Journal rankings · indicator year 2022
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Subfield ranking · 2022
Insect Science journal rankings 2022
49 ranked journals · Subfield in Agricultural and Biological Sciences
Insect Science has 49 ranked journals in 2022. The median journal has an OJR of 0.75, below the world average of 1.00, up 0.05 on 2021; Q1 starts at OJR 1.02. The top three are Annual Review of Entomology, Journal of Pest Science, and Entomologia Generalis.
Ranks and citation indicators: 2022. 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 2019–2021, the window the 2022 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)
49 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 2021. This is OpenJournalRank’s own count, not Clarivate’s Journal Impact Factor. | Citable documents (articles, reviews and conference papers) published in 2019–2021, the window the 2022 OJR is computed on. A journal needs at least 30 to be ranked. | Share of the journal’s 2019–2021 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 2013 to 2022. | Compare |
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1Annual Review of EntomologyAnnual Reviews · United States | 2.17Q1 | 14.20 7.70 down from 2021 | 73 | 77% | — | ||
2Journal of Pest ScienceSpringer Science+Business Media · Germany | 1.89Q1 | 5.41 0.36 down from 2021 | 364 | 43% | $4,790 | ||
3Entomologia GeneralisE. Schweizerbart · Germany | 1.87Q1 | 5.40 0.15 up from 2021 | 156 | 21% | — | ||
4Journal of Integrated Pest ManagementOAOxford University Press · United States | 1.74Q1 | 3.57 1.24 down from 2021 | 107 | 100% | $1,175 | ||
5Journal of Insects as Food and FeedNetherlands | 1.72Q1 | 4.61 0.53 down from 2021 | 258 | 46% | — | ||
6Biological ControlOAElsevier BV · United States | 1.69Q1 | 4.77 0.64 up from 2021 | 643 | 32% | $3,390 | ||
7InsectsOAMultidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute · Switzerland | 1.29Q1 | 3.57 0.15 down from 2021 | 2,514 | 100% | $3,137 | ||
8Journal of Insect PhysiologyElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 1.08Q1 | 2.76 0.25 up from 2021 | 326 | 45% | $3,430 | ||
9Insect ScienceWiley · Australia | 1.06Q1 | 3.43 0.08 up from 2021 | 330 | 30% | $3,400 | ||
10Journal of Invertebrate PathologyElsevier BV · United States | 1.04Q1 | 3.90 0.85 up from 2021 | 369 | 33% | $3,760 | ||
11Annals of the Entomological Society of AmericaOxford University Press · United Kingdom | 1.03Q1 | 2.68 0.22 up from 2021 | 180 | 43% | $4,328 | ||
12Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest ControlOASpringer Nature · Egypt | 1.02Q1 | 3.33 0.16 up from 2021 | 392 | 100% | $2,190 | ||
13Journal of Chemical EcologySpringer Science+Business Media · Netherlands | 1.02Q1 | 2.64 0.42 down from 2021 | 276 | 50% | $3,890 | ||
14Journal of Apicultural ResearchTaylor & Francis | 0.96Q2 | 2.14 0.43 down from 2021 | 411 | 20% | — | ||
15BioControlSpringer Science+Business Media · Netherlands | 0.95Q2 | 2.76 0.19 down from 2021 | 193 | 29% | $3,790 | ||
16Neotropical EntomologySpringer Nature · Brazil | 0.93Q2 | 2.14 0.16 up from 2021 | 264 | 18% | $3,090 | ||
17Physiological EntomologyWiley · United Kingdom | 0.91Q2 | 2.00 0.10 up from 2021 | 85 | 38% | $3,920 | ||
18Arthropod-Plant InteractionsSpringer Science+Business Media · Netherlands | 0.90Q2 | 1.72 1.16 down from 2021 | 202 | 22% | $3,090 | ||
19Journal of Insect ScienceOAOxford University Press · United States | 0.88Q2 | 2.32 0.51 down from 2021 | 382 | 100% | $2,170 | ||
20Entomologia Experimentalis et ApplicataWiley · United Kingdom | 0.87Q2 | 1.83 0.68 down from 2021 | 341 | 34% | $4,430 | ||
21Journal of Economic EntomologyOxford University Press · United Kingdom | 0.85Q2 | 2.33 0.14 down from 2021 | 949 | 38% | $4,328 | ||
22Environmental EntomologyOxford University Press · United States | 0.85Q2 | 2.16 0.06 down from 2021 | 494 | 35% | $4,328 | ||
23Journal of Applied EntomologyWiley · Germany | 0.76Q2 | 2.14 0.04 down from 2021 | 318 | 37% | $4,780 | ||
24Agricultural and Forest EntomologyWiley · United Kingdom | 0.76Q2 | 1.47 0.58 down from 2021 | 144 | 48% | $4,410 | ||
25PhytoparasiticaSpringer Science+Business Media · Israel | 0.75Q2 | 1.84 0.15 down from 2021 | 250 | 14% | $3,090 | ||
26Bulletin of Entomological ResearchCambridge University Press · United Kingdom | 0.69Q3 | 1.68 0.21 down from 2021 | 266 | 43% | $3,550 | ||
27Journal of Asia-Pacific EntomologyElsevier BV · Netherlands | 0.64Q3 | 1.59 0.20 down from 2021 | 531 | 9% | $3,000 | ||
28Current Opinion in Insect ScienceElsevier BV · Netherlands | 0.62Q3 | 6.29 0.25 up from 2021 | 290 | 55% | $4,610 | ||
29Biocontrol Science and TechnologyTaylor & Francis · United Kingdom | 0.60Q3 | 1.53 0.35 down from 2021 | 308 | 15% | — | ||
30Applied Entomology and ZoologySpringer Science+Business Media · Japan | 0.56Q3 | 1.47 0.43 down from 2021 | 160 | 26% | $3,790 | ||
31International Journal of Tropical Insect ScienceSpringer Nature · United Kingdom | 0.56Q3 | 1.47 0.11 up from 2021 | 672 | 14% | $3,290 | ||
32Journal of Apicultural ScienceOADe Gruyter Open · Poland | 0.54Q3 | 0.74 1.07 down from 2021 | 83 | 100% | $539 | ||
33Florida EntomologistOAFlorida Entomological Society · United States | 0.52Q3 | 1.33 0.45 down from 2021 | 305 | 100% | $1,130 | ||
34Journal of Entomological and Acarological ResearchOAPAGEPress (Italy) · Italy | 0.51Q3 | 1.46 0.70 up from 2021 | 35 | 100% | $269 | ||
35Entomological ResearchWiley · Australia | 0.43Q3 | 1.37 0.15 down from 2021 | 181 | 12% | $3,310 | ||
36Molluscan ResearchTaylor & Francis · Australia | 0.40Q3 | 0.98 0.03 down from 2021 | 87 | 16% | — | ||
37African EntomologyOAPeter Lang · South Africa | 0.39Q3 | 1.04 0.14 up from 2021 | 200 | 100% | $369 | ||
38The Canadian EntomologistCambridge University Press · United States | 0.35Q4 | 0.87 0.04 down from 2021 | 220 | 49% | $3,308 | ||
39Advances in EntomologyOAScientific Research Publishing · United States | 0.32Q4 | 0.65 0.35 down from 2021 | 38 | 100% | — | ||
40Bee WorldTaylor & Francis · United Kingdom | 0.32Q4 | 1.00 0.48 down from 2021 | 123 | 47% | — | ||
41Journal of Entomological ScienceGeorgia Entomological Society · United States | 0.22Q4 | 0.67 0.13 up from 2021 | 170 | 13% | — | ||
42RediaOAItaly | 0.22Q4 | 0.57 0.02 up from 2021 | 73 | 100% | — | ||
43Folia MalacologicaOABogucki Wydawnictwo Naukowe · Poland | 0.18Q4 | 0.55 0.09 down from 2021 | 81 | 100% | — | ||
44Entomological NewsAmerican Entomological Society · United States | 0.18Q4 | 0.35 0.14 down from 2021 | 144 | 4% | — | ||
45Southwestern EntomologistSociety of Southwestern Entomologists · United States | 0.17Q4 | 0.48 0.04 down from 2021 | 394 | 1% | — | ||
46International Journal of Industrial EntomologyOASouth Korea | 0.15Q4 | 0.55 0.16 up from 2021 | 36 | — | — | ||
47Revista Colombiana de EntomologíaColombia | 0.15Q4 | 0.43 0.03 up from 2021 | 90 | 93% | — | ||
48Acta Entomologica SinicaPublisher not listed | 0.08Q4 | 0.27 0.10 up from 2021 | 164 | — | — | ||
49Journal of the Entomological Society of British ColumbiaOAEntomological Society of British Columbia · Canada | 0.00Q4 | 0.00 0.04 down from 2021 | 58 | — | — |
Subfields of Agricultural and Biological Sciences, with Insect Science highlighted.
- Plant Science571
- Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics150
- Food Science135
- Animal Science and Zoology59
- Insect Science49
- Soil Science41
- Agronomy and Crop Science39
- General Agricultural and Biological Sciences35
- Aquatic Science34
- Forestry1
- Horticulture0
Journals
Citations made in 2022. Corpus-wide, 89.5% of core-journal articles and reviews published that year have at least one matched reference; the share varies by journal and field.
14 additional Insect Science journals with metrics are unranked under this release’s eligibility rules: a journal needs at least 30 citable documents in 2019–2021, 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: 2022. Publication window: 2019–2021. How these summaries are calculated
- Ranked journals
- 49
- Window papers (baseline)
- 40,647 +15.5% from indicator year 2019
- Median OJR
- 0.75 +16.8% from indicator year 2019
- Rising journals (2025)
- 2
Window papers are the baseline paper population: citable papers (articles, reviews and conference papers) from 2019–2021 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.