Journal profile · ENTOMOLOGY
Myrmecological News
ISSN 1994-4136 · eISSN 1997-3500 · Austrian Society of Entomofaunistics · Austria · Irregular · Founded 2007
Myrmecological News: CAS Zone 2 · Agricultural & Forestry Sciences (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 2.04; fully open access; APC charged, amount not published; review over 12 weeks (community reports); community-reported acceptance: fairly easy; 17 articles a year; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Myrmecological News is published by Austrian Society of Entomofaunistics 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 and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior, Plant and animal studies and Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research, together about 53.7% of its articles. Its main subfields are Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Myrmecological News is an independent, international non-profit journal devoted to ant research. In a lively mix of research and review articles, all fields of myrmecology are covered. Quality contributions are sought, expected to be of genuine interest to myrmecologists and of enduring relevance to ant research.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): ENTOMOLOGY
Editor-in-chief Florian SteinerPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Insect and Arachnid Ecology and BehaviorBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology34.2%
- Plant and animal studiesAgricultural and Biological Sciences12.2%
- Neurobiology and Insect Physiology ResearchNeuroscience7.3%
- Insect and Pesticide ResearchAgricultural and Biological Sciences7.3%
- Fossil Insects in AmberAgricultural and Biological Sciences7.3%
- Animal Behavior and ReproductionAgricultural and Biological Sciences4.9%
- Insect Utilization and EffectsAgricultural and Biological Sciences4.9%
- Animal and Plant Science EducationPsychology4.9%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Agricultural & Forestry Sciences Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Agricultural & Forestry Sciences | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Entomology | Zone 2 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Agricultural & Forestry Sciences Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Agricultural & Forestry Sciences | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Entomology | Zone 2 |
Top journal: noReview 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: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SCIEScopusDOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
Zoological RecordPublisher website
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
- 2.04LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2024
- 2.4Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 4.3LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.76LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.3LetPub ·
- h-index
- 28LetPub ·
- h-index
- 7OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 4OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 13.6%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 17LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 15 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
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)
- Fairly easyLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 25 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Single 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.
Fees & open access
APC and open-access policy
Fully open accessDOAJ
Every article is open access; authors usually pay an article processing charge (APC).
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOAJ | EUR 800 | Yes | CC BY |
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 accepted6
- book reviewBook Review: Invited, not refereed; suggestions for Book Reviews are very welcome.Length not stated
- editorialEditorialLength not stated
- focusFocus: Invited or uninvited, “Focus” is a venue for communicating thoughts or perspectives of outstanding scientific interest, or inspiring and reasonable sugge…Length not stated
- forumForum: Invited or uninvited, “Forum” provides a venue for communicating constructive points of view and comments, fair criticism, relevant meeting reviews and a…Length not stated
- original articleOriginal Article: Original Articles present new results from primary research; they are refereed by at least two peer reviewers.Length not stated
- review articleReview Article: Review Articles are invited and present well-balanced reviews of research literature on topics of broad interest; they are refereed by at least …Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAI use, Code availability, Open access
- AI use
Generative AI use must be declared or specified. Model summary
Firstly, upon their submission, authors are requested (1) to declare that they did not utilize generative artifical intelligence (AI) tools in the composition of their manuscript, or, if any part of this work did involve the use of such tools, the authors are required (2) to clearly specify the nature of the AI's involvement.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Code availability
Meets all requirements for taxonomic publications as defined in the 2012 amendment of the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature. Model summary
All requirements for taxonomic publications as defined in the 2012 amendment of the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature are met
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access
Open access under CC BY 4.0; all rights remain with the author; online-only and digitally archived (Biotaxa) as of Volume 28. Model summary
As of Volume 28, Myrmecol. News is an open-access (CC BY 4.0, all rights remain with the author), online-only, digitally archived (Biotaxa) journal
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
- Austrian Society of Entomofaunistics
- Country or region
- Austria
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Irregular
- Founded
- 2007
- ISSN
- 1994-4136
- Electronic ISSN
- 1997-3500
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 35 (2025)
- Official links
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Myrmecological News
What CAS zone is Myrmecological News in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Myrmecological News is in Zone 2 of Agricultural & Forestry Sciences, and in Zone 2 of the minor category Entomology. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 2 of Agricultural & Forestry Sciences. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Myrmecological News?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 2.04; CiteScore 4.3, h-index 7.
How long does peer review take at Myrmecological News?
Authors report an average review time of over 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.
Which databases index Myrmecological News?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Myrmecological News is indexed in SCIE, Scopus and DOAJ.
Is Myrmecological News open access, and what is the APC?
Myrmecological News is a fully open-access journal. APC charged, amount not published.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, Publisher website, DOAJ; 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: .