Journal of Insect Science

Journal of Insect Science is published by Library of the University of Arizona 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 35.9% of its articles. Its main subfields are Insect Science. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)

The Journal of Insect Science advances entomology by making high-quality and reproducible research freely available to everyone. JIS was the first open access entomology journal and remains the home for researchers who value global accessibility, thorough peer review, and scientific rigor. JIS welcomes submissions from authors worldwide on topics covering all areas of research on insects and other arthropods, from the fundamental to the applied. It encourages submissions from both transdisciplinary and niche fields, as well as studies of both regional and international interest. When assessing a paper for potential publication in JIS, the primary criteria are methodological soundness, sufficient experimental replication, appropriate statistical analysis, and conclusions that flow logically from the results. Acceptable submissions may include but are not limited to original research, review articles, confirmatory studies, null/negative data, methods and protocols papers, and forum articles. More details for authors: Double anonymous review: To reduce potential bias during peer review, JIS uses a double anonymous review process whereby the reviewers and authors do not have access to the identity of each other. Learn more by reading the editorial announcing the change and by visiting our instructions to authors for specific details on preparing your manuscript. Quality science and reproducibility: Results are original and not previously published, clearly written, and meet ESA’s ethical standards for publications. Experimental methods and statistical analysis are described with sufficient detail to be repeated and are based on sound principles. Conclusions are supported by the data and results. Authors should avoid dividing a comprehensive study into least publishable units. Confirmatory studies: JIS welcomes studies that support previously published results through a different study or method. The journal also will consider works of reduced novelty, such as repeated studies using related species or similar methods. Papers should include discussion of how the specific study differs from, relates to, compares to, or expands on similar studies. Works may also include new studies that arrive at similar conclusions to previous research. Negative/null results: The journal accepts negative/null/non-significant results of well-planned research that used sound methodology. Papers may be submitted as research articles with negative results or as forum articles discuss

From the journal's Aims & Scope

Research area (LetPub): Entomology

Editor-in-chief Louis S. HeslerPublisher website

Editorial board by country: 1 in mainland China (about 2%); most named United States 31, Greece 6, Italy 2, Argentina 2, Mainland China 1 (48 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website · 2026-10-01

CAS Journal Ranking

Database indexing

SCIEScopusDOAJLetPub

International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub

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Impact

Impact factor

2.28LetPub · 2026-09-13

Impact factor (publisher) 2025

2.7Publisher website · 2026-10-01

5-year impact factor (publisher) 2025

22Publisher website · 2026-10-01

CiteScore 2026-06

3.4LetPub · 2026-09-13

CiteScore (publisher) 2025

50Publisher website · 2026-10-01

SJR 2026-06

0.57LetPub · 2026-09-13

SNIP 2026-06

0.94LetPub · 2026-09-13

h-index

42LetPub · 2026-09-13

h-index

83OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

i10-index

1,633OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

2-year mean citedness

2.36OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

Self-citation rate

4.3%LetPub · 2026-09-13

Share of gold OA articles

99.41%LetPub · 2026-09-13

Volume

Articles per year

108LetPub · 2026-09-13

Downloads per year (publisher) 2025

424,299Publisher website · 2026-10-01

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)

about 3 monthsLetPub · 2026-09-13

Average acceptance (community reports)

EasyLetPub · 2026-09-13

Submission to first decision 2025

8 daysPublisher website · 2026-10-01

Submission to final decision 2025

8 daysPublisher website · 2026-10-01

Submission to publication (journal-reported)

about 12 weeksDOAJ · 2026-10-25

Peer review

Double anonymous peer reviewDOAJ

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.

• APC information ↗DOAJ
• Fee waivers ↗DOAJ
• Open access statement ↗DOAJ
• License & copyright ↗DOAJ

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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

Library of the University of Arizona

Country or region

UNITED STATES

Language

English

Frequency

Irregular

Founded

2001

ISSN

1536-2442

Latest issue on the website

Volume 26, Issue 5 (October 2026)

Official links

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