Journal profile

Insect science

Publisher: Blackwell Pub
ISSN1672-9609 | 1744-7917 FormatPrint StatusCurrently indexed

Journal Citation Impact

Estimated influence, citation density, publishing volume, and citation integrity from the analytics table.

Impact Factor
3.61
Citation rate 3.44 1,078 total citations
h5-index 31 h5 depth signal
Cited share 78.5% 256 of 326
Total citations 1,078 Citation footprint
Metric signal 2.73 External metric anchor
Self-citation 10.2% 110 self-citations

Citations Trend

Monthly Publications Cadence

Citing Geographic Demographics

China 941
United States 229
France 79
Germany 65
Australia 50

Citing Fields of Research

Entomology 1,334
Animal Biology 178
Genetics & Genomics 134
Evolutionary Genomics 125
Crop Pest Control 102

Publishing Activity & Reach

Volume, recency, access pattern, and citing-community signals from the journal analytics record.

All-time article footprint 2,952 Articles tracked across the journal lifetime
Indexed publication set 326 256 cited publications
Last 12 months 200 16.7 publications/month
Open access share 20.0% 40 OA publications in the last year
Leading citing country China 941 citing publications
Leading citing field Entomology 1,334 citing publications
Latest tracked publication 18 October 2026 10 recent records available

Coverage & Indexing History

MEDLINE
v20n1, Feb. 2013-
PubMed
v20n1, Feb. 2013- ; selected citations only before this date

Research Focus & Classification

Indexed Subjects

Entomology

Issuing & Sponsoring Bodies

Contributor
Zhongguo ke xue yuan. Dong wu yan jiu suo
Contributor
Zhongguo kun chong xue hui

Broad Categories

Zoology Entomology

MeSH Descriptors

Entomology Insecta

Latest Publications

Recent article records with DOI-first linking and condensed abstracts.

02
Arik Dorfman, Shahar Dubiner, Inon Scharf
Social insects provide valuable insights into how coordinated group behavior emerges from simple individual rules. In ants, recruitment strategies are diverse, yet some remain poorly understood from a comparative evolutionary perspective...
04
DOI 10.1111/1744-7917.70359

Cover Caption

Open DOI
The spongy moth ( Lymantria dispar ), a highly fecund forest pest, rests on tree trunks and exhibits strong reproductive ability with massive egg production. Its larval stage represents the primary destructive phase, capable of causing e...
09
Jingyuan Chen, Weikang Deng, Junliang He et al.
Black soldier fly larvae (BSFL) bioconversion of doxycycline‐contaminated hen manure raises concerns about antibiotic resistance gene (ARG) transmission. Although core microbiota in gut may participate in ARG dynamics, the relative contr...

Bibliographical & Catalog Notes

Title from cover.

Print issues ceased with v. 21, no. 6 (Dec. 2014).

Also issued online.

Sponsored by the Entomological Society of China, and by the Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences.