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 0.72; fully open access; 54 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
ARTHROPODA SELECTA is published by KMK Scientific Press Ltd. and is in Zone 4 of Agricultural & Forestry Sciences in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Spider Taxonomy and Behavior Studies, Subterranean biodiversity and taxonomy and Lepidoptera: Biology and Taxonomy, together about 51.5% of its articles. Its main subfields are Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
KMK Scientific Press Ltd. is founded in Moscow in 1992 as specialized scientific publishing house producing periodicals as well as scientific monographs both in Russian and main foreign languages. Basic directions of publications are natural sciences (biology, with speciel reference to zoology and botany; geography; history of science) and history (together with memoirs and biographies). Up-to-date Publishing House issues treatises and university lectures, illustrated identification guides to plant and animals as well as serials, in cooperation with Moscow Lomonosov State University, Zoological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences (St.-Petersburg), V.I. Komarov Botanical Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences (St.-Petersburg), and other institutions. Totally, ca. 1000 books are published. 10 periodicals are issued regularly. This site is devoted to open-access, peer-reviewed English journals of KMK, namely Arctoa (since 1991), Arthropoda Selecta (since 1992), Russian Entomological Journal (since 1992), Acarina (since 1993), Russian Journal of Theriology (since 2002), Euroasian Entomological Journal (since 2002), and Invertebrate Zoology (since 2004).
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Agricultural and Biological Sciences-Insect Science
Editor-in-chief K.G. MikhailovPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Spider Taxonomy and Behavior StudiesBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology30.3%
- Subterranean biodiversity and taxonomyEarth and Planetary Sciences12.1%
- Lepidoptera: Biology and TaxonomyBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology9.1%
- Orthoptera Research and TaxonomyAgricultural and Biological Sciences5.9%
- Environmental and Biological Research in Conflict ZonesEnvironmental Science4.9%
- Marine and environmental studiesEarth and Planetary Sciences3.6%
- Marine Biology and Ecology ResearchEarth and Planetary Sciences3.6%
- Collembola Taxonomy and Ecology StudiesAgricultural and Biological Sciences3.6%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Agricultural & Forestry Sciences Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Agricultural & Forestry Sciences | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Entomology | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Agricultural & Forestry Sciences Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Agricultural & Forestry Sciences | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Entomology | Zone 4 |
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
Indexing the journal's website claims
Web of SciencePublisher website
Other: BIOSIS Previews, Zoological Record, CAB International, VINITI
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
- 0.72LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher)
- 0.84Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 1.7LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.51LetPub ·
- SJR (publisher)
- 0.63Publisher website ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.76LetPub ·
- h-index
- 8LetPub ·
- h-index
- 16OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 66OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.66OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 37.5%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 85.23%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 53LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 732 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 29 | 29 | 3 |
| 2025 | 54 | 54 | 27 |
| 2024 | 54 | 54 | 60 |
| 2023 | 47 | 47 | 71 |
| 2022 | 57 | 57 | 149 |
| 2021 | 52 | 52 | 165 |
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.
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.
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 websiteOpen access
- Open access
Open access, peer-reviewed journal published mostly in English. Model summary
The open-access, peer-reviewed journal is published mostly in English.
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
- KMK Scientific Press Ltd.
- Country or region
- Russian Federation
- Language
- Multi-Language
- ISSN
- 0136-006X
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about ARTHROPODA SELECTA
What CAS zone is ARTHROPODA SELECTA in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, ARTHROPODA SELECTA is in Zone 4 of Agricultural & Forestry Sciences, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Entomology. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 4 of Agricultural & Forestry Sciences. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of ARTHROPODA SELECTA?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 0.72; CiteScore 1.7, h-index 16.
Which databases index ARTHROPODA SELECTA?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, ARTHROPODA SELECTA is indexed in SCIE and Scopus. The journal's website also lists Web of Science; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is ARTHROPODA SELECTA open access, and what is the APC?
ARTHROPODA SELECTA 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: .