Journal profile · Entomology
Pest Management Science
ISSN 1526-498X · eISSN 1526-4998 · John Wiley and Sons Ltd · ENGLAND · Monthly · Founded 2000
Pest Management Science: CAS Zone 1 · Agricultural & Forestry Sciences (2025 upgraded edition, Top journal); impact factor 4.15; hybrid open access; APC about USD 5,360; median 111 days to acceptance (166 articles, last 24 months); community-reported acceptance: fairly easy; 868 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Pest Management Science is published by John Wiley and Sons Ltd 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 Insect-Plant Interactions and Control, Insect Resistance and Genetics and Insect Pest Control Strategies, together about 33.5% of its articles. Its main subfields are Insect Science and Plant Science. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
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From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Entomology
Editor-in-chief Mithila JugulamPublisher website
Editorial board by country: 18 in mainland China (about 19%); most named United States 23, Mainland China 18, Germany 8, Italy 6, United Kingdom 4 (95 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 Sciences16%
- Insect Resistance and GeneticsBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology10.2%
- Insect Pest Control StrategiesAgricultural and Biological Sciences7.3%
- Insect and Pesticide ResearchAgricultural and Biological Sciences6.9%
- Weed Control and Herbicide ApplicationsAgricultural and Biological Sciences6.4%
- Pesticide and Herbicide Environmental StudiesEnvironmental Science6%
- Entomopathogenic Microorganisms in Pest ControlAgricultural and Biological Sciences4.8%
- Fungal Plant Pathogen ControlAgricultural and Biological Sciences4.4%
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 |
| Minor | Agronomy | Zone 2 |
Top journal: yesReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Agricultural & Forestry Sciences Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Agricultural & Forestry Sciences | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Agronomy | Zone 2 |
| 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 |
| Minor | Agronomy | Zone 2 |
Top journal: yesReview 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
- 4.15LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher)
- 4.2Publisher website ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 4.2Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 7.2LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher)
- 7.2Publisher website ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 7.2Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.81LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.28LetPub ·
- h-index
- 107LetPub ·
- h-index
- 189OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 5,629OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 3.48OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 11.9%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 20.08%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 829LetPub ·
- Articles per year (publisher) 2025
- 833Publisher website ·
- Downloads per year (publisher) 2025
- 1,323,085Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 9,805 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 873 | 518 | 364 |
| 2025 | 868 | 384 | 2,869 |
| 2024 | 649 | 331 | 5,079 |
| 2023 | 625 | 366 | 7,641 |
| 2022 | 579 | 164 | 9,706 |
| 2021 | 539 | 137 | 12,145 |
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
111 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 81 days – 158 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 16 days (166 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 128 days
- Sample
- 166 articles with submission and acceptance dates (1,888 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)
- about 2 monthsLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- Fairly easyLetPub ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher)
- 32%Publisher website ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher) 2025
- 32%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision
- 24 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to first decision 2025
- 24 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to acceptance 2025
- 116 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication 2025
- 17 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
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 5,360 / EUR 4,830 / GBP 3,570 | — | — | |
| Publisher website | Yes, amount not published | — | — |
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)
What to prepare4 items from the author guidelines
- Abstract
- ≤ 250 words
- Keywords
- ≥ 4
- Manuscript length
- ≤ 6,000 words
- Cover letter
- Required
Article types accepted7, with length limits
- commentComments are typically no longer than 1,300 words and, as a guideline, have a maximum of 10 references. The abstract should be short (50 words) and unstructured…main text ≤ 1,300 words
- mini-reviewA Mini-Review is a sharply focused summary and assessment of the relevant literature concerning any topic covered within the Aims and Scope of the Journal. Thes…main text ≤ 4,000 words
- opinionPlease note that all word limits include tables and figures, and exclude references ORIGINAL SUBMISSIONS Research Articles All reported data should be original …Length not stated
- perspectivePlease note that all word limits include tables and figures, and exclude references ORIGINAL SUBMISSIONS Research Articles All reported data should be original …main text ≤ 6,000 words
- research articlePlease note that all word limits include tables and figures, and exclude references ORIGINAL SUBMISSIONS Research Articles All reported data should be original …Length not stated
- research articlesResearch Articles All reported data should be original and previously unpublished. In most cases, experiments reported should be replicated and appropriately st…main text ≤ 6,000 words
- reviewPlease note that all word limits include tables and figures, and exclude references ORIGINAL SUBMISSIONS Research Articles All reported data should be original …main text ≤ 6,000 words
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAuthorship, Conflicts of interest, Data availability, Publication ethics, License & copyright, Peer review, Preprints
- Authorship Authorship
On initial submission, the submitting author will be prompted to provide the email address and country for all contributing authors. We recommend that you include the complete affiliation addresses for each author in the manuscript (Institution Name, Country, Department Name, Institution City, and Post Code). The submission system will ask you to verify author affiliations.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Conflicts of interest Conflict of Interest
The journal requires that all authors disclose any potential sources of conflict of interest. Any interest or relationship, financial or otherwise that might be perceived as influencing an author's objectivity is considered a potential source of conflict of interest. These must be disclosed when directly relevant or directly related to the work that the authors describe in their manuscript. Potent…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Data availability Data Sharing and Data Accessibility
Data availability statement required Model summary
This journal expects that data supporting the results in the paper will be archived in an appropriate public repository. Authors are required to provide a data availability statement to describe the availability or the absence of shared data. When data have been shared, authors are required to include in their data availability statement a link to the repository they have used, and to cite the dat…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Publication ethics 4. EDITORIAL POLICIES AND ETHICAL CONSIDERATIONS
COPE member Model summary
Peer Review and Acceptance The acceptance criteria for all papers are the quality and originality of the research and its significance to journal readership. Manuscripts are single-blind peer reviewed. Papers will only be sent to review if the Editor-in-Chief determines that the paper meets the appropriate quality and relevance requirements. Wiley's policy on the confidentiality of the review proc…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright
Copyright / open access licensing Model summary
Authors may choose to publish under the terms of the journal’s standard copyright agreement, or open access under the terms of a Creative Commons License.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Peer Review and Acceptance
Single-blind peer review Model summary
The acceptance criteria for all papers are the quality and originality of the research and its significance to journal readership. Manuscripts are single-blind peer reviewed. Papers will only be sent to review if the Editor-in-Chief determines that the paper meets the appropriate quality and relevance requirements. Wiley's policy on the confidentiality of the review process is available here.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Preprints Preprints
Preprints allowed Model summary
Please find the Wiley preprint policy here. Pest Management Science will consider for review articles previously available as preprints. You may also post the submitted version of a manuscript to a preprint server at any time. You are requested to update any pre-publication versions with a link to the final published article.
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
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Country or region
- ENGLAND
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Monthly
- Founded
- 2000
- ISSN
- 1526-498X
- Electronic ISSN
- 1526-4998
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 82, Issue 10 (October 2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Pest Management Science
What CAS zone is Pest Management Science in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Pest Management Science is in Zone 1 of Agricultural & Forestry Sciences, and in Zone 1 of the minor category Entomology / Agronomy; it is a Top journal. 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 Pest Management Science?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 4.15; CiteScore 7.2, h-index 189.
How long does peer review take at Pest Management Science?
Based on the dates recorded on 166 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 111 days (interquartile range 81–158 days); authors report an average review time of about 2 months; the community-reported acceptance is “Fairly easy”; the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 32% (2025). 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 Pest Management Science?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Abstract: ≤ 250 words; Keywords: ≥ 4; Manuscript length: ≤ 6,000 words; Cover letter: Required. 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 Pest Management Science based?
Of the 95 board members whose country the journal's board page names, 18 (about 19%) are in mainland China; the countries named most often are United States (23), Mainland China (18) and Germany (8). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Pest Management Science?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Pest Management Science is indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Is Pest Management Science open access, and what is the APC?
Pest Management Science is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC about USD 5,360.
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 2026-08-26). Last updated: .