Journal profile · Entomology
REVISTA COLOMBIANA DE ENTOMOLOGIA
ISSN 0120-0488 · eISSN 2665-4385 · Sociedad Colombiana de Entomologia · COLOMBIA · Semiannual
REVISTA COLOMBIANA DE ENTOMOLOGIA: CAS Zone 4 · Agricultural & Forestry Sciences (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 0.28; subscription journal; APC charged, amount not published; review over 12 weeks (community reports); community-reported acceptance: easy; 20 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus; the journal's website says it has moved to a new publisher.
The journal's website says it has moved to a new publisher: The Colombian Journal of Entomology is pleased to announce that it is now published by SAGE Publishing, positioning us as leaders in the dissemination of entomological knowledge worldwide. Source ↗Publisher website ·
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
REVISTA COLOMBIANA DE ENTOMOLOGIA is published by Sociedad Colombiana de Entomologia 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 soil sciences, Insect-Plant Interactions and Control and Insect Pest Control Strategies, together about 32.7% of its articles. Its main subfields are Insect Science. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
The Colombian Journal of Entomology is pleased to announce that it is now published by SAGE Publishing, positioning us as leaders in the dissemination of entomological knowledge worldwide. Link to the journal's website: https://journals.sagepub.com/home/rceLink to the journal’s description, objectives, and scope: https://journals.sagepub.com/overview-metric/RCE Link to the journal’s submission guidelines: https://journals.sagepub.com/author-instructions/RCELink to the journal’s manuscript submission portal: https://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/rcde Revista Colombiana de Entomología (RCdE) is an open access journal, published online with a continuous periodicity (semiannual). RCdE publishes original research articles, essays, scientific notes, book reviews and obituaries related to the area of insect science in English and Spanish. It also publishes review articles on general entomological topics, called "thematic reviews", however, these are only done by request of the Editorial Committee. For details see Instructions for authors. Submitted articles should not be previously published and are subject to double-blind peer review. The journal requires payment from authors at the time of publication. Fees vary according to the number of published pages (with a special discount fee for SOCOLEN members).
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Entomology
Editor-in-chief Takumasa KondoPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Plant and soil sciencesAgricultural and Biological Sciences12.1%
- Insect-Plant Interactions and ControlAgricultural and Biological Sciences11.9%
- Insect Pest Control StrategiesAgricultural and Biological Sciences8.7%
- Entomopathogenic Microorganisms in Pest ControlAgricultural and Biological Sciences8%
- Insect Resistance and GeneticsBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology7.9%
- Insect and Pesticide ResearchAgricultural and Biological Sciences4.7%
- Insect behavior and control techniquesAgricultural and Biological Sciences4.6%
- Scarabaeidae Beetle Taxonomy and BiogeographyEarth and Planetary Sciences4.2%
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
SciELOPublisher website
Other: jcr, redalyc, latindex, miar, publindex
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
- 0.28LetPub ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 1LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.19LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.4LetPub ·
- h-index
- 15LetPub ·
- h-index
- 28OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 236OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.27OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 98.08%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 16LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,900 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| 2025 | 20 | 19 | 1 |
| 2024 | 20 | 20 | 11 |
| 2023 | 20 | 20 | 20 |
| 2022 | 27 | 25 | 63 |
| 2021 | 36 | 34 | 148 |
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 ·
- Peer review
- Double 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)
What to prepare2 items from the author guidelines
- Suggested reviewers
- Required
- Cover letter
- Required
Article types accepted6
- book reviewsRCdE publishes original research articles, essays, scientific notes, book reviews and obituaries related to the area of insect science in English and Spanish.Length not stated
- essaysRCdE publishes original research articles, essays, scientific notes, book reviews and obituaries related to the area of insect science in English and Spanish.Length not stated
- obituariesRCdE publishes original research articles, essays, scientific notes, book reviews and obituaries related to the area of insect science in English and Spanish.Length not stated
- original research articlesRCdE publishes original research articles, essays, scientific notes, book reviews and obituaries related to the area of insect science in English and Spanish.Length not stated
- scientific notesRCdE publishes original research articles, essays, scientific notes, book reviews and obituaries related to the area of insect science in English and Spanish.Length not stated
- thematic reviewsIt also publishes review articles on general entomological topics, called "thematic reviews", however, these are only done by request of the Editorial Committee…Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteLicense & copyright, Peer review
- License & copyright
Publication license requested for open access circulation locally, regionally, and globally. Model summary
Publication license: it requests a paper publication license for the term of legal protection and for all territories and formats to circulate the contents on the web under open access locally, regionally, and globally and in relevant specialized databases.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review
Double-blind peer review Model summary
Submitted articles should not be previously published and are subject to double-blind peer review.
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
- Sociedad Colombiana de Entomologia
- Country or region
- COLOMBIA
- Language
- Multi-Language
- Frequency
- Semiannual
- ISSN
- 0120-0488
- Electronic ISSN
- 2665-4385
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 52, Issue 1 (2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about REVISTA COLOMBIANA DE ENTOMOLOGIA
What CAS zone is REVISTA COLOMBIANA DE ENTOMOLOGIA in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, REVISTA COLOMBIANA DE ENTOMOLOGIA 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 REVISTA COLOMBIANA DE ENTOMOLOGIA?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 0.28; CiteScore 1, h-index 28.
How long does peer review take at REVISTA COLOMBIANA DE ENTOMOLOGIA?
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.
What are the manuscript requirements of REVISTA COLOMBIANA DE ENTOMOLOGIA?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Suggested reviewers: Required; 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.
Which databases index REVISTA COLOMBIANA DE ENTOMOLOGIA?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, REVISTA COLOMBIANA DE ENTOMOLOGIA is indexed in SCIE and Scopus. The journal's website also lists SciELO; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is REVISTA COLOMBIANA DE ENTOMOLOGIA open access, and what is the APC?
REVISTA COLOMBIANA DE ENTOMOLOGIA is a subscription journal. APC charged, amount not published.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, Publisher website; 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: .