Journal profile · Entomology
Transactions of the American Entomological Society
ISSN 0002-8320 · American Entomological Society · UNITED STATES · Tri-annual
Transactions of the American Entomological Society: CAS Zone 4 · Agricultural & Forestry Sciences (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 0.3; subscription journal; review about 24 months (community reports); community-reported acceptance: easy; 26 articles in 2025; indexed in Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Transactions of the American Entomological Society is published by American Entomological Society 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 animal studies, Lepidoptera: Biology and Taxonomy and Diptera species taxonomy and behavior, together about 24.5% of its articles. Its main subfields are Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Contributions are accepted on any of the aspects of systematics and taxonomy of insects. This includes: taxonomic revisions, phylogenetics, biogeography and faunistics, and descriptive morphology of insects. Taxonomic papers describing single species are acceptable if such a study is sufficiently justified, however, comprehensive studies that provide a comparative, integrated study of insect systematics and taxonomy will get priority.
Source: LetPub
Research area (LetPub): Entomology
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Plant and animal studiesAgricultural and Biological Sciences10.6%
- Lepidoptera: Biology and TaxonomyBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology7%
- Diptera species taxonomy and behaviorAgricultural and Biological Sciences6.9%
- Orthoptera Research and TaxonomyAgricultural and Biological Sciences6.6%
- Insect and Arachnid Ecology and BehaviorBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology6.4%
- Coleoptera Taxonomy and DistributionAgricultural and Biological Sciences5.8%
- Forest Insect Ecology and ManagementEnvironmental Science4.8%
- Insect-Plant Interactions and ControlAgricultural and Biological Sciences4.7%
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
ScopusLetPub
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
- 0.3LetPub ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 0.6LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.2LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.3LetPub ·
- h-index
- 18LetPub ·
- h-index
- 30OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 142OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.37OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 705 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 18 | 6 | 5 |
| 2025 | 26 | 0 | 5 |
| 2024 | 15 | 2 | 12 |
| 2023 | 15 | 0 | 17 |
| 2022 | 24 | 0 | 50 |
| 2021 | 32 | 0 | 56 |
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 24 monthsLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- EasyLetPub ·
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.
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.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- American Entomological Society
- Country or region
- UNITED STATES
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Tri-annual
- ISSN
- 0002-8320
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Submission system ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Transactions of the American Entomological Society
What CAS zone is Transactions of the American Entomological Society in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Transactions of the American Entomological Society 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 Transactions of the American Entomological Society?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 0.3; CiteScore 0.6, h-index 30.
How long does peer review take at Transactions of the American Entomological Society?
Authors report an average review time of about 24 months; 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.
Which databases index Transactions of the American Entomological Society?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Transactions of the American Entomological Society is indexed in Scopus.
Is Transactions of the American Entomological Society open access, and what is the APC?
Transactions of the American Entomological Society is a subscription journal. Fee information is not available yet; check the journal's website.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, 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: .