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Best Insect Science journals

193 Scopus-active journals are ranked in Insect Science. All are listed below, ranked by CiteScore percentile — 48 of them sit in quartile Q1. Every title links to a full profile with Scopus, Web of Science, ABDC, DOAJ and open-access details.

# Journal CiteScore Percentile Quartile WoS ABDC OA
1 Annual Review of Entomology 33.3 99th Q1 SCIE – No
2 Grain and Oil Science and Technology 13.9 99th Q1 ESCI – Yes
3 Current Opinion in Insect Science 9.9 98th Q1 SCIE – No
4 Advances in Insect Physiology 9.7 98th Q1 – – No
5 Systematic Entomology 9.6 97th Q1 SCIE – No
6 Journal of Pest Science 9.2 97th Q1 SCIE – No
7 Pest Management Science 7.2 96th Q1 SCIE – No
8 Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases 7.1 96th Q1 SCIE – Yes
9 Biological Control 7.1 95th Q1 SCIE – Yes
10 Insect Science 7 95th Q1 SCIE – No
11 Journal of Virology 6.8 94th Q1 SCIE – Yes
12 Entomologia Generalis 6.5 94th Q1 SCIE – No
13 Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology 6.4 93rd Q1 SCIE – No
14 Insect Conservation and Diversity 6.1 93rd Q1 SCIE – No
15 European Journal of Soil Biology 6 92nd Q1 SCIE – No
16 Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control 5.9 91st Q1 SCIE – Yes
17 Journal of Insects as Food and Feed 5.9 91st Q1 SCIE – No
18 Metabarcoding and Metagenomics 5.4 90th Q1 ESCI – Yes
19 Insects 5.3 90th Q1 SCIE – Yes
20 Current Research in Insect Science 5.3 89th Q1 ESCI – Yes
21 Frontiers in Insect Science 5.1 89th Q1 ESCI – Yes
22 BioControl 5 88th Q1 SCIE – No
23 Fly 5 88th Q1 SCIE – Yes
24 Insect Molecular Biology 4.9 87th Q1 SCIE – No
25 Insect Systematics and Diversity 4.7 87th Q1 SCIE – No
26 Frontiers in Bee Science 4.7 86th Q1 – – Yes
27 Journal of Stored Products Research 4.7 86th Q1 SCIE – No
28 Current Research in Parasitology and Vector-Borne Diseases 4.7 85th Q1 ESCI – Yes
29 Journal of Apicultural Research 4.7 85th Q1 SCIE – No
30 NeoBiota 4.6 84th Q1 SCIE – Yes
31 Journal of Experimental Biology 4.5 84th Q1 SCIE – No
32 International Journal of Pest Management 4.4 83rd Q1 SCIE – No
33 Parasite 4.4 83rd Q1 SCIE – Yes
34 Journal of Integrated Pest Management 4.3 82nd Q1 SCIE – Yes
35 Myrmecological News 4.3 82nd Q1 SCIE – Yes
36 Journal of Economic Entomology 4.1 81st Q1 SCIE – No
37 Journal of Medical Entomology 4.1 81st Q1 SCIE – No
38 Journal of Insect Conservation 4.1 80th Q1 SCIE – No
39 Journal of Insect Physiology 4.1 80th Q1 SCIE – No
40 Parasitology Research 4 79th Q1 SCIE – No
41 Agricultural and Forest Entomology 3.9 79th Q1 SCIE – No
42 Medical and Veterinary Entomology 3.9 78th Q1 SCIE – No
43 Journal of Hymenoptera Research 3.8 77th Q1 SCIE – Yes
44 Archives of Insect Biochemistry and Physiology 3.6 77th Q1 SCIE – No
45 Ecological Entomology 3.5 76th Q1 SCIE – No
46 Journal of Applied Entomology 3.5 76th Q1 SCIE – No
47 Arthropod Systematics and Phylogeny 3.5 75th Q1 SCIE – Yes
48 Integrative Systematics 3.5 75th Q1 – – No
49 Bulletin of Entomological Research 3.4 74th Q2 SCIE – No
50 Journal of Insect Science 3.4 74th Q2 SCIE – Yes
51 Apidologie 3.3 73rd Q2 SCIE – No
52 Experimental and Applied Acarology 3.3 73rd Q2 SCIE – No
53 Genetica 3.2 72nd Q2 SCIE – No
54 Physiological Entomology 3.2 72nd Q2 SCIE – No
55 Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata 3.2 71st Q2 SCIE – No
56 Environmental Entomology 3.1 71st Q2 SCIE – No
57 Neotropical Entomology 3.1 70th Q2 SCIE – No
58 Palaeoentomology 3.1 70th Q2 ESCI – No
59 Phytoparasitica 3 69th Q2 SCIE – No
60 BioRisk 2.8 69th Q2 – – Yes
61 Insectes Sociaux 2.8 68th Q2 SCIE – No
62 Arthropod Structure and Development 2.7 68th Q2 SCIE – No
63 Journal of Asia-Pacific Entomology 2.7 67th Q2 SCIE – No
64 Journal of Pesticide Science 2.7 67th Q2 SCIE – Yes
65 Biocontrol Science and Technology 2.7 66th Q2 SCIE – No
66 International Journal of Tropical Insect Science 2.7 66th Q2 SCIE – No
67 Insect Systematics and Evolution 2.7 65th Q2 SCIE – No
68 Ecologica Montenegrina 2.6 65th Q2 – – Yes
69 European Journal of Taxonomy 2.6 64th Q2 SCIE – Yes
70 Systematic and Applied Acarology 2.6 63rd Q2 SCIE – No
71 Arthropod-Plant Interactions 2.5 63rd Q2 SCIE – No
72 Entomological Research 2.5 62nd Q2 SCIE – No
73 ZooKeys 2.5 62nd Q2 SCIE – Yes
74 European Journal of Entomology 2.4 61st Q2 SCIE – Yes
75 Journal of Pollination Ecology 2.4 61st Q2 ESCI – Yes
76 Evolutionary Systematics 2.3 60th Q2 – – Yes
77 Biodiversity Data Journal 2.2 60th Q2 SCIE – Yes
78 Applied Entomology and Zoology 2.2 59th Q2 SCIE – No
79 Asian Myrmecology 2.2 59th Q2 SCIE – No
80 Tijdschrift voor Entomologie 2.2 59th Q2 – – No
81 Annals of the Entomological Society of America 2.2 58th Q2 SCIE – Yes
82 Journal of Arachnology 2.2 57th Q2 SCIE – No
83 International Journal of Odonatology 2.1 57th Q2 SCIE – Yes
84 Journal of Orthoptera Research 2.1 56th Q2 ESCI – Yes
85 Austral Entomology 2.1 55th Q2 SCIE – No
86 Canadian Entomologist 2.1 55th Q2 SCIE – No
87 Psyche: Journal of Entomology 2.1 55th Q2 ESCI – Yes
88 Bulletin of Insectology 2 54th Q2 SCIE – Yes
89 Journal of the European Mosquito Control Association 2 54th Q2 – – Yes
90 Acarologia 2 53rd Q2 SCIE – Yes
91 Florida Entomologist 2 53rd Q2 SCIE – Yes
92 Journal of Tea Science 1.9 52nd Q2 – – Yes
93 Records of the Australian Museum 1.9 52nd Q2 SCIE – Yes
94 International Journal of Acarology 1.9 51st Q2 SCIE – No
95 Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association 1.9 51st Q2 SCIE – No
96 Journal of Apicultural Science 1.8 50th Q2 SCIE – Yes
97 Journal of Plant Protection 1.8 49th Q3 – – No
98 Zoosystematics and Evolution 1.8 49th Q3 SCIE – Yes
99 Arachnology 1.8 48th Q3 – – No
100 Proceedings of the Zoological Society 1.8 48th Q3 – – No
101 Alpine Entomology 1.7 47th Q3 ESCI – Yes
102 Journal of Insect Biodiversity and Systematics 1.7 47th Q3 ESCI – Yes
103 Comparative Cytogenetics 1.7 46th Q3 SCIE – Yes
104 Neotropical Biology and Conservation 1.7 46th Q3 ESCI – Yes
105 Arthropoda Selecta 1.7 45th Q3 SCIE – No
106 Oriental Insects 1.7 45th Q3 SCIE – No
107 Revista Brasileira de Entomologia 1.7 44th Q3 SCIE – No
108 Turkiye Entomoloji Dergisi 1.7 44th Q3 SCIE – No
109 Journal of Global Innovations in Agricultural Sciences 1.6 43rd Q3 – – Yes
110 Journal of Insect Behavior 1.6 43rd Q3 SCIE – No
111 Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift 1.6 42nd Q3 SCIE – Yes
112 Nota Lepidopterologica 1.6 42nd Q3 SCIE – Yes
113 Aquatic Insects 1.6 41st Q3 SCIE – No
114 Persian Journal of Acarology 1.6 41st Q3 ESCI – Yes
115 Acta Biologica Sibirica 1.6 40th Q3 – – Yes
116 Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 1.5 40th Q3 SCIE – No
117 Annales de la Societe Entomologique de France 1.5 39th Q3 SCIE – No
118 Natural Sciences Education 1.5 39th Q3 – – No
119 Acarina 1.5 38th Q3 – – No
120 New Zealand Plant Protection 1.5 38th Q3 – – No
121 Entomological Science 1.5 37th Q3 SCIE – No
122 Polish Journal of Entomology 1.4 37th Q3 – – No
123 Journal of Tropical Life Science 1.4 36th Q3 – – Yes
124 Journal of Tropical Plant Pests and Diseases 1.4 36th Q3 – – Yes
125 Bulletin of the Iraq Natural History Museum 1.4 35th Q3 – – Yes
126 Journal of Asia-Pacific Biodiversity 1.4 34th Q3 ESCI – Yes
127 Zoosystematica Rossica 1.4 34th Q3 – – No
128 Far Eastern Entomologist 1.4 33rd Q3 – – No
129 SHILAP Revista de lepidopterologia 1.4 33rd Q3 SCIE – Yes
130 African Entomology 1.4 32nd Q3 SCIE – Yes
131 Check List 1.4 32nd Q3 ESCI – Yes
132 Russian Entomological Journal 1.4 31st Q3 – – No
133 Journal of Entomological Science 1.3 31st Q3 SCIE – No
134 Journal of Entomological and Acarological Research 1.3 30th Q3 – – Yes
135 Sociobiology 1.3 30th Q3 SCIE – Yes
136 Arachnologische Mitteilungen 1.3 29th Q3 – – Yes
137 Pesquisa Agropecuaria Brasileira 1.3 29th Q3 SCIE – Yes
138 Insecta Matsumurana 1.2 28th Q3 – – No
139 Outlooks on Pest Management 1.2 28th Q3 – – No
140 African Invertebrates 1.2 27th Q3 SCIE – Yes
141 Journal of the Entomological Research Society 1.2 27th Q3 SCIE – No
142 Odonatologica 1.2 26th Q3 SCIE – No
143 Contributions to Entomology 1.1 26th Q3 – – Yes
144 Baltic Journal of Coleopterology 1.1 25th Q3 – – No
145 Fragmenta Entomologica 1.1 25th Q3 ESCI – Yes
146 Acta Phytopathologica et Entomologica Hungarica 1.1 24th Q4 – – No
147 Natura Croatica 1.1 24th Q4 – – Yes
148 Revista de la Sociedad Entomologica Argentina 1 23rd Q4 SCIE – Yes
149 Uludag Aricilik Dergisi 1 23rd Q4 – – No
150 Acta Zoologica Bulgarica 1 22nd Q4 SCIE – No
151 Indian Journal of Entomology 1 22nd Q4 – – No
152 Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 1 21st Q4 SCIE – No
153 Revista Colombiana de Entomologia 1 20th Q4 SCIE – No
154 Journal of Agricultural and Urban Entomology 0.9 20th Q4 – – No
155 Journal of Insect Biodiversity 0.9 20th Q4 ESCI – No
156 Plant Protection Bulletin (Turkey) 0.9 19th Q4 – – No
157 Coleopterists Bulletin 0.9 18th Q4 SCIE – No
158 Journal of Environmental Entomology 0.9 18th Q4 – – Yes
159 Entomological Review 0.9 17th Q4 – – No
160 Kavkazskij Entomologiceskij Bulleten 0.9 17th Q4 – – Yes
161 Euroasian Entomological Journal 0.9 16th Q4 – – No
162 Journal of Entomological Society of Iran 0.9 16th Q4 – – Yes
163 Historia Naturalis Bulgarica 0.9 15th Q4 – – Yes
164 Proceedings of the Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences 0.8 15th Q4 – – No
165 Norwegian Journal of Entomology 0.8 14th Q4 – – No
166 Serangga 0.8 14th Q4 ESCI – No
167 Journal of Biological Control 0.8 13th Q4 – – No
168 Travaux du Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle Grigore Antipa 0.7 13th Q4 – – Yes
169 Great Lakes Entomologist 0.7 12th Q4 – – No
170 Pan-Pacific Entomologist 0.7 12th Q4 SCIE – No
171 Jurnal Entomologi Indonesia 0.7 11th Q4 – – Yes
172 Southwestern Entomologist 0.7 11th Q4 SCIE – No
173 Bolleti de la Societat d'Historia Natural de les Balears 0.7 10th Q4 – – No
174 Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 0.7 10th Q4 SCIE – No
175 Entomological News 0.6 9th Q4 SCIE – No
176 Entomology in Focus 0.6 9th Q4 – – No
177 Plant Protection (Iran) 0.6 8th Q4 – – Yes
178 Transactions of the American Entomological Society 0.6 8th Q4 SCIE – No
179 American Entomologist 0.5 7th Q4 – – No
180 Libellula 0.5 6th Q4 – – No
181 New Zealand Entomologist 0.5 6th Q4 SCIE – No
182 Entomon 0.5 5th Q4 – – No
183 Japanese Journal of Applied Entomology and Zoology 0.5 5th Q4 SCIE – No
184 Iranian Journal of Animal Biosystematics 0.5 4th Q4 – – Yes
185 Plant Pest Research 0.5 4th Q4 – – Yes
186 Arab Journal of Plant Protection 0.5 3rd Q4 – – No
187 Entomologia Hellenica 0.5 3rd Q4 – – No
188 Journal of Insect Biotechnology and Sericology 0.5 2nd Q4 – – No
189 Boletin de la Asociacion Espanola de Entomologia 0.4 2nd Q4 – – Yes
190 Israel Journal of Entomology 0.4 1st Q4 – – No
191 Journal of Entomological Research 0.4 1st Q4 – – No
192 Bulletin Mensuel de la Societe Linneenne de Lyon 0.2 0th Q4 – – No
193 Entomotropica 0 0th Q4 – – No

Rank and percentile are within the Insect Science Scopus subject table (CiteScore 2025, dataset 2026-10-04). A journal can rank differently in its other subject areas — open its profile for the full picture.

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