Journal profile · Agricultural and Biological Sciences-Insect Science
Russian Entomological Journal
ISSN 0132-8069 · KMK Scientific Press Ltd.
Russian Entomological Journal: impact factor 0.36 (journal website); fully open access; 12 articles in 2025; indexed in Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Russian Entomological Journal is published by KMK Scientific Press Ltd.. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Coleoptera Taxonomy and Distribution, Lepidoptera: Biology and Taxonomy and Diptera species taxonomy and behavior, together about 30.4% of its articles. Its main subfields are Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
KMK Scientific Press Ltd. is founded in Moscow in 1992 as specialized scientific publishing house producing periodicals as well as scientific monographs both in Russian and main foreign languages. Basic directions of publications are natural sciences (biology, with speciel reference to zoology and botany; geography; history of science) and history (together with memoirs and biographies). Up-to-date Publishing House issues treatises and university lectures, illustrated identification guides to plant and animals as well as serials, in cooperation with Moscow Lomonosov State University, Zoological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences (St.-Petersburg), V.I. Komarov Botanical Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences (St.-Petersburg), and other institutions. Totally, ca. 1000 books are published. 10 periodicals are issued regularly. This site is devoted to open-access, peer-reviewed English journals of KMK, namely Arctoa (since 1991), Arthropoda Selecta (since 1992), Russian Entomological Journal (since 1992), Acarina (since 1993), Russian Journal of Theriology (since 2002), Euroasian Entomological Journal (since 2002), and Invertebrate Zoology (since 2004).
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Agricultural and Biological Sciences-Insect Science
Editor-in-chief K.G. MikhailovPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Coleoptera Taxonomy and DistributionAgricultural and Biological Sciences13.4%
- Lepidoptera: Biology and TaxonomyBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology8.5%
- Diptera species taxonomy and behaviorAgricultural and Biological Sciences8.5%
- Coleoptera: Cerambycidae studiesAgricultural and Biological Sciences8.5%
- Fossil Insects in AmberAgricultural and Biological Sciences6%
- Insect behavior and control techniquesAgricultural and Biological Sciences6%
- Forest Insect Ecology and ManagementEnvironmental Science5.9%
- Plant and animal studiesAgricultural and Biological Sciences5.5%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
Database indexing
ScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
BIOSIS Previews, Zoological Record, CAB International, VINITIPublisher 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 (publisher)
- 0.36Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 1.4LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.64LetPub ·
- SJR (publisher)
- 0.26Publisher website ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.88LetPub ·
- h-index
- 19OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 49OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.08OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 548 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 12 | 12 | 1 |
| 2021 | 31 | 31 | 68 |
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.
Fees & open access
APC and open-access policy
Fully open accessOpenAlex
Every article is open access; authors usually pay an article processing charge (APC).
No source has fee information yet; check the journal's website.
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)
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteConflicts of interest, Open access, Peer review
- Conflicts of interest
Conflict of interest statement required during submission Model summary
Authors will be asked to provide a conflict of interest statement during the submission process.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access
Open access, peer-reviewed, published mostly in English. Model summary
The open-access, peer-reviewed journal is published mostly in English.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review
Indexed in BIOSIS Previews, Zoological Record, CAB International, and VINITI. Model summary
R.E.J. is reviewed by BIOSIS Previews, Zoological Record, CAB International, and VINITI.
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
- KMK Scientific Press Ltd.
- ISSN
- 0132-8069
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Russian Entomological Journal
What is the impact factor of Russian Entomological Journal?
The journal's website gives an impact factor of 0.36; this is the journal's own figure, as LetPub lists none for it; CiteScore 1.4, h-index 19.
Which databases index Russian Entomological Journal?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Russian Entomological Journal is indexed in Scopus.
Is Russian Entomological Journal open access, and what is the APC?
Russian Entomological Journal is a fully open-access journal. Fee information is not available yet; check the journal's website.
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: .