Journal profile · Environmental Science-Ecology
Journal of Insect Biodiversity
ISSN 2538-1318 · eISSN 2147-7612 · Magnolia Press
Journal of Insect Biodiversity: CAS Zone 4 · Agricultural & Forestry Sciences (2025 upgraded edition); subscription journal; APC charged, amount not published; 77 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Journal of Insect Biodiversity is published by Magnolia Press 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 Coleoptera Taxonomy and Distribution, Coleoptera: Cerambycidae studies and Plant and animal studies, together about 30.2% of its articles. Its main subfields are Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Aims of this journal are to share and disseminate novel scientific information on the discovery and description of insect diversity. The core scope of journal includes: >> insect taxonomy & nomenclature >> insect systematics & phylogeny >> insect morphology >> insect biogeography >> insect conservation >> beneficial insects >> invasive insects >> fossil insects >> insect ecology >> insect diversity Faunistic papers might be considered for publication if they have significant new data with emphasizing insect conservation, endemic, endangered and invasive species.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Environmental Science-Ecology
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Coleoptera Taxonomy and DistributionAgricultural and Biological Sciences13.5%
- Coleoptera: Cerambycidae studiesAgricultural and Biological Sciences8.9%
- Plant and animal studiesAgricultural and Biological Sciences7.8%
- Forest Insect Ecology and ManagementEnvironmental Science7.7%
- Lepidoptera: Biology and TaxonomyBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology7.3%
- Fossil Insects in AmberAgricultural and Biological Sciences5.6%
- Insect-Plant Interactions and ControlAgricultural and Biological Sciences5.4%
- Insect and Arachnid Ecology and BehaviorBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology4.8%
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 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Agricultural & Forestry Sciences | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Entomology | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
Database indexing
ESCIScopusLetPub
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
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 0.9LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.31LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.67LetPub ·
- h-index
- 17OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 35OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.51OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 14.3%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0.57%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 74LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 487 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 49 | 10 | 14 |
| 2025 | 77 | 9 | 24 |
| 2024 | 76 | 11 | 66 |
| 2023 | 36 | 2 | 55 |
| 2022 | 26 | 0 | 60 |
| 2021 | 38 | 1 | 86 |
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
- Peer review
- Single anonymous peer reviewPublisher 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
Subscription journalLetPub
A subscription journal: articles are read by subscription or purchase, and authors usually pay no publication charge.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Publisher website | Yes, amount not published | — | — |
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 accepted3
- research articlesIt publishes research articles, reviews articles and short...Length not stated
- reviews articlesIt publishes research articles, reviews articles and short...Length not stated
- shortIt publishes research articles, reviews articles and short...Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteOpen access, Peer review, Plagiarism
- Open access Open Access
Hybrid open access journal; open access encouraged. Model summary
Journal of Insect Biodiversity is a hybrid journal and has published many open access papers: View Open Access Papers We encourage the open access of papers as they are more widely read and cited. Our open access option has one of the lowest article processing fees.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Peer Review Process
JIB uses a single blind review system, with the reviewers remaining anonymous, while the identities of the authors are known to the reviewers. Two reviewers from the scientific community in insect science and one editor from the journal are typically involved in reviewing a manuscript. The Editor-in-Chief is the primary contact and receives all submitted manuscripts, checks the suitability for the…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Plagiarism PLAGIARISM POLICY
The journal (JIB) does not accept and allow plagiarism and self-plagiarism. If we found evidence that a manuscript has been plagiarized, it will be immediately rejected, and subsequent manuscripts submitted by the same author/s will not considered for publication in JIB. If the plagiarism detected after a manuscript was published, the article will be removed from the website and archived, immediat…
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
- Magnolia Press
- ISSN
- 2538-1318
- Electronic ISSN
- 2147-7612
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Journal of Insect Biodiversity
What CAS zone is Journal of Insect Biodiversity in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Journal of Insect Biodiversity 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 4 of Agricultural & Forestry Sciences. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
Which databases index Journal of Insect Biodiversity?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Journal of Insect Biodiversity is indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Is Journal of Insect Biodiversity open access, and what is the APC?
Journal of Insect Biodiversity is a subscription journal. APC charged, amount not published.
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 2026-08-26). Last updated: .