Home›Search›Insectes Sociaux

Insectes Sociaux

Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH · Switzerland · Est. 1954

ISSN1420-9098

SJR Q3✓ 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.

See the official Impact Factor & quartile on the journal’s page ↗

The Impact Factor & JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date. Open metrics below: SCImago Q3. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

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

SJR · Scopus

Top 75% in field

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

SJR Scorei

0.342

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.653

Total Worksi

3,323

Total Citationsi

77,118

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.43

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope

Insectes Sociaux is a journal dedicated to the biology and evolution of social insects and other Arthropods. The official journal of the International Union for the Study of Social Insects Covers ecology, ethology, morphology, systematics, population genetics, and reproduction among others. Publishes original research papers, reviews, and short communications.

General Information

Country / RegionSwitzerland

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1954

Annual Volume~ 59 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications3,323

Publisher OrgSpringer Nature

Visit Journal Website

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%

✅

Do you know the journal / publisher?

Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH

✅

Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

✅

Is the ISSN verified?

1420-9098

✅

Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus

❌

Peer review process documented?

N/A

❌

Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

✅

Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

❌

Long-term digital preservation?

N/A

❌

Plagiarism detection in place?

N/A

❌

Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

N/A

✅

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

606

2019

365

2020

401

2021

220

2022

275

2023

216

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.

Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsQ3

Insect ScienceQ3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Entomology

Scopus Categories

Insect ScienceEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics

Frequently asked questions about Insectes Sociaux

Is Insectes Sociaux a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Insectes Sociaux: 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 Insectes Sociaux?

Insectes Sociaux 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 1.43.

Is Insectes Sociaux indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Insectes Sociaux is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.