Insect Systematics and Diversity

Insect Systematics and Diversity is published by OXFORD UNIV PRESS INC and is in Zone 1 of Agricultural & Forestry Sciences in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition, Top journal). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Plant and animal studies, Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior and Fossil Insects in Amber, together about 32.3% of its articles. Its main subfields are Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)

Insect Systematics and Diversity (ISD) publishes original research on systematics, evolution, and biodiversity of insects and related arthropods. The journal welcomes integrative studies incorporating comparative and developmental morphology, conservation, behavior, taxonomy, molecular phylogenetics, paleobiology, natural history, phylogeography, and articles that utilize novel technologies or data types or describe emerging methods of research. Jason Bond, University of California-Davis, and Hojun Song, Texas A&M University, serve as co-Editors-in-Chief. ISD is online-only and subscription-based. As an online-only journal, ISD is able to publish papers in a variety of lengths, from short communications, to reviews of current topics, to revisions of up to 200 pages. As the journal is online-only, all color figures are free to publish. Read an editorial from the inaugural ISD editors-in-chief about their vision for this new journal. To view the full ISD author guidelines, click on this link. Sign up for email alerts to keep up with the latest content from Insect Systematics and Diversity. Journal metrics Citation metrics Clarivate 2025 Impact Factor 2.3 2025 5 Year Impact Factor 2.9 Entomology (Rank by Impact Factor) 22/110 2025 Cited Half-Life 3.8 years 2025 Immediacy Index 0.5 2025 Eigenfactor Score 0.00093 2025 Article Influence Score 0.882 Scopus 2025 CiteScore 4.7 Animal Science And Zoology (Rank by CiteScore) 64/520 Insect Science (Rank by CiteScore) 25/193 Ecology, Evolution, Behavior And Systematics (Rank by CiteScore) 154/736 Developmental Biology (Rank by CiteScore) 38/78 2025 Source Normalized Impact per Paper (SNIP) 1.851 Readership 2025 Full Text Usage 59,144 Peer Review and Production 2025 Median days from submission to first decision 34 days 2025 Median days from submission to final decision 35 days About metrics Disclaimer Statements of fact and opinion in the articles in Insect Systematics and Diversity 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

From the journal's Aims & Scope

Research area (LetPub): ENTOMOLOGY

Editor-in-chief Jason E. BondPublisher website

Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named United States 18, Belgium 2, Germany 1, Brazil 1, Finland 1 (25 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website · 2026-10-01

CAS Journal Ranking

Database indexing

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Impact

Impact factor

2.24LetPub · 2026-09-13

Impact factor (publisher) 2025

2.9Publisher website · 2026-10-01

5-year impact factor (publisher) 2025

22Publisher website · 2026-10-01

CiteScore 2026-06

4.7LetPub · 2026-09-13

CiteScore (publisher) 2025

64Publisher website · 2026-10-01

SJR 2026-06

0.97LetPub · 2026-09-13

SNIP 2026-06

1.85LetPub · 2026-09-13

h-index

28OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

i10-index

90OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

2-year mean citedness

1.65OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

Self-citation rate

8.7%LetPub · 2026-09-13

Share of gold OA articles

30.97%LetPub · 2026-09-13

Volume

Articles per year

50LetPub · 2026-09-13

Downloads per year (publisher) 2025

59,144Publisher website · 2026-10-01

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Figures by source

Submission to first decision 2025

34 daysPublisher website · 2026-10-01

Submission to final decision 2025

35 daysPublisher website · 2026-10-01

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Other charges and waivers (author guidelines)

Colour charges

No colour charges

Page charges

Charged; see the journal's website for the amount

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Publisher

OXFORD UNIV PRESS INC

Country or region

UNITED STATES

Language

English

ISSN

2399-3421

Latest issue on the website

Volume 10, Issue 5 (September 2026)

Official links

• Journal homepage ↗LetPub
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