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Journal of Insect Biotechnology and Sericology

Journal of Insect Biotechnology and Sericology is Scopus-indexed (Q4, CiteScore 0.5). Published by Japanese Society of Sericultural Sciences.

Checked against the index lists dated 4 October 2026.

ISSN 1346-8073Verify ISSN ↗1884-7978Verify ISSN ↗

Publisher: Japanese Society of Sericultural Sciences

Scopus · Q4

0.5

CiteScore 2025

Scopus

Best quartile

rank 365 of 425 · 14th pctile

Indexed in

major index

Cost to publish: No APC data — check the publisher

ScopusElsevier Scopus

Status

Active

Coverage

2001–present

Source type

Journal

Open access

CiteScore

0.5

SJR · SCImago

0.118

Q4 SJR quartile

H-index

Best quartile

Q4 · 14th pctile

Subject area	Rank	Pctile	Q
Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering	365 / 425	14th	Q4
Business, Management and Accounting (all)	210 / 235	10th	Q4
Agricultural and Biological Sciences (all)	217 / 235	7th	Q4
Biotechnology	309 / 325	5th	Q4
Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology	128 / 134	4th	Q4
Insect Science	188 / 193	2nd	Q4

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Not listed in: Web of Science, DOAJ, ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)

Quick answers

Is Journal of Insect Biotechnology and Sericology indexed in Scopus?

Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2001–present, best quartile Q4, CiteScore 0.5.

What quartile is Journal of Insect Biotechnology and Sericology in Scopus?

Journal of Insect Biotechnology and Sericology is Q4 in Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering (rank 365 of 425), Q4 in Business, Management and Accounting (all) (rank 210 of 235) and Q4 in Agricultural and Biological Sciences (all) (rank 217 of 235), by CiteScore 2025. It is ranked in 6 subject areas in all.

What is the impact factor of Journal of Insect Biotechnology and Sericology?

Journal of Insect Biotechnology and Sericology is not in the Web of Science Core Collection (SCIE, SSCI, AHCI or ESCI), so Clarivate publishes no Journal Impact Factor for it. Its Scopus CiteScore is 0.5, quartile Q4, 14th percentile. Any "impact factor" quoted elsewhere is not the Clarivate metric. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.118, quartile Q4, with an H-index of 23.

Who publishes Journal of Insect Biotechnology and Sericology and what is its ISSN?

Journal of Insect Biotechnology and Sericology is published by Japanese Society of Sericultural Sciences. Its print ISSN is 1346-8073 and its online ISSN is 1884-7978.

Is Journal of Insect Biotechnology and Sericology in Web of Science?

No — it is not currently in the Web of Science core collections (SCIE, SSCI, AHCI or ESCI).

Is Journal of Insect Biotechnology and Sericology open access?

No — it is not registered as an open-access journal in DOAJ or Scopus.

How well cited is Journal of Insect Biotechnology and Sericology? — open metrics via OpenAlex

Journal of Insect Biotechnology and Sericology has an h-index of 21 and a 2-year mean of 0 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 0.5, quartile Q4. On 2-year citations it ranks #325 of 359 Scopus journals in Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering.

h-index

2-yr mean citations

i10-index

379

works indexed

1,831

total citations

2-yr mean citations, among Scopus journals in the same subject

#325 of 359 Bottom 10% Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering

#204 of 221 Bottom 8% Business, Management and Accounting (all)

#198 of 224 Bottom 12% Agricultural and Biological Sciences (all)

Papers published per year

Journal of Insect Biotechnology and Sericology published 4 papers in 2021; its busiest recent year was 2018 with 11. 2026* is the year so far.

Main topics

Silkworms and Sericulture ResearchSilk-based biomaterials and applicationsInsect Resistance and GeneticsViral Infectious Diseases and Gene Expression in Insects

h-index, i10-index and 2-year mean citedness are open, licence-clear metrics from OpenAlex — not a proprietary impact factor. The subject rank counts only journals that OpenAlex has a figure for; it is not a Scopus or Clarivate ranking. Updated 2026-10-14.

Are there integrity warnings for Journal of Insect Biotechnology and Sericology? — indicators, not proof of misconduct

Scopus status: Active. No retracted papers are recorded. The Problematic Paper Screener flags none of its papers. These are indicators to check, not findings against the journal.

Scopus statusActive
Retracted papers None recorded
Problematic Paper Screener flags None flagged

Retractions from OpenAlex; flags from the Problematic Paper Screener (Cabanac, Labbé & Magazinov, CC BY), 2026-09-21 export. A flag marks a paper for a closer look; it is not a finding against the journal.

Official sources & links

Journal website ↗ Scopus source ↗ ISSN Portal · 1346-8073 ↗ISSN Portal · 1884-7978 ↗

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