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Frontiers in Insect Science

Frontiers Media SA · Switzerland · Est. 1996

ISSN2673-8600eISSN2673-8600

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

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.77

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.892

Total Worksi

313

Total Citationsi

2,254

2yr Mean Citednessi

2.22

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Entomology; Insect Science.

General Information

Country / RegionSwitzerland

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1996

FrequencyAnnual

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications313

Publisher OrgFrontiers Media

OA Since2020

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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

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

9/11 · 82%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Frontiers Media SA

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2673-8600 / 2673-8600

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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?

N/A

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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

298

2021

938

2022

2023

278

2024

186

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 ScienceQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Entomology

Scopus Categories

Insect Science

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Insect and Pesticide ResearchInsect-Plant Interactions and ControlInsect and Arachnid Ecology and BehaviorPlant and animal studiesInsect Resistance and GeneticsNeurobiology and Insect Physiology ResearchInsect Pest Control StrategiesInsect behavior and control techniquesInsect symbiosis and bacterial influencesInsect Utilization and Effects

Frequently asked questions about Frontiers in Insect Science

Is Frontiers in Insect Science a predatory journal?

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

Frontiers 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 2.22.

Is Frontiers in Insect Science indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Frontiers in Insect Science is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.

What is the aims and scope of Frontiers in Insect Science?