Journal rankings · indicator year 2023
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Subfield ranking · 2023
Insect Science journal rankings 2023
49 ranked journals · Subfield in Agricultural and Biological Sciences
Insect Science has 49 ranked journals in 2023. The median OJR fell 0.07 on 2022 to 0.69, below the world average of 1.00; Q1 starts at OJR 0.99. The top three are Entomologia Generalis, Journal of Insects as Food and Feed, and Journal of Pest Science.
Ranks and citation indicators: 2023. 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 2020–2022, the window the 2023 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 2022. This is OpenJournalRank’s own count, not Clarivate’s Journal Impact Factor. | Citable documents (articles, reviews and conference papers) published in 2020–2022, the window the 2023 OJR is computed on. A journal needs at least 30 to be ranked. | Share of the journal’s 2020–2022 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 2014 to 2023. | Compare |
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1Entomologia GeneralisE. Schweizerbart · Germany | 1.86Q1 | 5.24 0.16 down from 2022 | 181 | 33% | — | ||
2Journal of Insects as Food and FeedNetherlands | 1.78Q1 | 4.61no change | 327 | 50% | — | ||
3Journal of Pest ScienceSpringer Science+Business Media · Germany | 1.72Q1 | 4.66 0.75 down from 2022 | 384 | 47% | $4,790 | ||
4Biological ControlOAElsevier BV · United States | 1.61Q1 | 4.10 0.67 down from 2022 | 654 | 50% | $3,390 | ||
5Annual Review of EntomologyAnnual Reviews · United States | 1.54Q1 | 12.33 1.86 down from 2022 | 74 | 92% | — | ||
6Journal of Integrated Pest ManagementOAOxford University Press · United States | 1.28Q1 | 2.33 1.24 down from 2022 | 101 | 100% | $1,175 | ||
7InsectsOAMultidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute · Switzerland | 1.22Q1 | 3.26 0.32 down from 2022 | 3,198 | 100% | $3,137 | ||
8Annals of the Entomological Society of AmericaOxford University Press · United Kingdom | 1.21Q1 | 2.59 0.09 down from 2022 | 141 | 59% | $4,328 | ||
9Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest ControlOASpringer Nature · Egypt | 1.12Q1 | 3.10 0.24 down from 2022 | 437 | 100% | $2,190 | ||
10Frontiers in Insect ScienceOAFrontiers Media · Switzerland | 1.11Q1 | 2.64 0.92 up from 2022 | 77 | 100% | $3,077 | ||
11Journal of Invertebrate PathologyElsevier BV · United States | 1.10Q1 | 3.02 0.88 down from 2022 | 342 | 42% | $3,760 | ||
12Current Research in Insect ScienceOAElsevier BV · Netherlands | 1.05Q1 | 2.69 0.02 down from 2022 | 45 | 100% | $1,700 | ||
13BioControlSpringer Science+Business Media · Netherlands | 0.99Q1 | 2.45 0.31 down from 2022 | 174 | 48% | $3,790 | ||
14Insect ScienceWiley · Australia | 0.97Q2 | 2.58 0.85 down from 2022 | 391 | 62% | $3,400 | ||
15Journal of Chemical EcologySpringer Science+Business Media · Netherlands | 0.95Q2 | 2.33 0.31 down from 2022 | 249 | 52% | $3,890 | ||
16Journal of Insect PhysiologyElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 0.91Q2 | 2.39 0.37 down from 2022 | 261 | 46% | $3,430 | ||
17Journal of Insect ScienceOAOxford University Press · United States | 0.89Q2 | 2.27 0.05 down from 2022 | 329 | 100% | $2,170 | ||
18Journal of Apicultural ResearchTaylor & Francis | 0.88Q2 | 1.69 0.45 down from 2022 | 422 | 35% | — | ||
19Environmental EntomologyOxford University Press · United States | 0.84Q2 | 1.82 0.34 down from 2022 | 434 | 44% | $4,328 | ||
20Arthropod-Plant InteractionsSpringer Science+Business Media · Netherlands | 0.80Q2 | 1.61 0.11 down from 2022 | 202 | 31% | $3,090 | ||
21Journal of Economic EntomologyOxford University Press · United Kingdom | 0.79Q2 | 2.42 0.08 up from 2022 | 788 | 47% | $4,328 | ||
22Neotropical EntomologySpringer Nature · Brazil | 0.76Q2 | 1.65 0.49 down from 2022 | 261 | 30% | $3,090 | ||
23Journal of Applied EntomologyWiley · Germany | 0.74Q2 | 1.80 0.35 down from 2022 | 334 | 63% | $4,780 | ||
24Agricultural and Forest EntomologyWiley · United Kingdom | 0.70Q2 | 1.75 0.27 up from 2022 | 167 | 66% | $4,410 | ||
25Current Opinion in Insect ScienceElsevier BV · Netherlands | 0.69Q2 | 5.92 0.37 down from 2022 | 288 | 57% | $4,610 | ||
26Entomologia Experimentalis et ApplicataWiley · United Kingdom | 0.67Q3 | 1.37 0.46 down from 2022 | 348 | 58% | $4,430 | ||
27PhytoparasiticaSpringer Science+Business Media · Israel | 0.66Q3 | 1.89 0.05 up from 2022 | 255 | 21% | $3,090 | ||
28Biocontrol Science and TechnologyTaylor & Francis · United Kingdom | 0.64Q3 | 1.58 0.05 up from 2022 | 289 | 18% | — | ||
29Applied Entomology and ZoologySpringer Science+Business Media · Japan | 0.57Q3 | 1.46 0.02 down from 2022 | 140 | 24% | $3,790 | ||
30Journal of Asia-Pacific EntomologyElsevier BV · Netherlands | 0.57Q3 | 1.34 0.25 down from 2022 | 533 | 18% | $3,000 | ||
31International Journal of Tropical Insect ScienceSpringer Nature · United Kingdom | 0.55Q3 | 1.50 0.03 up from 2022 | 820 | 15% | $3,290 | ||
32Bulletin of Entomological ResearchCambridge University Press · United Kingdom | 0.55Q3 | 1.35 0.33 down from 2022 | 262 | 42% | $3,550 | ||
33Entomological ResearchWiley · Australia | 0.48Q3 | 1.39 0.01 up from 2022 | 181 | 48% | $3,310 | ||
34Physiological EntomologyWiley · United Kingdom | 0.48Q3 | 1.64 0.36 down from 2022 | 68 | 65% | $3,920 | ||
35Florida EntomologistOAFlorida Entomological Society · United States | 0.47Q3 | 0.95 0.38 down from 2022 | 215 | 100% | $1,130 | ||
36African EntomologyOAPeter Lang · South Africa | 0.45Q3 | 1.31 0.26 up from 2022 | 161 | 100% | $369 | ||
37Journal of Apicultural ScienceOADe Gruyter Open · Poland | 0.41Q3 | 0.83 0.10 up from 2022 | 73 | 100% | $539 | ||
38Bee WorldTaylor & Francis · United Kingdom | 0.36Q4 | 0.71 0.29 down from 2022 | 104 | 55% | — | ||
39The Canadian EntomologistCambridge University Press · United States | 0.35Q4 | 0.77 0.10 down from 2022 | 185 | 51% | $3,308 | ||
40Journal of Entomological and Acarological ResearchOAPAGEPress (Italy) · Italy | 0.34Q4 | 0.88 0.57 down from 2022 | 36 | 100% | $269 | ||
41RediaOAItaly | 0.32Q4 | 0.94 0.37 up from 2022 | 74 | 100% | — | ||
42Advances in EntomologyOAScientific Research Publishing · United States | 0.31Q4 | 0.62 0.03 down from 2022 | 44 | 100% | — | ||
42Molluscan ResearchTaylor & Francis · Australia | 0.31Q4 | 0.90 0.08 down from 2022 | 91 | 36% | — | ||
44Revista Colombiana de EntomologíaColombia | 0.29Q4 | 0.87 0.44 up from 2022 | 83 | 100% | — | ||
45Journal of Entomological ScienceGeorgia Entomological Society · United States | 0.20Q4 | 0.56 0.11 down from 2022 | 167 | 43% | — | ||
46Entomological NewsAmerican Entomological Society · United States | 0.19Q4 | 0.30 0.05 down from 2022 | 111 | 0% | — | ||
47Folia MalacologicaOABogucki Wydawnictwo Naukowe · Poland | 0.18Q4 | 0.47 0.08 down from 2022 | 78 | 100% | — | ||
48Southwestern EntomologistSociety of Southwestern Entomologists · United States | 0.15Q4 | 0.42 0.07 down from 2022 | 367 | 1% | — | ||
49Acta Entomologica SinicaPublisher not listed | 0.09Q4 | —no 2022 value | 81 | — | — |
Subfields of Agricultural and Biological Sciences, with Insect Science highlighted.
- Plant Science557
- Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics151
- Food Science141
- Animal Science and Zoology56
- Insect Science49
- Soil Science42
- Agronomy and Crop Science39
- Aquatic Science36
- General Agricultural and Biological Sciences33
- Forestry1
- Horticulture0
Journals
Citations made in 2023. Corpus-wide, 88.9% of core-journal articles and reviews published that year have at least one matched reference; the share varies by journal and field.
12 additional Insect Science journals with metrics are unranked under this release’s eligibility rules: a journal needs at least 30 citable documents in 2020–2022, 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: 2023. Publication window: 2020–2022. How these summaries are calculated
- Ranked journals
- 49
- Window papers (baseline)
- 42,274 +17.9% from indicator year 2020
- Median OJR
- 0.69 +3.7% from indicator year 2020
- Rising journals (2025)
- 2
Window papers are the baseline paper population: citable papers (articles, reviews and conference papers) from 2020–2022 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.