Journal profile · Entomology
Oriental Insects
ISSN 0030-5316 · eISSN 2157-8745 · Taylor and Francis Ltd. · INDIA · Annual · Founded 1967
Oriental Insects: CAS Zone 4 · Agricultural & Forestry Sciences (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 0.73; subscription journal; APC charged, amount not published; median 189 days to acceptance (73 articles, last 24 months); community-reported acceptance: easy; 41 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Oriental Insects is published by Taylor and Francis Ltd. 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 Insect-Plant Interactions and Control, Hymenoptera taxonomy and phylogeny and Lepidoptera: Biology and Taxonomy, together about 33.7% of its articles. Its main subfields are Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and Insect Science. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Oriental Insects is an international, peer-reviewed journal devoted to the publication of original research articles and reviews on the taxonomy, ecology, biodiversity and evolution of insects of the Old World and Australia. Manuscripts referring to Africa, Australia and Oceania are highly welcomed. Research papers covering the study of behaviour, conservation, forensic and medical entomology, urban entomology and pest control are encouraged, provided that the research has relevance to Old World or Australian entomofauna. Precedence will be given to more general manuscripts (e.g. revisions of higher taxa, papers with combined methodologies or referring to larger geographic units). Descriptive manuscripts should refer to more than a single species and contain more general results or discussion (e.g. determination keys, biological or ecological data etc.). Laboratory works without zoogeographic or taxonomic reference to the scope of the journal will not be accepted. Special issues and conference outputs are encouraged – for more information, please contact the Editor-in-Chief. Peer Review Statement All manuscript submissions are subject to initial appraisal by the Editors, and, if found suitable for further consideration, to peer review by at least two independent, anonymous expert referees in the field of the submitted paper. All peer review is single anonymized and submission is online via ScholarOne Manuscripts.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Entomology
Editor-in-chief Lukasz PrzybylowiczPublisher website
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named Poland 3, Australia 2, Russia 2, India 1, Germany 1 (10 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Insect-Plant Interactions and ControlAgricultural and Biological Sciences14.6%
- Hymenoptera taxonomy and phylogenyAgricultural and Biological Sciences10.5%
- Lepidoptera: Biology and TaxonomyBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology8.6%
- Plant and animal studiesAgricultural and Biological Sciences8.4%
- Coleoptera Taxonomy and DistributionAgricultural and Biological Sciences4.7%
- Fossil Insects in AmberAgricultural and Biological Sciences4.4%
- Insect behavior and control techniquesAgricultural and Biological Sciences3.8%
- Orthoptera Research and TaxonomyAgricultural and Biological Sciences3.7%
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
Indexing the journal's website claims
CABI, USDAPublisher 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
- 0.73LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 0.7Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 0.6Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 1.7LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 1.7Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.29LetPub ·
- SJR (publisher) 2025
- 0.29Publisher website ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.78LetPub ·
- SNIP (publisher) 2025
- 0.78Publisher website ·
- h-index
- 14LetPub ·
- h-index
- 36OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 259OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.71OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 39LetPub ·
- Downloads per year (publisher)
- 13,000Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 2,044 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 26 | 0 | 3 |
| 2025 | 41 | 1 | 17 |
| 2024 | 35 | 3 | 52 |
| 2023 | 36 | 0 | 75 |
| 2022 | 34 | 3 | 92 |
| 2021 | 27 | 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
Review time from article dates manuscript dates registered with Crossref · to
189 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 142 days – 270 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 13 days (73 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 202 days
- Sample
- 73 articles with submission and acceptance dates (76 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)
- over 12 weeksLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- EasyLetPub ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher)
- 28%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision
- 87 daysPublisher website ·
- First decision after review
- 91 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication
- 18 daysPublisher website ·
- 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 accepted2
- original research articlesdevoted to the publication of original research articles and reviewsLength not stated
- reviewsdevoted to the publication of original research articles and reviewsLength not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteOpen access, Peer review
- Open access Open access
Oriental Insects is a hybrid open access journal that is part of the Taylor & Francis Open Select publishing program, giving you the option to publish open access. Publishing open access means that your article will be free to access online immediately on publication, increasing the visibility, readership, and impact of your research. Why choose open access? Increase the discoverability and reader…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review
Peer review: initial editor appraisal; if suitable, peer review by at least two independent, anonymous expert referees; single anonymized; online submission via ScholarOne Manuscripts. Model summary
All manuscript submissions are subject to initial appraisal by the Editors, and, if found suitable for further consideration, to peer review by at least two independent, anonymous expert referees in the field of the submitted paper. All peer review is single anonymized and submission is online via ScholarOne Manuscripts.
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
- Taylor and Francis Ltd.
- Country or region
- INDIA
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Annual
- Founded
- 1967
- ISSN
- 0030-5316
- Electronic ISSN
- 2157-8745
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 60, Issue 3 (2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Oriental Insects
What CAS zone is Oriental Insects in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Oriental Insects 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 Oriental Insects?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 0.73; CiteScore 1.7, h-index 36.
How long does peer review take at Oriental Insects?
Based on the dates recorded on 73 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 189 days (interquartile range 142–270 days); authors report an average review time of over 12 weeks; the community-reported acceptance is “Easy”; the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 28%. 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.
Where are the editorial board members of Oriental Insects based?
Of the 10 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Poland (3), Australia (2) and Russia (2). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Oriental Insects?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Oriental Insects is indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Is Oriental Insects open access, and what is the APC?
Oriental Insects is a subscription journal. APC charged, amount not published.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, Publisher website, 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: .