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Current Opinion in Insect Science

Elsevier Inc. · United States · Est. 1982

ISSN2214-5745eISSN2214-5753

SJR Q1✓ 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 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

1.518

H-Indexi

105

SNIPi

1.813

Total Worksi

1,425

Total Citationsi

50,031

2yr Mean Citednessi

4.21

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Biology; Ecology; Entomology; Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics; Insect Science.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1982

FrequencyBimonthly

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications1,425

Publisher OrgElsevier BV

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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?

Elsevier Inc.

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2214-5745 / 2214-5753

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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

105

4.2k

2019

132

6.1k

2020

104

3.4k

2021

2.3k

2022

112

1.7k

2023

128

1.2k

2024

112

389

2025

100

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 SystematicsQ1

Insect ScienceQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

BiologyEcologyEntomology

Scopus Categories

Insect ScienceEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Insect and Arachnid Ecology and BehaviorPlant and animal studiesInsect and Pesticide ResearchNeurobiology and Insect Physiology ResearchInsect-Plant Interactions and ControlInsect symbiosis and bacterial influencesAnimal Behavior and ReproductionInsect Resistance and GeneticsInsect Utilization and EffectsPlant Parasitism and Resistance

Frequently asked questions about Current Opinion in Insect Science

Is Current Opinion in Insect Science a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Current Opinion in Insect Science: 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 Current Opinion in Insect Science?

Current Opinion in Insect Science 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 4.21.

Is Current Opinion in Insect Science indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Current Opinion in Insect Science is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Current Opinion in Insect Science?