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Oriental Insects

Taylor and Francis Ltd. · United Kingdom · Est. 1967

ISSN2157-8745

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.29

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.631

Total Worksi

2,028

Total Citationsi

12,262

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.53

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

Oriental Insects is an international journal of systematic entomology of the Old World tropics. The journal covers aims and scope related to entomology.

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General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1967

Annual Volume~ 37 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications2,028

Publisher OrgTaylor & Francis

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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

thinkchecksubmit.org

6/11 · 55%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Taylor and Francis Ltd.

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2157-8745

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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

177

2019

134

2020

2021

2022

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.

Insect ScienceQ3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Entomology

Scopus Categories

Insect Science

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Insect-Plant Interactions and ControlHymenoptera taxonomy and phylogenyLepidoptera: Biology and TaxonomyPlant and animal studiesColeoptera Taxonomy and DistributionFossil Insects in AmberInsect behavior and control techniquesOrthoptera Research and TaxonomyDiptera species taxonomy and behaviorResearch on scale insects

Frequently asked questions about Oriental Insects

Is Oriental Insects a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Oriental Insects: 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 Oriental Insects?

Oriental 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 0.53.

Is Oriental Insects indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Oriental Insects is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.