Journal of Economic Entomology

Journal of Economic Entomology is published by Oxford University Press and is in Zone 2 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 Insect Pest Control Strategies, together about 43.7% of its articles. Its main subfields are Insect Science. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)

The Journal of Economic Entomology is the most-cited entomological journal and publishes articles on the economic significance of insects and other arthropods. The journal is published bimonthly in February, April, June, August, October, and December. In addition to research articles, the Journal of Economic Entomology publishes reviews, forum articles, short communications, and letters to the editor. The journal includes the following sections: Apiculture & Social Insects: This section addresses multiple aspects of managed bees (both social and solitary), including but not limited to, pollination, management, pathology and IPM, toxicology, genetics and breeding, and behavior, particularly as they pertain to commercial management practices and application. This section also addresses other social insects of economic importance, such as ants, wasps and termites, that are important to agricultural or natural ecosystems. Arthropods in Relation to Plant Disease: The transmission of pathogens within plant communities is an important phenomenon that has broad economic, environmental and ecological effects. Within this section, investigations into the specific relationships between each component (the plant, insect, and pathogen) are encouraged, as well as studies at the systems level. Beneficial Uses of Insects: Insects are mass-cultured for products that they produce (e.g. silk [sericulture], biopharmaceuticals, food or feed (e.g. entomophagy), decomposition of wastes (e.g. bioconversion and bioremediation), and other uses. Submissions describing production, applications and economic or environmental benefits of these and related topics are encouraged. Biological & Microbial Control: This section includes studies on biological control of pests utilizing predators, parasitoids and microbial agents (e.g. entomopathogenic bacteria, fungi, nematodes, and viruses) in sustainable integrated pest management systems. Submissions typically involve human intervention to enhance these strategies in managed systems but can also include the characterization of economically important natural mechanisms occurring in the landscape. Submissions may include management applications and basic biology research, but all must make a logical and robust case of how the research may lead to improving, developing, or conserving biological control agents and approaches. Climate Change: Appropriate submissions address effects of climate variability and change on arthropods of economic impo

From the journal's Aims & Scope

Research area (LetPub): Entomology

Editor-in-chief Mike Brewer TexasPublisher website

Editorial board by country: 5 in mainland China (about 5%); most named United States 70, Mainland China 5, Australia 4, Canada 3, Mexico 3 (97 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website · 2026-09-29

CAS Journal Ranking

Database indexing

SCIEScopusLetPub

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Impact

Impact factor

2.51LetPub · 2026-09-13

Impact factor (publisher) 2025

2.7Publisher website · 2026-09-29

5-year impact factor (publisher) 2025

19Publisher website · 2026-09-29

CiteScore 2026-06

4.1LetPub · 2026-09-13

CiteScore (publisher) 2025

37Publisher website · 2026-09-29

SJR 2026-06

0.64LetPub · 2026-09-13

SNIP 2026-06

1.1LetPub · 2026-09-13

h-index

90LetPub · 2026-09-13

h-index

164OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

i10-index

14,343OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

2-year mean citedness

2.23OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

Self-citation rate

12%LetPub · 2026-09-13

Share of gold OA articles

26.5%LetPub · 2026-09-13

Volume

Articles per year

351LetPub · 2026-09-13

Downloads per year (publisher) 2025

530,022Publisher website · 2026-09-29

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.

Other sources

Average review time (community reports)

3–6 weeksLetPub · 2026-09-13

Average acceptance (community reports)

EasyLetPub · 2026-09-13

Submission to first decision 2025

5 daysPublisher website · 2026-09-29

Submission to final decision 2025

5 daysPublisher website · 2026-09-29

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.

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.

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.

Publisher

Oxford University Press

Country or region

UNITED STATES

Language

English

Frequency

Bimonthly

Founded

1908

ISSN

0022-0493

Electronic ISSN

1938-291X

Latest issue on the website

Volume 119, Issue 4 (August 2026)

Official links

• Journal homepage ↗LetPub
• Submission system ↗Publisher website
• Special issues ↗Publisher website