Journal profile · ENTOMOLOGY
Austral Entomology
ISSN 2052-1758 · John Wiley and Sons Inc. · AUSTRALIA
Austral Entomology: CAS Zone 3 · Agricultural & Forestry Sciences (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 1.21; hybrid open access; APC about USD 3,400; median 157 days to acceptance (88 articles, last 24 months); acceptance rate 26% (journal website); 63 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Austral Entomology is published by John Wiley and Sons Inc. 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 Plant and animal studies, Insect-Plant Interactions and Control and Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior, together about 32% of its articles. Its main subfields are Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and Insect Science. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Austral Entomology is a scientific journal of entomology for the Southern Hemisphere. It publishes Original Articles that are peer-reviewed research papers from the study of the behaviour, biology, biosystematics, conservation biology, ecology, evolution, forensic and medical entomology, molecular biology, public health, urban entomology, physiology and the use and control of insects, arachnids and myriapods. The journal also publishes Reviews on research and theory or commentaries on current areas of research, innovation or rapid development likely to be of broad interest – these may be submitted or invited. Book Reviews will also be considered provided the works are of global significance. Manuscripts from authors in the Northern Hemisphere are encouraged provided that the research has relevance to or broad readership within the Southern Hemisphere. All submissions are peer-reviewed by at least two referees expert in the field of the submitted paper. Special issues are encouraged; please contact the Chief Editor for further information. Austral Entomology is the official publication of the Australian Entomological Society, an incorporated non-profit Australian company limited by guarantee. Membership of the Society is open to any person interested in entomology in its broadest sense. Application forms are available from the Australian Entomological Society website (http://www.austentsoc.org.au/).
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): ENTOMOLOGY
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named New Zealand 3, United States 1, Sweden 1, Belgium 1 (6 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Plant and animal studiesAgricultural and Biological Sciences13.5%
- Insect-Plant Interactions and ControlAgricultural and Biological Sciences11.6%
- Insect and Arachnid Ecology and BehaviorBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology7%
- Lepidoptera: Biology and TaxonomyBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology6.1%
- Insect and Pesticide ResearchAgricultural and Biological Sciences5.5%
- Hymenoptera taxonomy and phylogenyAgricultural and Biological Sciences5.3%
- Insect behavior and control techniquesAgricultural and Biological Sciences5.2%
- Forest Insect Ecology and ManagementEnvironmental Science4.4%
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 4 |
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
Indexing the journal's website claims
CASCAB AbstractsCurrent ContentsPublisher website
Other: EBSCO, AGRICOLA
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
- 1.21LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher)
- 1.2Publisher website ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 1.2Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 2.1LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher)
- 2.1Publisher website ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 2.1Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.43LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.75LetPub ·
- h-index
- 34LetPub ·
- h-index
- 34OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 198OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.94OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 8.3%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 47.58%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 52LetPub ·
- Articles per year (publisher) 2025
- 48Publisher website ·
- Downloads per year (publisher) 2025
- 142,420Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 839 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 76 | 55 | 9 |
| 2025 | 63 | 41 | 75 |
| 2024 | 48 | 32 | 91 |
| 2023 | 51 | 33 | 186 |
| 2022 | 50 | 17 | 168 |
| 2021 | 71 | 12 | 434 |
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 Crossref · to
157 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 95 days – 236 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 30 days (88 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 203 days
- Sample
- 88 articles with submission and acceptance dates (137 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
- Acceptance rate (publisher)
- 26%Publisher website ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher) 2025
- 26%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision
- 16 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to first decision 2025
- 16 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to acceptance 2025
- 210 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication 2025
- 33 daysPublisher website ·
- Peer review
- Single-anonymous peer review, at least 2 reviewersPublisher website · model-extracted
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
Hybrid open accessLetPub
A subscription journal in which authors can pay to publish their article open access.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenAlex | USD 3,400 / EUR 2,850 / GBP 2,270 | — | — |
A hybrid journal charges the APC only when the author chooses open access; publishing under the subscription model is usually free.
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)
What to prepare5 items from the author guidelines
- Abstract
- ≤ 350 words
- Keywords
- ≤ 10
- Manuscript length
- ≤ 20,000 words
- Reference style
- Harvard
- Templates
- Word
Article types accepted4, with length limits
- book reviewd the works are of global significance. Book Reviews are typically less than 2,000 words. Editorials Editorials are opinion pieces or commentaries omain text ≤ 2,000 words
- editorialManuscripts must not present work that has been published, accepted for publication or is currently under consideration for publication elsewhere. Submission of…Length not stated
- original articleFor taxonomic papers, authors must follow the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature (ICZN). Revisionary papers and small monographs will be accepted pro…Length not stated
- reviewirections. Page length is optional, but Reviews are typically 5,000–20,000 words. Note that one or two Review papers will be made freely avamain text ≤ 20,000 words
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAI use, Authorship, Conflicts of interest, Data availability, Publication ethics, Open access, Peer review
- AI use Artificial Intelligence Policy
Artificial Intelligence Generated Content (AIGC) tools—such as ChatGPT and others based on large language models (LLMs)—cannot be considered capable of initiating an original piece of research without direction by human authors. They also cannot be accountable for a published work or for research design, which is a generally held requirement of authorship (as discussed in the previous section), no…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Authorship Authorship
All listed authors should have contributed to the work and be in agreement with the final version of the manuscript.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Conflicts of interest Conflict of Interest
The journal requires that all authors disclose any potential sources of conflict of interest. Any interest or relationship, financial or otherwise, which might be perceived as influencing an author’s objectivity is considered a potential source of conflict of interest. These must be disclosed when directly relevant or indirectly related to the work that the authors describe in their manuscript. Po…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Data availability Data Sharing and Data Accessibility
The journal encourages authors to share the data and other artefacts supporting the results in the paper by archiving it in an appropriate public repository. Authors should include a data accessibility statement, including a link to the repository they have used, in order that this statement can be published alongside their paper.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Publication ethics Publication Ethics
This journal is a member of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE). Note this journal uses iThenticate’s CrossCheck software to detect instances of overlapping and similar text in submitted manuscripts. Read our Top 10 Publishing Ethics Tips for Authors here. Wiley’s Publication Ethics Guidelines can be found at https://authorservices.wiley.com/ethics-guidelines/index.html
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Your Open Access fees might be covered
CONTENTS 1. SUBMISSION2. AIMS AND SCOPE3. MANUSCRIPT CATEGORIES AND REQUIREMENTS4. PREPARING YOUR MANUSCRIPT5. EDITORIAL POLICIES AND ETHICAL CONSIDERATIONS6. AUTHOR LICENSING7. PUBLICATION PROCESS AFTER ACCEPTANCE8. POST PUBLICATION9. EDITORIAL OFFICE CONTACT DETAILS 1. SUBMISSION Thank you for your interest in Austral Entomology. Please read the complete Author Guidelines carefully prior to subm…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review
All submissions are peer-reviewed by at least two referees expert in the field of the submitted paper. Model summary
All submissions are peer-reviewed by at least two referees expert in the field of the submitted paper.
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
- John Wiley and Sons Inc.
- Country or region
- AUSTRALIA
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2052-1758
- Print ISSN
- 2052-174X
- Society / sponsor
- Australian Entomological Society
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 65, Issue 4 (November 2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Austral Entomology
What CAS zone is Austral Entomology in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Austral Entomology is in Zone 3 of Agricultural & Forestry Sciences, and in Zone 4 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 Austral Entomology?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 1.21; CiteScore 2.1, h-index 34.
How long does peer review take at Austral Entomology?
Based on the dates recorded on 88 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 157 days (interquartile range 95–236 days); the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 26% (2025). 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.
What are the manuscript requirements of Austral Entomology?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Abstract: ≤ 350 words; Keywords: ≤ 10; Manuscript length: ≤ 20,000 words; Reference style: Harvard; Templates: Word. A model extracted these from the author guidelines and each was checked against the text; check the latest version on the journal's website before submitting.
Where are the editorial board members of Austral Entomology based?
Of the 6 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are New Zealand (3), United States (1) and Sweden (1). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Austral Entomology?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Austral Entomology is indexed in SCIE and Scopus. The journal's website also lists CAS, CAB Abstracts and Current Contents; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Austral Entomology open access, and what is the APC?
Austral Entomology is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC about USD 3,400.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, Publisher website, 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 2026-08-26). Last updated: .