Journal profile · Evolutionary Biology
Systematic Entomology
ISSN 0307-6970 · eISSN 1365-3113 · Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd · ENGLAND · Quarterly · Founded 1976
Systematic Entomology: CAS Zone 1 · Agricultural & Forestry Sciences (2025 upgraded edition, Top journal); impact factor 4.32; hybrid open access; APC about USD 4,520; median 129 days to acceptance (91 articles, last 24 months); community-reported acceptance: fairly easy; 58 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Systematic Entomology is published by Wiley-Blackwell Publishing 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 Plant and animal studies, Lepidoptera: Biology and Taxonomy and Insect-Plant Interactions and Control, together about 32.3% of its articles. Its main subfields are Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Systematic Entomology is a Royal Entomological Society journal that focuses on publishing research papers concerning insect systematics, phylogenetics, and integrative taxonomy. We seek contributions with broad biological, evolutionary, or zoogeographical significance, making it particularly appealing to researchers interested in arthropods, biogeography, entomology, evolutionary biology, and insect-related topics. Descriptive morphology, phylogeny, systematics, and taxonomy are among the key areas covered, providing a comprehensive platform for advancing the understanding of insect diversity and evolution.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Evolutionary Biology
Editor-in-chief Bonnie B. BlaimerPublisher website
Editorial board by country: 1 in mainland China (about 5%); most named United States 7, Germany 3, France 2, Australia 2, Mainland China 1 (21 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Plant and animal studiesAgricultural and Biological Sciences13%
- Lepidoptera: Biology and TaxonomyBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology10.6%
- Insect-Plant Interactions and ControlAgricultural and Biological Sciences8.7%
- Fossil Insects in AmberAgricultural and Biological Sciences7.9%
- Coleoptera Taxonomy and DistributionAgricultural and Biological Sciences7.4%
- Hymenoptera taxonomy and phylogenyAgricultural and Biological Sciences7.2%
- Insect and Arachnid Ecology and BehaviorBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology4.9%
- Forest Insect Ecology and ManagementEnvironmental Science4.9%
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 | Evolutionary Biology | Zone 1 |
Top journal: yesReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Agricultural & Forestry Sciences Zone 1
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Agricultural & Forestry Sciences | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Evolutionary Biology | Zone 1 |
| 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 | Evolutionary Biology | Zone 1 |
Top journal: yesReview journal: no
Database indexing
SCIEScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
Web of SciencePubMedCAB AbstractsCurrent ContentsPublisher website
Other: EBSCO, ProQuest, AGRICOLA
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
- 4.32LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher)
- 4.3Publisher website ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 4.3Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 9.6LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher)
- 9.6Publisher website ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 9.6Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 1.83LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 3.1LetPub ·
- h-index
- 59LetPub ·
- h-index
- 99OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 1,304OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 3.26OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 11.6%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 52%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 46LetPub ·
- Articles per year (publisher) 2025
- 48Publisher website ·
- Downloads per year (publisher) 2025
- 252,708Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 2,305 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 49 | 35 | 25 |
| 2025 | 58 | 38 | 131 |
| 2024 | 51 | 37 | 359 |
| 2023 | 44 | 27 | 549 |
| 2022 | 55 | 25 | 952 |
| 2021 | 69 | 24 | 1,587 |
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
129 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 94 days – 182 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 30 days (92 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 159 days
- Sample
- 91 articles with submission and acceptance dates (115 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)
- Fairly easyLetPub ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher)
- 23%Publisher website ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher) 2025
- 23%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision
- 5 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to first decision 2025
- 5 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to acceptance 2025
- 130 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication 2025
- 36 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 4,520 / EUR 3,780 / GBP 3,050 | — | — |
A hybrid journal charges the APC only when the author chooses open access; publishing under the subscription model is usually free.
Other charges and waivers (author guidelines)
- Submission fee
- No submission fee
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
- Reference style
- Harvard
- First submission
- Free format: the journal's layout is not required
Article types accepted4
- methodological articlereports of new research techniques or methodologies that advance the field of systematic entomologyLength not stated
- opinionArticle Type Description Abstract Other Requirements Original Article reports of new research findings or conceptual analyses that make a significant contributi…Length not stated
- original articleArticle Type Description Abstract Other Requirements Original Article reports of new research findings or conceptual analyses that make a significant contributi…Length not stated
- review articleArticle Type Description Abstract Other Requirements Original Article reports of new research findings or conceptual analyses that make a significant contributi…Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAI use, Authorship, Conflicts of interest, Data availability, Publication ethics, License & copyright, Open access, Peer review, Preprints
- AI use Use of Artificial Intelligence
Authors can use AI to improve readability and language of their manuscript. Though AI may be used as a tool to assist in analysing and evaluating data, authors should never use AI to generate data or draw scientific conclusions. If AI is used to develop any portion of a manuscript, its use must be described, transparently and in detail, in the Methods or Acknowledgements section. AI and AI-assiste…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Authorship Authorship
No submission fees Model summary
All listed authors should have contributed to the manuscript substantially and have agreed to the final submitted version. Review editorial standards and scroll down for a description of authorship criteria.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Conflicts of interest Conflict of Interest
Systematic Entomology 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 indirectly related to the work that the authors describe in their manus…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Data availability Data Sharing and Data Accessibility
Data availability: all data supporting results must be made available in a public repository Model summary
Systematic Entomology recognizes the many benefits of archiving research data. Systematic Entomology requires that all data supporting all results presented in a paper (including all analyses, figures and tables) should be made available in a public repository.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Publication ethics
Image integrity check upon acceptance Model summary
Upon acceptance of your manuscript in the Journal and prior to export to Wiley’s production team, all image files (photographs, micrographs, and gel blots) will undergo an integrity check for signs of image manipulation.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright Reproduction of Copyright Material
Open access licences: CC-BY/CC-BY-NC/CC-BY-NC-ND Model summary
If excerpts from copyrighted works owned by third parties are included, credit must be shown in the contribution. It is your responsibility to also obtain written permission for reproduction from the copyright owners. For more information visit Wiley’s Copyright Terms & Conditions FAQ.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Open Access
Systematic Entomology is a subscription journal that offers an open access option. You’ll have the option to choose to make your article open access after acceptance, which will be subject to an Article Publication Charge (APC). You can read more about APCs here along with further information about publishing your article as open access in Systematic Entomology.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Submission and Peer Review Process
Peer review model: single-anonymized Model summary
Once the submission materials have been prepared in accordance with the Author Guidelines, manuscripts should be submitted online https://authors.wiley.com/journal/SYEN For help with submissions, please contact: syst.ent@wiley.com This journal does not charge submission fees. Article Preparation Support Wiley Editing Services offers expert help with English Language Editing, as well as translation…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Preprints
Preprint policy: refers to Wiley preprint policy Model summary
Please find the Wiley preprint policy here.
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
- Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd
- Country or region
- ENGLAND
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Quarterly
- Founded
- 1976
- ISSN
- 0307-6970
- Electronic ISSN
- 1365-3113
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 51, Issue 3 (September 2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Systematic Entomology
What CAS zone is Systematic Entomology in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Systematic Entomology is in Zone 1 of Agricultural & Forestry Sciences, and in Zone 1 of the minor category Entomology / Evolutionary Biology; it is a Top journal. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 1 of Agricultural & Forestry Sciences. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Systematic Entomology?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 4.32; CiteScore 9.6, h-index 99.
How long does peer review take at Systematic Entomology?
Based on the dates recorded on 91 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 129 days (interquartile range 94–182 days); authors report an average review time of over 12 weeks; the community-reported acceptance is “Fairly easy”; the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 23% (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 Systematic Entomology?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Reference style: Harvard; First submission: Free format: the journal's layout is not 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 Systematic Entomology based?
Of the 21 board members whose country the journal's board page names, 1 (about 5%) are in mainland China; the countries named most often are United States (7), Germany (3) and France (2). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Systematic Entomology?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Systematic Entomology is indexed in SCIE and Scopus. The journal's website also lists Web of Science, PubMed, CAB Abstracts and Current Contents; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Systematic Entomology open access, and what is the APC?
Systematic Entomology is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC about USD 4,520.
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: .