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Bulletin of Insectology

Department of Agricultural and Food Sciences, University of Bologna · Italy · Est. 2002

ISSN1721-8861eISSN2283-0332

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.

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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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.239

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.64

Total Worksi

354

Total Citationsi

4,234

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.16

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Entomology; Insect Science.

General Information

Country / RegionItaly

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2002

Annual Volume~ 12 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications354

Publisher OrgUniversity of Bologna

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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

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6/11 · 55%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Department of Agricultural and Food Sciences, University of Bologna

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1721-8861 / 2283-0332

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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

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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.

Insect ScienceQ3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Entomology

Scopus Categories

Insect Science

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Phytoplasmas and Hemiptera pathogensInsect-Plant Interactions and ControlPlant Pathogenic Bacteria StudiesCocoa and Sweet Potato AgronomyInsect and Pesticide ResearchPlant and animal studiesInsect Pest Control StrategiesInsect and Arachnid Ecology and BehaviorForest Insect Ecology and ManagementInsect Resistance and Genetics

Frequently asked questions about Bulletin of Insectology

Is Bulletin of Insectology a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Bulletin of Insectology: 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 Bulletin of Insectology?

Bulletin of Insectology 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 0.16.

Is Bulletin of Insectology indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Bulletin of Insectology is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Bulletin of Insectology?