Journal profile · Entomology
Entomological Science
ISSN 1343-8786 · eISSN 1479-8298 · Wiley-Blackwell · JAPAN · Quarterly · Founded 1998
Entomological Science: CAS Zone 4 · Agricultural & Forestry Sciences (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 0.76; hybrid open access; APC about USD 3,400; median 133 days to acceptance (65 articles, last 24 months); community-reported acceptance: easy; 36 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Entomological Science is published by Wiley-Blackwell 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 Plant and animal studies, Insect-Plant Interactions and Control and Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior, together about 41.7% of its articles. Its main subfields are Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and Insect Science. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Entomological Science is the official English language journal of the Entomological Society of Japan. The Journal publishes original research papers and reviews from any entomological discipline or from directly allied field in ecology, behavioral biology, physiology, biochemistry, development, genetics, systematics, morphology, evolution and general entomology. Papers of applied entomology will be considered for publication if they significantly advance in the field of entomological science in the opinion of the Editors and Editorial Board.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Entomology
Editor-in-chief Kazuhiko KonishiPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Plant and animal studiesAgricultural and Biological Sciences18.4%
- Insect-Plant Interactions and ControlAgricultural and Biological Sciences11.8%
- Insect and Arachnid Ecology and BehaviorBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology11.5%
- Insect and Pesticide ResearchAgricultural and Biological Sciences5.7%
- Lepidoptera: Biology and TaxonomyBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology4.9%
- Forest Insect Ecology and ManagementEnvironmental Science4.6%
- Hymenoptera taxonomy and phylogenyAgricultural and Biological Sciences4.2%
- Insect behavior and control techniquesAgricultural and Biological Sciences3.7%
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 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Agricultural & Forestry Sciences | Zone 3 |
| 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
CAB AbstractsCurrent ContentsPublisher website
Other: EBSCO, ProQuest, 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
- 0.76LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher)
- 0.8Publisher website ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 0.8Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 1.5LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher)
- 1.5Publisher website ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 1.5Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.27LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.53LetPub ·
- h-index
- 25LetPub ·
- h-index
- 45OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 486OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.35OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 12.5%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 15%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 25LetPub ·
- Articles per year (publisher) 2025
- 25Publisher website ·
- Downloads per year (publisher) 2025
- 45,576Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,663 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 47 | 17 | 4 |
| 2025 | 36 | 17 | 14 |
| 2024 | 32 | 12 | 22 |
| 2023 | 37 | 22 | 77 |
| 2022 | 40 | 3 | 123 |
| 2021 | 45 | 11 | 153 |
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
133 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 97 days – 216 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 41 days (65 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 182 days
- Sample
- 65 articles with submission and acceptance dates (87 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
- Average review time (community reports)
- 6–12 weeksLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- EasyLetPub ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher)
- 32%Publisher website ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher) 2025
- 32%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision
- 53 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to first decision 2025
- 53 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to acceptance 2025
- 186 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication 2025
- 54 daysPublisher website ·
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 2,830 / 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)
Article types accepted4, with length limits
- opinion articleManuscripts may be submitted as research papers, review or opinion articles.Length not stated
- original articleResearch papers should be the product of original scientific research or observation, and are classed as either Original Article or Short Communication.Length not stated
- review articleManuscripts may be submitted as research papers, review or opinion articles.Length not stated
- short communicationnormally not longer than 10,000 words. Short Communication should have the main body of the text normally not longer than 2,400 words. Research papers, includin…main text ≤ 2,400 words
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteData availability, License & copyright, Open access, Preprints, Self-archiving
- Data availability Data Sharing and Data Accessibility
Data sharing encouraged; data accessibility statement with repository link required. Model summary
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 ·- License & copyright COPYRIGHT, LICENSING AND OPEN ACCESS
Accepted papers will be passed to Wiley’s production team for publication. The author identified as the formal corresponding author for the paper will receive an email prompting them to login into Wiley’s Author Services, where via the Wiley Author Licensing Service (WALS) they will be asked to complete an electronic license agreement on behalf of all authors on the paper.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access COPYRIGHT, LICENSING AND OPEN ACCESS
ORCID required for submitting author only. Model summary
Accepted papers will be passed to Wiley’s production team for publication. The author identified as the formal corresponding author for the paper will receive an email prompting them to login into Wiley’s Author Services, where via the Wiley Author Licensing Service (WALS) they will be asked to complete an electronic license agreement on behalf of all authors on the paper.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Preprints
Preprint policy: preprints accepted for review; authors may post submitted version to preprint server at any time; update pre-publication versions with link to final published article. Model summary
Entomological Science will consider for review articles previously available as preprints. Authors may also post the submitted version of a manuscript to a preprint server at any time.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Self-archiving Funder Open Access and Self-Archiving Compliance:
Please click here for more information on Wiley’s compliance with specific Funder Open Access and Self Archiving Policies, and click here for more detailed information specifically about Self-Archiving definitions and policies.
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
- Wiley-Blackwell
- Country or region
- JAPAN
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Quarterly
- Founded
- 1998
- ISSN
- 1343-8786
- Electronic ISSN
- 1479-8298
- Society / sponsor
- Entomological Society of Japan
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 29, Issue 4 (December 2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Entomological Science
What CAS zone is Entomological Science in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Entomological Science 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 3 of Agricultural & Forestry Sciences. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Entomological Science?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 0.76; CiteScore 1.5, h-index 45.
How long does peer review take at Entomological Science?
Based on the dates recorded on 65 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 133 days (interquartile range 97–216 days); authors report an average review time of 6–12 weeks; the community-reported acceptance is “Easy”; the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 32% (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.
Which databases index Entomological Science?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Entomological Science is indexed in SCIE and Scopus. The journal's website also lists CAB Abstracts and Current Contents; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Entomological Science open access, and what is the APC?
Entomological Science 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: .