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Arthropod Structure and Development

Elsevier Ltd · United Kingdom · Est. 1973

ISSN1467-8039eISSN1873-5495

SJR Q2✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR

/ 100

High Trust

PubScope credibility score from verifiable indexing & ethics signals

Score Breakdown

◆ WoS flagship (SCIE/SSCI/AHCI)78

✓ Corroboration (2 more)+12

Total90

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⚡ Speed vs Prestige

How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?

Publication speed: not measurable

publisher doesn’t disclose per-article submission dates — we never estimate

SJR Rank

Top 50% in field

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 ↗

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SJR Scorei

0.406

H-Indexi

CiteScore

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Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

SNIPi

0.683

Total Worksi

1,381

Total Citationsi

30,470

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.87

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Entomology; Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics; Insect Science; Medicine (miscellaneous); Developmental Biology.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1973

Annual Volume~ 55 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications1,381

Publisher OrgElsevier BV

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Submission Info

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Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

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6/12 · 50%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Elsevier Ltd

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1467-8039 / 1873-5495

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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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APC fees clearly disclosed?

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

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

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

495

2019

844

2020

496

2021

332

2022

161

2023

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 SystematicsQ2

Insect ScienceQ2

Medicine (miscellaneous)Q3

Developmental BiologyQ4

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Entomology

Scopus Categories

Developmental BiologyInsect ScienceEcology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsMedicine (miscellaneous)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Insect and Arachnid Ecology and BehaviorNeurobiology and Insect Physiology ResearchPlant and animal studiesFossil Insects in AmberDiverse Scientific and Economic StudiesHuman auditory perception and evaluationInsect-Plant Interactions and ControlEducational Robotics and EngineeringCrustacean biology and ecologyInsect and Pesticide Research

Frequently asked questions about Arthropod Structure and Development

Is Arthropod Structure and Development a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Arthropod Structure and Development: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Its PubScope Trust Score is 90/100. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Arthropod Structure and Development?

Arthropod Structure and Development 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 0.87.

Is Arthropod Structure and Development indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Arthropod Structure and Development is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Arthropod Structure and Development?