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Biocontrol Science and Technology

Taylor and Francis Ltd. · United Kingdom · Est. 1991

ISSN1360-0478

SJR Q2✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (SCIE) — Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor and JCR quartile for this journal.

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📊 Standing in its field

Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.

SJR · Scopus

Top 50% in field

Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ

SJR Scorei

0.339

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.543

Total Worksi

2,943

Total Citationsi

63,346

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.90

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

Biocontrol Science and Technology presents original research and reviews in the fields of biological pest, disease, and weed control. It covers biocontrol methods, agents, host-agent interactions, policy, natural enemies, safety testing, animal pest control by natural enemies, 'classical' biocontrol, augmentative releases of natural enemies, quality control of beneficial organisms, microbial pesticides, properties and modes of action of biocontrol agents, physiology and behavior of biocontrol agents and their interaction with hosts, pest and natural enemy dynamics, simulation modelling, genetic improvement of natural enemies, and natural enemy production, formulation, distribution, and release.

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General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1991

Annual Volume~ 78 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications2,943

Publisher OrgTaylor & Francis

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Submission Info

Peer Review—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

6/11 · 55%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Taylor and Francis Ltd.

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1360-0478

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus

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Peer review process documented?

N/A

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Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

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Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

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Long-term digital preservation?

N/A

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Plagiarism detection in place?

N/A

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

N/A

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Primary language documented?

English

A twelfth criterion — whether APC fees are clearly disclosed — is not scored here; it is left out of the total rather than counted as a failure. Publication charges appear in the metrics card above.

Based on the Think.Check.Submit framework by DOAJ, COPE & OASPA. All data from verified open sources.

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

1.1k

2019

118

1.4k

2020

104

780

2021

482

2022

277

2023

195

2024

2025

2026

Source: OpenAlex · Each year’s green bar = citations earned by that year’s papers, counted to date — so recent years look lower simply because their papers haven’t had time to be cited yet.

SJR Quartile by Discipline

Scimago ranks this journal separately in each subject category — its quartile can differ by discipline.

Agronomy and Crop ScienceQ2

Insect ScienceQ3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Biotechnology & Applied MicrobiologyEntomology

Scopus Categories

Agronomy and Crop ScienceInsect Science

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Entomopathogenic Microorganisms in Pest ControlInsect-Plant Interactions and ControlInsect Resistance and GeneticsInsect Pest Control StrategiesBiological Control of Invasive SpeciesInsect and Pesticide ResearchNematode management and characterization studiesPlant Pathogens and Fungal DiseasesPlant-Microbe Interactions and ImmunityInsect behavior and control techniques

Frequently asked questions about Biocontrol Science and Technology

Is Biocontrol Science and Technology a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Biocontrol Science and Technology: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Biocontrol Science and Technology?

Biocontrol Science and Technology is indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection, so Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor for it (since the 2023 Journal Citation Reports, every Core Collection journal — including Arts & Humanities and Emerging Sources titles — receives one). PubScope links to Clarivate's official source rather than reprinting the number, which can be out of date. Its open 2-year mean citedness is 0.90.

Is Biocontrol Science and Technology indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Biocontrol Science and Technology is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.