Journal profile · Entomology
Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society
ISSN 0022-8567 · eISSN 1937-2353 · Kansas Entomological Society · UNITED STATES · Quarterly · Founded 1928
Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society: CAS Zone 4 · Agricultural & Forestry Sciences (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 0.55; subscription journal; review over 12 weeks (community reports); community-reported acceptance: easy; 21 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society is published by Kansas Entomological Society 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 Plant and animal studies, Insect and Pesticide Research and Insect-Plant Interactions and Control, together about 36.9% of its articles. Its main subfields are Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
The Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society is a publication of the Kansas (Central States) Entomological Society, publishes research on all aspects of the sciences of entomology, and has world-wide authorship and readership.
Source: LetPub
Research area (LetPub): Entomology
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Plant and animal studiesAgricultural and Biological Sciences16.6%
- Insect and Pesticide ResearchAgricultural and Biological Sciences10.2%
- Insect-Plant Interactions and ControlAgricultural and Biological Sciences10.1%
- Insect and Arachnid Ecology and BehaviorBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology9.9%
- Forest Insect Ecology and ManagementEnvironmental Science4.4%
- Insect Pest Control StrategiesAgricultural and Biological Sciences4.2%
- Plant Parasitism and ResistanceAgricultural and Biological Sciences4.2%
- Fossil Insects in AmberAgricultural and Biological Sciences4.1%
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)Agricultural & Forestry Sciences Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Agricultural & Forestry Sciences | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Entomology | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SCIEScopusLetPub
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
- Impact factor
- 0.55LetPub ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 1LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.28LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.67LetPub ·
- h-index
- 30LetPub ·
- h-index
- 48OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 600OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.72OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 12.5%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 17LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,922 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 9 | 4 | 0 |
| 2025 | 21 | 1 | 11 |
| 2024 | 20 | 1 | 25 |
| 2023 | 9 | 0 | 16 |
| 2022 | 17 | 0 | 33 |
| 2021 | 25 | 2 | 113 |
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
- Average review time (community reports)
- over 12 weeksLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- EasyLetPub ·
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.
No source has fee information yet; check the journal's website.
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Kansas Entomological Society
- Country or region
- UNITED STATES
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Quarterly
- Founded
- 1928
- ISSN
- 0022-8567
- Electronic ISSN
- 1937-2353
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society
What CAS zone is Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 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.
What is the impact factor of Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 0.55; CiteScore 1, h-index 48.
How long does peer review take at Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society?
Authors report an average review time of over 12 weeks; the community-reported acceptance is “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.
Which databases index Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society is indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Is Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society open access, and what is the APC?
Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society is a subscription journal. Fee information is not available yet; check the journal's website.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex; 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: .