Insects

Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI) · Switzerland · Est. 1852

ISSN2075-4450eISSN2075-4450

SJR Q1✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q1. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

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

SJR · Scopus

Top 25% in field

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

SJR Scorei

0.759

H-Indexi

101

SNIPi

1.185

Total Worksi

8,098

Total Citationsi

110,788

2yr Mean Citednessi

2.28

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Entomology; Insect Science.

General Information

Country / RegionSwitzerland

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1852

FrequencyQuarterly

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications8,098

Publisher OrgMultidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute

OA Since2010

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewSingle-blind

OA LicenseCC BY

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

📦 Long-term Preservation

Swiss National LibraryCLOCKSS

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

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10/11 · 91%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI)

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2075-4450 / 2075-4450

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, DOAJ, PubMed

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Peer review process documented?

Single-blind

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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?

Swiss National Library, CLOCKSS

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Plagiarism detection in place?

Yes

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

DOAJ verified

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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

489

14k

2019

885

21k

2020

1.2k

24k

2021

1.2k

17k

2022

938

9.7k

2023

5.9k

2024

1.3k

3.2k

2025

851

208

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.

Insect ScienceQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Entomology

Scopus Categories

Insect Science

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Insect-Plant Interactions and ControlInsect and Pesticide ResearchPlant and animal studiesInsect and Arachnid Ecology and BehaviorInsect Pest Control StrategiesInsect Resistance and GeneticsInsect behavior and control techniquesInsect symbiosis and bacterial influencesForest Insect Ecology and ManagementInsect Utilization and Effects

Frequently asked questions about Insects

Is Insects a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Insects: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ, 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 Insects?

Insects 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 2.28.

Is Insects indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Insects is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.

What is the aims and scope of Insects?