Journal rankings · indicator year 2016
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Subfield ranking · 2016
Insect Science journal rankings 2016
56 ranked journals · Subfield in Agricultural and Biological Sciences
Insect Science has 56 ranked journals in 2016. The median journal has an OJR of 0.62, below the world average of 1.00, down 0.01 on 2015; Q1 starts at OJR 1.11. The top three are Journal of Insects as Food and Feed, Journal of Pest Science, and Journal of Chemical Ecology.
Ranks and citation indicators: 2016. Journal access status and listed APC: source snapshot September 23, 2026.
Journals whose main subfield sits in this category and that published at least 30 citable documents (articles, reviews and conference papers) in 2013–2015, the window the 2016 score is computed on.
The OpenJournalRank Indicator (OJR) is a free, publicly available metric of a journal’s field-normalized citation impact, computed from open OpenAlex citation data. It compares citations to a journal’s papers from the previous three years with the world average for papers of the same subfield, year and type, so 1.00 is the world average and values can be compared across fields. It is computed with the NCI3 method.
The middle OJR among ranked journals in this category: half score higher, half lower. 1.00 is the world average for papers of the same subfield, year and type.
The dot is this category, the solid tick is the median of all ranked journals and the dashed line is the world average.
Share of ranked journals in this category that are fully open access, so every paper is free to read. Hybrid journals, which sell subscriptions and open single papers for a fee, are not counted.
Median list price of the article processing charge, in US dollars, among ranked journals in this category that list a price above zero. Journals with a listed APC of $0 and journals with no known price are left out of this median. The At a glance table below gives a second median that includes the $0 prices.
Subfields of Agricultural and Biological Sciences (11)
56 ranked journals
Filters
Rank is the position by OJR within the list on screen; 1 is the highest. | OJR is field-normalized 3-year citation impact: 1.00 is the world average for papers of the same subfield, year and type, so values compare across fields. The badge is the journal’s quartile in this list. | Citations per paper over a two-year window, counted from OpenAlex. It is not field-normalized, so compare it only between journals of the same field. ▲ or ▼ is the change from 2015. This is OpenJournalRank’s own count, not Clarivate’s Journal Impact Factor. | Citable documents (articles, reviews and conference papers) published in 2013–2015, the window the 2016 OJR is computed on. A journal needs at least 30 to be ranked. | Share of the journal’s 2013–2015 papers that are free to read in any open-access form. The green OA tag next to a title marks a fully open-access journal. | List price of the article processing charge in US dollars. “$0 listed” means the listed price is zero; a dash means no price is listed. | The line is the journal’s OJR from 2007 to 2016. | Compare |
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1Journal of Insects as Food and FeedNetherlands | 2.77Q1 | 4.26no 2015 value | 35 | 35% | — | — | |
2Journal of Pest ScienceSpringer Science+Business Media · Germany | 2.10Q1 | 3.90 0.77 up from 2015 | 239 | 32% | $4,790 | ||
3Journal of Chemical EcologySpringer Science+Business Media · Netherlands | 1.84Q1 | 2.59 0.73 down from 2015 | 418 | 32% | $3,890 | ||
4Journal of Apicultural ResearchTaylor & Francis | 1.81Q1 | 1.76 1.89 down from 2015 | 228 | 20% | — | ||
5Journal of Integrated Pest ManagementOAOxford University Press · United States | 1.73Q1 | 3.00 0.38 up from 2015 | 46 | 100% | $1,175 | ||
6Annual Review of EntomologyAnnual Reviews · United States | 1.72Q1 | 14.04 2.41 up from 2015 | 84 | 47% | — | ||
7Biological ControlOAElsevier BV · United States | 1.65Q1 | 2.70 0.30 up from 2015 | 486 | 43% | $3,390 | ||
8BioControlSpringer Science+Business Media · Netherlands | 1.47Q1 | 2.37 0.54 up from 2015 | 201 | 28% | $3,790 | ||
9InsectsOAMultidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute · Switzerland | 1.47Q1 | 2.39 0.25 up from 2015 | 167 | 100% | $3,137 | ||
10Journal of Invertebrate PathologyElsevier BV · United States | 1.28Q1 | 3.03 0.58 up from 2015 | 368 | 27% | $3,760 | ||
11Journal of Insect PhysiologyElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 1.27Q1 | 2.84 0.27 up from 2015 | 426 | 24% | $3,430 | ||
12Arthropod-Plant InteractionsSpringer Science+Business Media · Netherlands | 1.27Q1 | 1.99 0.21 up from 2015 | 164 | 22% | $3,090 | ||
13Bulletin of Entomological ResearchCambridge University Press · United Kingdom | 1.17Q1 | 1.69 0.05 up from 2015 | 277 | 27% | $3,550 | ||
14Agricultural and Forest EntomologyWiley · United Kingdom | 1.11Q1 | 1.93 0.15 up from 2015 | 140 | 17% | $4,410 | ||
15Environmental EntomologyOxford University Press · United States | 1.10Q2 | 1.75 0.06 up from 2015 | 581 | 16% | $4,328 | ||
16Entomologia Experimentalis et ApplicataWiley · United Kingdom | 1.10Q2 | 1.73 0.05 up from 2015 | 352 | 19% | $4,430 | ||
17Journal of Economic EntomologyOxford University Press · United Kingdom | 1.09Q2 | 2.08 0.05 up from 2015 | 1,054 | 15% | $4,328 | ||
18Journal of Applied EntomologyWiley · Germany | 1.04Q2 | 1.69 0.42 up from 2015 | 254 | 5% | $4,780 | ||
19SpringerPlusOASpringer International Publishing · Switzerland | 0.99Q2 | 1.71 0.01 down from 2015 | 2,455 | 100% | — | ||
20Journal of insect science/Journal of Insect ScienceOAOxford University Press · India | 0.96Q2 | —no 2015 value | 164 | 100% | — | ||
21Physiological EntomologyWiley · United Kingdom | 0.93Q2 | 1.45 0.08 down from 2015 | 130 | 11% | $3,920 | ||
22Annals of the Entomological Society of AmericaOxford University Press · United Kingdom | 0.86Q2 | 1.33 0.03 down from 2015 | 391 | 15% | $4,328 | ||
23Australian Journal of EntomologyWiley · Australia | 0.79Q2 | —no 2015 value | 38 | — | — | ||
24Insect ScienceWiley · Australia | 0.76Q2 | 1.44 0.11 up from 2015 | 275 | 27% | $3,400 | ||
25Neotropical EntomologySpringer Nature · Brazil | 0.74Q2 | 0.96 0.07 down from 2015 | 252 | 20% | $3,090 | ||
26Journal of Asia-Pacific EntomologyElsevier BV · Netherlands | 0.65Q2 | 1.30 0.14 up from 2015 | 355 | 9% | $3,000 | ||
27The Canadian EntomologistCambridge University Press · United States | 0.65Q2 | 1.12 0.16 up from 2015 | 258 | 37% | $3,308 | ||
28PhytoparasiticaSpringer Science+Business Media · Israel | 0.63Q2 | 1.24 0.32 up from 2015 | 198 | 9% | $3,090 | ||
29Applied Entomology and ZoologySpringer Science+Business Media · Japan | 0.61Q3 | 0.93 0.13 down from 2015 | 245 | 15% | $3,790 | ||
30Biocontrol Science and TechnologyTaylor & Francis · United Kingdom | 0.60Q3 | 1.09 0.10 up from 2015 | 374 | 9% | — | ||
31Journal of Apicultural ScienceOADe Gruyter Open · Poland | 0.60Q3 | 1.05 0.23 up from 2015 | 84 | 100% | $539 | ||
32Journal of Insect ScienceOAOxford University Press · United States | 0.60Q3 | 1.08 0.46 up from 2015 | 552 | 100% | $2,170 | ||
33Current Opinion in Insect ScienceElsevier BV · Netherlands | 0.57Q3 | 4.51 1.17 up from 2015 | 187 | 43% | $4,610 | ||
34International Journal of Tropical Insect ScienceSpringer Nature · United Kingdom | 0.56Q3 | 0.89 0.31 up from 2015 | 124 | 14% | $3,290 | ||
35Florida EntomologistOAFlorida Entomological Society · United States | 0.55Q3 | 0.86 0.08 down from 2015 | 756 | 100% | $1,130 | ||
36Advances in EntomologyOAScientific Research Publishing · United States | 0.55Q3 | 1.04 0.38 up from 2015 | 54 | 100% | — | ||
37African EntomologyOAPeter Lang · South Africa | 0.55Q3 | 0.96 0.04 up from 2015 | 166 | 100% | $369 | ||
38Advances in Enzyme ResearchOAScientific Research Publishing · United States | 0.48Q3 | 0.64 0.13 down from 2015 | 37 | 100% | — | ||
39Redia-Giornale Di ZoologiaCoppini | 0.46Q3 | 0.55 0.12 down from 2015 | 31 | 0% | — | ||
40Journal of Entomological ScienceGeorgia Entomological Society · United States | 0.44Q3 | 0.58 0.14 down from 2015 | 127 | 9% | — | ||
41Psyche A Journal of EntomologyOACambridge Entomological Club · United Kingdom | 0.44Q3 | 0.34 0.68 down from 2015 | 69 | 100% | $1,000 | ||
42Journal of Entomological and Acarological ResearchOAPAGEPress (Italy) · Italy | 0.41Q3 | 0.50 0.21 down from 2015 | 73 | 100% | $269 | ||
43Molluscan ResearchTaylor & Francis · Australia | 0.30Q4 | 0.56 0.12 down from 2015 | 78 | 10% | — | ||
44Southwestern EntomologistSociety of Southwestern Entomologists · United States | 0.28Q4 | 0.64 0.07 up from 2015 | 241 | 2% | — | ||
45Journal of EntomologyOAPakistan | 0.27Q4 | 0.35 0.01 up from 2015 | 77 | 100% | — | ||
46Entomological ResearchWiley · Australia | 0.25Q4 | 0.60 0.27 down from 2015 | 129 | 8% | $3,310 | ||
47Japanese Journal of Applied Entomology and ZoologyOAJapanese Society of Applied Entomology and Zoology · Japan | 0.24Q4 | 0.35 0.27 up from 2015 | 143 | 100% | — | ||
48Entomologia GeneralisE. Schweizerbart · Germany | 0.24Q4 | 0.52 0.46 up from 2015 | 39 | 4% | — | ||
49Entomological NewsAmerican Entomological Society · United States | 0.18Q4 | 0.30 0.02 up from 2015 | 144 | 0% | — | ||
50Folia MalacologicaOABogucki Wydawnictwo Naukowe · Poland | 0.17Q4 | 0.64 0.10 up from 2015 | 120 | 100% | — |
Subfields of Agricultural and Biological Sciences, with Insect Science highlighted.
- Plant Science570
- Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics144
- Food Science132
- Insect Science56
- Animal Science and Zoology51
- Aquatic Science39
- Agronomy and Crop Science38
- Soil Science37
- General Agricultural and Biological Sciences30
- Forestry1
- Horticulture0
Journals
Citations made in 2016. Corpus-wide, 77.2% of core-journal articles and reviews published that year have at least one matched reference; the share varies by journal and field.
10 additional Insect Science journals with metrics are unranked under this release’s eligibility rules: a journal needs at least 30 citable documents in 2013–2015, at least 80% of them with a subfield, and a positive world-average expectation. Ranks are within the whole category; filters hide rows without re-ranking. OJR excludes self-citations.
At a glance
Indicator year: 2016. Publication window: 2013–2015. How these summaries are calculated
- Ranked journals
- 56
- Window papers (baseline)
- 31,557 +11.9% from indicator year 2013
- Median OJR
- 0.62 -8.4% from indicator year 2013
- Rising journals (2025)
- 2
Window papers are the baseline paper population: citable papers (articles, reviews and conference papers) from 2013–2015 in all journals of the world-average baseline, including non-core journals, counted by each paper’s own subfield. They are not the papers of the ranked journals alone.
| Measure | Year series | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
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| Ranked journals | 36 | 38 | 40 | 42 | 42 | 44 | 45 | 44 | 44 | 45 | 46 | 48 | 48 | 53 | 52 | 54 | 56 | 56 | 54 | 53 | 51 | 51 | 49 | 49 | 48 | 49 | |
| Window papers (baseline) | 12,185 | 13,965 | 14,821 | 15,813 | 15,398 | 16,451 | 17,731 | 19,230 | 20,335 | 21,674 | 23,818 | 25,949 | 27,378 | 28,190 | 29,372 | 30,792 | 31,557 | 33,175 | 33,791 | 35,204 | 35,850 | 38,413 | 40,647 | 42,274 | 42,994 | 44,734 | |
| Median OJR | 0.48 | 0.463 | 0.398 | 0.49 | 0.395 | 0.401 | 0.462 | 0.45 | 0.58 | 0.64 | 0.629 | 0.6804 | 0.71 | 0.6799 | 0.78 | 0.631 | 0.62 | 0.59 | 0.651 | 0.645 | 0.66 | 0.70 | 0.75 | 0.69 | 0.650 | 0.682 |
How to read these rankings
- OJR, the OpenJournalRank Indicator
- A field-normalized 3-year citation impact, computed from OpenAlex with the NCI3 method. It divides the citations a journal’s papers received by the world average for papers of the same subfield, year and type, so 1.00 is the world average and 2.00 means twice as many citations as expected. Because it is normalized, it can be compared across fields. Read the methodology
- Quartiles
- Q1 to Q4 split the ranked journals of the list you are viewing into four equal groups by OJR. A journal’s quartile depends on the list: the same journal can be Q1 in its subfield and Q2 among all journals.
- Impact factor (2-year)
- Citations per paper over a two-year window, counted from OpenAlex. It is easy to compare with familiar impact factors but is not field-normalized, so compare it only within a field. It is not Clarivate’s Journal Impact Factor. Why it differs from the Journal Impact Factor
- Rank ranges
- Each rank in the latest year carries a likely range from 1,000 resamples of the journal’s papers. Where two journals’ ranges overlap, the data cannot tell them apart, so treat neighbouring ranks as ties.