Journal profile · Entomology
Journal of Pest Science
ISSN 1612-4758 · eISSN 1612-4766 · Springer Berlin Heidelberg · GERMANY · Quarterly · Founded 1925
Journal of Pest Science: CAS Zone 1 · Agricultural & Forestry Sciences (2025 upgraded edition, Top journal); impact factor 4.29; hybrid open access; APC about USD 4,790; median 160 days to acceptance (101 articles, last 24 months); community-reported acceptance: fairly easy; 145 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Journal of Pest Science is published by Springer Berlin Heidelberg 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 Entomological Studies and Ecology, Insect-Plant Interactions and Control and Forest Insect Ecology and Management, together about 36.8% of its articles. Its main subfields are Insect Science. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Journal of Pest Science publishes high-quality papers on all aspects of pest science in agriculture, horticulture (including viticulture), forestry, urban pests, and stored products research, including health and safety issues. Journal of Pest Science reports on advances in control of pests and animal vectors of diseases, the biology, ethology and ecology of pests and their antagonists, and the use of other beneficial organisms in pest control. The journal covers all noxious or damaging groups of animals, including arthropods, nematodes, molluscs, and vertebrates. Journal of Pest Science devotes special attention to emerging and innovative pest control strategies, including the side effects of such approaches on non-target organisms, for example natural enemies and pollinators, and the implementation of these strategies in integrated pest management. Journal of Pest Science also publishes papers on the management of agro- and forest ecosystems where this is relevant to pest control. Papers on important methodological developments relevant for pest control will be considered as well. Moreover, the journal welcomes Rapid Communications which are shorter papers on pressing topics in pest control which are of broad interest, as for example findings on newly establishing or invading pests of major crops. These articles will be fast-tracked, to rapidly provide scientists and pest control practitioners with the latest information. Review papers are usually invited from the editorial board but proposals for review papers can be sent to the Journal of Pest Science Reviews Editor. The journal also considers Commentaries on published papers, principally papers which have been published in Journal of Pest Science. For more information please read "Editorial 2012: shaping the profile of Journal of Pest Science", J Pest Sci (2012) 85:1–3. https://bit.ly/3pTMEa2 We aim to provide rapid publication and speedy responses to authors, with all papers being reviewed by independent referees.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Entomology
Editor-in-chief Antonio BiondiPublisher website
Editorial board by country: 7 in mainland China (about 15%); most named United States 9, Mainland China 7, Italy 6, Canada 4, Australia 4 (48 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Entomological Studies and EcologyAgricultural and Biological Sciences13.8%
- Insect-Plant Interactions and ControlAgricultural and Biological Sciences11.8%
- Forest Insect Ecology and ManagementEnvironmental Science11.2%
- Insect and Pesticide ResearchAgricultural and Biological Sciences10.6%
- Insect Pest Control StrategiesAgricultural and Biological Sciences7.1%
- Insect Resistance and GeneticsBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology4.9%
- Plant and animal studiesAgricultural and Biological Sciences4%
- Insect behavior and control techniquesAgricultural and Biological Sciences3.4%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Agricultural & Forestry Sciences Zone 1
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Agricultural & Forestry Sciences | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Entomology | Zone 1 |
Top journal: yesReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Agricultural & Forestry Sciences Zone 1
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Agricultural & Forestry Sciences | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Entomology | Zone 1 |
Top journal: yesReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Agricultural & Forestry Sciences Zone 1
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Agricultural & Forestry Sciences | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Entomology | Zone 1 |
Top journal: yesReview journal: no
Database indexing
SCIEScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
CASCAB AbstractsCurrent ContentsPublisher website
Other: Google Scholar, EBSCO, ProQuest, Dimensions, CNKI, Baidu, AGRICOLA, Astrophysics Data System, Naver, OCLC, Portico, CLOCKSS
As the journal's website lists them, not checked against each database; for Web of Science editions the records above apply.
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
- Impact factor
- 4.29LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 4.4Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 5.1Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 9.2LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 1.03LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.78LetPub ·
- h-index
- 40LetPub ·
- h-index
- 109OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 1,826OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 4.84OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 6.8%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 38.58%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 138LetPub ·
- Downloads per year (publisher) 2025
- 753,400Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 8,552 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 96 | 52 | 66 |
| 2025 | 145 | 68 | 501 |
| 2024 | 135 | 71 | 1,252 |
| 2023 | 131 | 62 | 1,741 |
| 2022 | 123 | 53 | 2,315 |
| 2021 | 152 | 68 | 4,379 |
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
Review time from article dates manuscript dates registered with Crossref · to
160 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 111 days – 225 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 38 days (101 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 201 days
- Sample
- 101 articles with submission and acceptance dates (258 in the window); the latest was accepted on
Only articles that were accepted and published are counted, not the time spent on rejected manuscripts, so this usually runs longer than a publisher's "time to first decision".
Other sources
- Average review time (community reports)
- 6–12 weeksLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- Fairly easyLetPub ·
- Submission to first decision
- 13 daysPublisher website ·
- Peer review
- Double 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
Hybrid open accessLetPub
A subscription journal in which authors can pay to publish their article open access.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenAlex | USD 4,790 / EUR 3,790 / GBP 2,990 | — | — |
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.
Submission
Article types and submission policies (journal website)
Open calls for papers2, by deadline
Publisher websiteWhat to prepare5 items from the author guidelines
- Abstract
- 150–250 words
- Keywords
- ≥ 4
- Manuscript length
- ≤ 7,000 words
- Reference style
- Author–date
- Suggested reviewers
- Optional
Article types accepted8, with length limits
- brief communicationOriginal Research Papers: Report of research projects which yield valuable insights into topics within our coverage. Original articles are limited to 7,000 word…main text ≤ 4,000 words
- correspondenceOriginal Research Papers: Report of research projects which yield valuable insights into topics within our coverage. Original articles are limited to 7,000 word…Length not stated
- opinionOriginal Research Papers: Report of research projects which yield valuable insights into topics within our coverage. Original articles are limited to 7,000 word…Length not stated
- original articleOriginal Research Papers: Report of research projects which yield valuable insights into topics within our coverage. Original articles are limited to 7,000 word…main text ≤ 7,000 words
- original research paperOriginal Research Papers: Report of research projects which yield valuable insights into topics within our coverage. Original articles are limited to 7,000 word…Length not stated
- perspectiveOriginal Research Papers: Report of research projects which yield valuable insights into topics within our coverage. Original articles are limited to 7,000 word…Length not stated
- reviewOriginal Research Papers: Report of research projects which yield valuable insights into topics within our coverage. Original articles are limited to 7,000 word…Length not stated
- review articleOriginal Research Papers: Report of research projects which yield valuable insights into topics within our coverage. Original articles are limited to 7,000 word…main text ≤ 13,000 words
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAI use, Authorship, Conflicts of interest, Data availability, Publication ethics, License & copyright, Open access, Trial registration / reporting guidelines
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Source ↗Publisher website ·- Authorship Author Contribution Statement
Authors must provide a short description of the contributions made by each listed author (please use initials). This will be published in a separate section in front of the Acknowledgments. For example: AM and DB conceived and designed research. AM and BB conducted experiments. GR contributed new reagents and/or analytical tools. AM, BB and GR analyzed data. AM wrote the manuscript. All authors re…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Conflicts of interest Disclosures and declarations
All authors are requested to include information regarding sources of funding, financial or non-financial interests, study-specific approval by the appropriate ethics committee for research involving humans and/or animals, informed consent if the research involved human participants, and a statement on welfare of animals if the research involved animals (as appropriate). The decision whether such …
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Data availability Data Availability
This journal encourages authors to provide an optional statement of data availability in their article. Data Availability Statements should include information on where data supporting the results reported in the article can be found, including, where applicable, hyperlinks to publicly archived datasets analysed or generated during the study. Data availability statements can also indicate whether …
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Publication ethics Compliance with Ethical Standards
To ensure objectivity and transparency in research and to ensure that accepted principles of ethical and professional conduct have been followed, authors should include information regarding sources of funding, potential conflicts of interest (financial or non-financial), informed consent if the research involved human participants, and a statement on welfare of animals if the research involved an…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright Copyright
Open Choice articles do not require transfer of copyright as the copyright remains with the author. In opting for open access, the author(s) agree to publish the article under a Creative Commons license. Details of the OA licences offered to authors can be found on the individual journal website, in the journal's How to publish with us guide. Back to top
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Open access publishing
To find out more about publishing your work Open Access in Journal of Pest Science, including information on fees, funding and licences, visit our Open access publishing page. Back to top
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Trial registration / reporting guidelines Clinical Trial Registration
The World Health Organization (WHO) definition of a clinical trial is "any research study that prospectively assigns human participants or groups of humans to one or more health-related interventions to evaluate the effects on health outcomes". The WHO defines health interventions as “A health intervention is an act performed for, with or on behalf of a person or population whose purpose is to ass…
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
- Springer Berlin Heidelberg
- Country or region
- GERMANY
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Quarterly
- Founded
- 1925
- ISSN
- 1612-4758
- Electronic ISSN
- 1612-4766
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗LetPub
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Journal of Pest Science
What CAS zone is Journal of Pest Science in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Journal of Pest Science is in Zone 1 of Agricultural & Forestry Sciences, and in Zone 1 of the minor category Entomology; it is a Top journal. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 1 of Agricultural & Forestry Sciences. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Journal of Pest Science?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 4.29; CiteScore 9.2, h-index 109.
How long does peer review take at Journal of Pest Science?
Based on the dates recorded on 101 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 160 days (interquartile range 111–225 days); authors report an average review time of 6–12 weeks; the community-reported acceptance is “Fairly easy”. Article statistics cover accepted papers only, publisher figures follow the journal's own definitions, and community reports come from authors' own submissions; none is a promise from the journal.
What are the manuscript requirements of Journal of Pest Science?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Abstract: 150–250 words; Keywords: ≥ 4; Manuscript length: ≤ 7,000 words; Reference style: Author–date; Suggested reviewers: Optional. A model extracted these from the author guidelines and each was checked against the text; check the latest version on the journal's website before submitting.
Where are the editorial board members of Journal of Pest Science based?
Of the 48 board members whose country the journal's board page names, 7 (about 15%) are in mainland China; the countries named most often are United States (9), Mainland China (7) and Italy (6). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Journal of Pest Science?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Journal of Pest Science is indexed in SCIE and Scopus. The journal's website also lists CAS, CAB Abstracts and Current Contents; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Journal of Pest Science open access, and what is the APC?
Journal of Pest Science is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC about USD 4,790.
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 2026-08-25). Last updated: .