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Journal of Insect Biodiversity

Magnolia Press · New Zealand · Est. 2013

ISSN2147-7612

SJR Q3✓ WOS ESCI✓ Scopus / SJR

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (ESCI) — 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.311

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.856

Total Worksi

463

Total Citationsi

1,205

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.31

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

The Journal of Insect Biodiversity is dedicated to publishing high quality novel scientific data on insect biodiversity. It publishes research articles, reviews articles and short correspondence. The core scope of journal includes insect taxonomy & nomenclature, insect systematics & phylogeny, insect morphology, insect diversity, insect biogeography, insect conservation, beneficial insects, invasive insects and insect ecology.

General Information

Country / RegionNew Zealand

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2013

Annual Volume~ 63 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications463

Publisher OrgInsect Biodiversity Research Group

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Submission Info

Peer Reviewpeer-reviewed

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

7/11 · 64%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Magnolia Press

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2147-7612

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus

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Peer review process documented?

peer-reviewed

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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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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.

EcologyQ3

Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsQ3

Insect ScienceQ3

PaleontologyQ3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Entomology

Scopus Categories

PaleontologyInsect ScienceEcology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsEcology

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Coleoptera Taxonomy and DistributionColeoptera: Cerambycidae studiesPlant and animal studiesForest Insect Ecology and ManagementLepidoptera: Biology and TaxonomyFossil Insects in AmberInsect-Plant Interactions and ControlInsect and Arachnid Ecology and BehaviorHymenoptera taxonomy and phylogenyScarabaeidae Beetle Taxonomy and Biogeography

Frequently asked questions about Journal of Insect Biodiversity

Is Journal of Insect Biodiversity a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Journal of Insect Biodiversity: 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 Journal of Insect Biodiversity?

Journal of Insect Biodiversity 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 0.31.

Is Journal of Insect Biodiversity indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Journal of Insect Biodiversity is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.