Journal profile · Entomology
Environmental Entomology
ISSN 0046-225X · eISSN 1938-2936 · Oxford University Press · UNITED STATES · Bimonthly · Founded 1972
Environmental Entomology: CAS Zone 3 · Agricultural & Forestry Sciences (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 1.73; hybrid open access; APC about USD 4,328; median 116 days to acceptance (99 articles, last 24 months); community-reported acceptance: easy; 139 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Environmental Entomology is published by Oxford University Press 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 Insect-Plant Interactions and Control, Insect and Pesticide Research and Plant and animal studies, together about 40.3% of its articles. Its main subfields are Insect Science. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Environmental Entomology is published bimonthly in February, April, June, August, October, and December. The journal publishes reports on the interaction of insects with the biological, chemical, and physical aspects of their environment. In addition to research papers, Environmental Entomology publishes Reviews, interpretive articles in a Forum section, and Letters to the Editor. Sign up for email alerts to keep up with the latest content from Environmental Entomology. Journal metrics Citation metrics Clarivate 2025 Impact Factor 1.8 2025 5 Year Impact Factor 2.1 Entomology (Rank by Impact Factor) 36/110 2025 Cited Half-Life 16.4 years 2025 Immediacy Index 0.5 2025 Eigenfactor Score 0.00217 2025 Article Influence Score 0.406 Scopus 2025 CiteScore 3.1 Insect Science (Rank by CiteScore) 56/193 Ecology, Evolution, Behavior And Systematics (Rank by CiteScore) 277/736 Ecology (Rank by CiteScore) 202/491 2025 Source Normalized Impact per Paper (SNIP) 0.927 Readership 2025 Full Text Usage 339,772 Peer Review and Production 2025 Median days from submission to first decision 37 days 2025 Median days from submission to final decision 63.5 days About metrics Disclaimer Statements of fact and opinion in the articles in Environmental Entomology are those of the respective authors and contributors and not of the Journal, Entomological Society of America, or Oxford University Press, unless otherwise expressly indicated. Neither Oxford University Press, Entomological Society of America, nor the Journal make any representation, express or implied, in respect of the accuracy of the material in the Journal and cannot accept any legal responsibility or liability for any errors or omissions that may be made. Readers should make their own evaluation as to the appropriateness or otherwise of the information included.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Entomology
Editor-in-chief Melody KeenaPublisher website
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named United States 80, Italy 2, Canada 2, France 1, Spain 1 (86 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Insect-Plant Interactions and ControlAgricultural and Biological Sciences20.5%
- Insect and Pesticide ResearchAgricultural and Biological Sciences11.1%
- Plant and animal studiesAgricultural and Biological Sciences8.6%
- Forest Insect Ecology and ManagementEnvironmental Science8.1%
- Insect Pest Control StrategiesAgricultural and Biological Sciences7.5%
- Insect Resistance and GeneticsBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology6.5%
- Insect and Arachnid Ecology and BehaviorBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology5.5%
- Insect behavior and control techniquesAgricultural and Biological Sciences4.9%
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 3 |
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
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
- 1.73LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 2.1Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 36Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 3.1LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 56Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.51LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.93LetPub ·
- h-index
- 77LetPub ·
- h-index
- 138OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 7,762OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.94OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 11.1%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 26.68%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 134LetPub ·
- Downloads per year (publisher) 2025
- 339,772Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 11,706 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 100 | 32 | 25 |
| 2025 | 139 | 55 | 237 |
| 2024 | 133 | 44 | 459 |
| 2023 | 122 | 54 | 611 |
| 2022 | 108 | 39 | 807 |
| 2021 | 150 | 45 | 1,480 |
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 PubMed · to
116 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 83 days – 164 days
- Acceptance to online
- —
- Submission to online
- —
- Sample
- 99 articles with submission and acceptance dates (305 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)
- 3–8 weeksLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- EasyLetPub ·
- Submission to first decision 2025
- 37 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to final decision 2025
- 63.5 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 4,328 | — | — |
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)
Policy excerpts from the journal's websitePublication ethics, Self-archiving
- Publication ethics Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE)
This journal is a member of and subscribes to the principles of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) publicationethics.org
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Self-archiving
Pricing for charges, licences, and self-archiving is on a separate page. Model summary
Please visit our Charges, Licences, Self-Archiving page for current pricing.
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
- Oxford University Press
- Country or region
- UNITED STATES
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Bimonthly
- Founded
- 1972
- ISSN
- 0046-225X
- Electronic ISSN
- 1938-2936
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 55, Issue 5 (October 2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Environmental Entomology
What CAS zone is Environmental Entomology in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Environmental Entomology is in Zone 3 of Agricultural & Forestry Sciences, and in Zone 3 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 Environmental Entomology?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 1.73; CiteScore 3.1, h-index 138.
How long does peer review take at Environmental Entomology?
Based on the dates recorded on 99 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 116 days (interquartile range 83–164 days); authors report an average review time of 3–8 weeks; the community-reported acceptance is “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 Environmental Entomology based?
Of the 86 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are United States (80), Italy (2) and Canada (2). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Environmental Entomology?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Environmental Entomology is indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Is Environmental Entomology open access, and what is the APC?
Environmental Entomology is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC about USD 4,328.
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: .