Florida Entomologist

Florida Entomologist is published by Florida Entomological Society 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 Insect-Plant Interactions and Control, Plant and animal studies and Insect and Pesticide Research, together about 35.2% of its articles. Its main subfields are Insect Science. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)

About this journal New as of 2024 at De GruyterFlorida Entomologist has been published since 1917 ObjectiveArticles published in the Florida Entomologist are open access and reflect all aspects of basic and applied entomological and acarological science of relevance to Florida agriculture, urban environments, and natural resources. Research from the southeastern U.S., the Caribbean region, and Mexico is particularly invited as these areas are important sources of invasive species in Florida. Florida Entomologist —"An International Journal for the Americas"— is the official journal of the Florida Entomological Society (FES) and is published Open Access. Article FormatsResearch Article, Review Article, Scientific Note, Book Review, Editorial TopicsAll aspects of basic and applied entomological and acarological science, including but not limited to: Systematics/taxonomy Biology, physiology, behavior and ecology Biogeography Conservation and biodiversity Biological control of arthropods or plants (with arthropods) Chemical control of arthropods, target and non-target effects Physical/Mechanical control of arthropods Integrated pest management Forensic entomology Pollinators Invasive species Insect plant interactions Rearing and life table studies Your Benefits Multifaceted approach to the systematics, biology, behavior, ecology, management, and conservation of arthropods and the environment Publishing with an entomological society supports entomology research and scientists Well respected and well established (100 years +) History Florida Entomologist is the official journal of the Florida Entomological Society (FES), archive from vol. 1 (1920) to vol. 106 (2023) are available at the link. 2024 - The journal published its 107th volume with a new publisher, De Gruyter. 2001 - An obligatory Immediate Free Web Access (IFWA) for all accepted articles was implemented. 1998 - Following a successful pilot project in 1997, the Society raised the funds required to scan and index all back issues for online publication. 1993 - The Florida Entomological Society initiated its electronic publication project, start with the release of the September 1994 issue (vol. 77, no. 3) available online. 1922 - The journal changed its name to "Florida Entomologist" and released its first issue (vol. 4, no. 1). 1917 - The first issue of "The Florida Buggist" was released - official journal of the FES. 1916 - The Florida Entomological Society (FES) was established.

From the journal's Aims & Scope

Research area (LetPub): Entomology

Editor-in-chief Emma WeeksPublisher website

CAS Journal Ranking

Database indexing

SCIEScopusDOAJLetPub

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Current ContentsPublisher website

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Impact

Impact factor

1.35LetPub · 2026-09-13

Impact factor (publisher)

1.5Publisher website · 2026-09-29

5-year impact factor (publisher)

1.5Publisher website · 2026-09-29

CiteScore 2026-06

2LetPub · 2026-09-13

CiteScore (publisher)

2Publisher website · 2026-09-29

SJR 2026-06

0.34LetPub · 2026-09-13

SNIP 2026-06

0.6LetPub · 2026-09-13

h-index

48LetPub · 2026-09-13

h-index

106OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

i10-index

2,709OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

2-year mean citedness

1.17OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

Self-citation rate

13.3%LetPub · 2026-09-13

Share of gold OA articles

96.97%LetPub · 2026-09-13

Volume

Articles per year

52LetPub · 2026-09-13

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.

Average review time (community reports)

about 3 monthsLetPub · 2026-09-13

Average acceptance (community reports)

75%LetPub · 2026-09-13

Submission to publication (journal-reported)

about 8 weeksDOAJ · 2026-10-25

Peer review

Single anonymous peer reviewDOAJ

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Publisher

Florida Entomological Society

Country or region

UNITED STATES

Language

English

Frequency

Quarterly

Founded

1920

ISSN

0015-4040

Electronic ISSN

1938-5102

Society / sponsor

Florida Entomological Society

Official links

• Journal homepage ↗DOAJ
• Submission system ↗Publisher website
• Author guidelines ↗DOAJ
• Aims & Scope ↗DOAJ
• Special issues ↗Publisher website
• APC information ↗DOAJ
• Fee waivers ↗DOAJ
• Open access statement ↗DOAJ
• License & copyright ↗DOAJ
• Peer review process ↗DOAJ
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• Plagiarism policy ↗DOAJ