Journal profile · Agricultural and Biological Sciences-Insect Science
Persian Journal of Acarology
ISSN 2251-8169 · Acarological Society of Iran · Iran, Islamic Republic of
Persian Journal of Acarology: CAS Zone 4 · Agricultural & Forestry Sciences (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 0.9 (journal website); diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 20 weeks (community reports); acceptance rate 55% (journal website); 33 articles a year; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Persian Journal of Acarology (PJA) is a peer-reviewed international journal of the Acarological Society of Iran for publication of high-quality papers on any aspect of Acarology including mite and tick behavior, biochemistry, biology, control, ecology, evolution, morphology, physiology, systematics and taxonomy as well as tick-borne diseases. All manuscripts will be subjected to peer review before acceptance. Using the appropriate template file is mandatory before submission. Please download them by clicking on Taxonomic, non-taxonomic article, or correspondence. Based on length, five categories of papers are considered. New records to the fauna of the country can be regarded only as "Correspondence". 1) Research article Research articles are significant papers of four or more printed pages reporting original research. Papers between 4 and 59 printed pages are published in multi-paper issues of 60, 64 or 68 pages. Persian Journal of Acarology encourages large comprehensive works. There is no upper limit on the length of manuscripts, although authors are advised to break monographs of over 1000 pages into a multi-volume contribution simply because books over 1000 pages are difficult to bind and too heavy to hold. Short papers on species of economic, environmental or phylogenetic importance may be accepted at the discretion of editors, who will generally encourage and advise authors to add value to the paper by providing more information (e.g. checklist of or key to species of the genus, biological information......). Short papers of 4 or 5 pages accepted for publication may be shortened for publication in the Correspondence section. Keywords should be arranged alphabetically. 2) Correspondence High quality and important short manuscripts of 1 to 4 pages are considered at the end of each multi-paper issue. These short contributions should have no more than 20 references and its total length should not exceed four printed pages (except editorials). Neither an abstract nor a list of key words is needed; major headings (Introduction, Material and methods...) should NOT be used, except for new taxon heading and references. A typical correspondence should consist of (1) a short and concise title, (2) author name and address (email address), (3) a series of paragraphs of the main text, and (4) a list of references if any. For correspondence of 3 or 4 pages, the first or last paragraph may be a summary. Commentaries on published papers are intended for scholarly ex
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Agricultural and Biological Sciences-Insect Science
Editorial board by country: 1 in mainland China (about 2%); most named Iran 24, Russia 5, France 4, United States 3, Italy 2 (52 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
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)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
Database indexing
ESCIScopusDOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
CAB AbstractsPublisher website
Other: WOS, Zoological Record, Biological Abstracts, BIOSIS Previews, FATCAT, ZDB, WIKIDATA, ISC
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 (publisher) 2025
- 0.9Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 1.6LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher)
- 1.6Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.34LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.7LetPub ·
- h-index
- 0OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 0OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 11.1%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 33LetPub ·
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)
- about 20 weeksLetPub ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher)
- 55%Publisher website ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 12 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
Diamond open access (no APC)DOAJ
Every article is open access and authors pay no article processing charge.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOAJ | No APC | No | CC BY-NC-ND | |
| Publisher website | No APC | — | — |
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 accepted5
- book review4) Book reviewLength not stated
- correspondence2) Correspondence High quality and important short manuscripts of 1 to 4 pages are considered at the end of each multi-paper issue.Length not stated
- editorial5) EditorialLength not stated
- monograph3) MonographLength not stated
- research article/review article1) Research article/Review article Research articles are significant papers of four or more printed pages reporting original research.Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteLicense & copyright, Open access, Peer review, Self-archiving
- License & copyright Copyright Notice
CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 Model summary
In submitting a manuscript, authors accept all terms of copyright.Persian Journal of Acarology is under a free license.The open-access articles are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons-BY-NC-ND which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Open Access Policy
This journal provides immediate open access to its content on the principle that making research freely available to the public supports a greater global exchange of knowledge. The journal does not charge any fees at submission, revieweing, processing and publication stages (NO APC).
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Peer Review Process
Peer review before acceptance Model summary
When a manuscript is submitted to a journal, it is assessed to see if it meets the criteria for submission. Each manuscript is initially screened by the Editor-in-Chief (EIC) in terms of structure and content. If it meets the scope and standard of the journal, it will be sent to an appropriate subject editor (SE). The subject editor evaluates the manuscript based on its novelty, structure, and pla…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Self-archiving Self-archiving Policy
The journal PJA allows authors to deposit Publisher's version/PDF in an institutional repository and non-commercial subject-based repositories, or to publish it on Author's personal website (including social networking sites, such as ResearchGate, Academia.edu, etc.) and/or departmental website, at any time after publication and according to the Creative Commons license assigned to the paper. Full…
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
- Acarological Society of Iran
- Country or region
- Iran, Islamic Republic of
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2251-8169
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 15, Issue 4 (2026)
- Official links
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Persian Journal of Acarology
What CAS zone is Persian Journal of Acarology in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Persian Journal of Acarology 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 Persian Journal of Acarology?
The journal's website gives an impact factor of 0.9 (2025); this is the journal's own figure, as LetPub lists none for it; CiteScore 1.6, h-index 0.
How long does peer review take at Persian Journal of Acarology?
Authors report an average review time of about 20 weeks; the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 55%. 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 Persian Journal of Acarology based?
Of the 52 board members whose country the journal's board page names, 1 (about 2%) are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Iran (24), Russia (5) and France (4). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Persian Journal of Acarology?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Persian Journal of Acarology is indexed in ESCI, Scopus and DOAJ. The journal's website also lists CAB Abstracts; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Persian Journal of Acarology open access, and what is the APC?
Persian Journal of Acarology is a diamond open-access journal (no APC). It charges no article processing charge.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, Publisher website, OpenAlex, 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: .