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Best Insect Science journals

193 Scopus-active journals are ranked in Insect Science. The top 100 by CiteScore percentile are listed below — 48 of them sit in quartile Q1. Every title links to a full profile with Scopus, Web of Science, ABDC, DOAJ and open-access details.

# Journal CiteScore Percentile Quartile WoS ABDC OA
1 Annual Review of Entomology 33.3 99th Q1 SCIE No
2 Grain and Oil Science and Technology 13.9 99th Q1 ESCI Yes
3 Current Opinion in Insect Science 9.9 98th Q1 SCIE No
4 Advances in Insect Physiology 9.7 98th Q1 No
5 Systematic Entomology 9.6 97th Q1 SCIE No
6 Journal of Pest Science 9.2 97th Q1 SCIE No
7 Pest Management Science 7.2 96th Q1 SCIE No
8 Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases 7.1 96th Q1 SCIE Yes
9 Biological Control 7.1 95th Q1 SCIE Yes
10 Insect Science 7 95th Q1 SCIE No
11 Journal of Virology 6.8 94th Q1 SCIE Yes
12 Entomologia Generalis 6.5 94th Q1 SCIE No
13 Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology 6.4 93th Q1 SCIE No
14 Insect Conservation and Diversity 6.1 93th Q1 SCIE No
15 European Journal of Soil Biology 6 92th Q1 SCIE No
16 Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control 5.9 91th Q1 SCIE Yes
17 Journal of Insects as Food and Feed 5.9 91th Q1 SCIE No
18 Metabarcoding and Metagenomics 5.4 90th Q1 ESCI Yes
19 Insects 5.3 90th Q1 SCIE Yes
20 Current Research in Insect Science 5.3 89th Q1 ESCI Yes
21 Frontiers in Insect Science 5.1 89th Q1 ESCI Yes
22 BioControl 5 88th Q1 SCIE No
23 Fly 5 88th Q1 SCIE Yes
24 Insect Molecular Biology 4.9 87th Q1 SCIE No
25 Insect Systematics and Diversity 4.7 87th Q1 SCIE No
26 Frontiers in Bee Science 4.7 86th Q1 Yes
27 Journal of Stored Products Research 4.7 86th Q1 SCIE No
28 Current Research in Parasitology and Vector-Borne Diseases 4.7 85th Q1 ESCI Yes
29 Journal of Apicultural Research 4.7 85th Q1 SCIE No
30 NeoBiota 4.6 84th Q1 SCIE Yes
31 Journal of Experimental Biology 4.5 84th Q1 SCIE No
32 International Journal of Pest Management 4.4 83th Q1 SCIE No
33 Parasite 4.4 83th Q1 SCIE Yes
34 Journal of Integrated Pest Management 4.3 82th Q1 SCIE Yes
35 Myrmecological News 4.3 82th Q1 SCIE Yes
36 Journal of Economic Entomology 4.1 81th Q1 SCIE No
37 Journal of Medical Entomology 4.1 81th Q1 SCIE No
38 Journal of Insect Conservation 4.1 80th Q1 SCIE No
39 Journal of Insect Physiology 4.1 80th Q1 SCIE No
40 Parasitology Research 4 79th Q1 SCIE No
41 Agricultural and Forest Entomology 3.9 79th Q1 SCIE No
42 Medical and Veterinary Entomology 3.9 78th Q1 SCIE No
43 Journal of Hymenoptera Research 3.8 77th Q1 SCIE Yes
44 Archives of Insect Biochemistry and Physiology 3.6 77th Q1 SCIE No
45 Ecological Entomology 3.5 76th Q1 SCIE No
46 Journal of Applied Entomology 3.5 76th Q1 SCIE No
47 Arthropod Systematics and Phylogeny 3.5 75th Q1 SCIE Yes
48 Integrative Systematics 3.5 75th Q1 No
49 Bulletin of Entomological Research 3.4 74th Q2 SCIE No
50 Journal of Insect Science 3.4 74th Q2 SCIE Yes
51 Apidologie 3.3 73th Q2 SCIE No
52 Experimental and Applied Acarology 3.3 73th Q2 SCIE No
53 Genetica 3.2 72th Q2 SCIE No
54 Physiological Entomology 3.2 72th Q2 SCIE No
55 Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata 3.2 71th Q2 SCIE No
56 Environmental Entomology 3.1 71th Q2 SCIE No
57 Neotropical Entomology 3.1 70th Q2 SCIE No
58 Palaeoentomology 3.1 70th Q2 ESCI No
59 Phytoparasitica 3 69th Q2 SCIE No
60 BioRisk 2.8 69th Q2 No
61 Insectes Sociaux 2.8 68th Q2 SCIE No
62 Arthropod Structure and Development 2.7 68th Q2 SCIE No
63 Journal of Asia-Pacific Entomology 2.7 67th Q2 SCIE No
64 Journal of Pesticide Science 2.7 67th Q2 SCIE Yes
65 Biocontrol Science and Technology 2.7 66th Q2 SCIE No
66 International Journal of Tropical Insect Science 2.7 66th Q2 SCIE No
67 Insect Systematics and Evolution 2.7 65th Q2 SCIE No
68 Ecologica Montenegrina 2.6 65th Q2 Yes
69 European Journal of Taxonomy 2.6 64th Q2 SCIE Yes
70 Systematic and Applied Acarology 2.6 63th Q2 SCIE No
71 Arthropod-Plant Interactions 2.5 63th Q2 SCIE No
72 Entomological Research 2.5 62th Q2 SCIE No
73 ZooKeys 2.5 62th Q2 SCIE Yes
74 European Journal of Entomology 2.4 61th Q2 SCIE Yes
75 Journal of Pollination Ecology 2.4 61th Q2 ESCI Yes
76 Evolutionary Systematics 2.3 60th Q2 Yes
77 Biodiversity Data Journal 2.2 60th Q2 SCIE Yes
78 Applied Entomology and Zoology 2.2 59th Q2 SCIE No
79 Asian Myrmecology 2.2 59th Q2 SCIE No
80 Tijdschrift voor Entomologie 2.2 59th Q2 No
81 Annals of the Entomological Society of America 2.2 58th Q2 SCIE Yes
82 Journal of Arachnology 2.2 57th Q2 SCIE No
83 International Journal of Odonatology 2.1 57th Q2 SCIE Yes
84 Journal of Orthoptera Research 2.1 56th Q2 ESCI Yes
85 Austral Entomology 2.1 55th Q2 SCIE No
86 Canadian Entomologist 2.1 55th Q2 SCIE No
87 Psyche: Journal of Entomology 2.1 55th Q2 ESCI Yes
88 Bulletin of Insectology 2 54th Q2 SCIE Yes
89 Journal of the European Mosquito Control Association 2 54th Q2 Yes
90 Acarologia 2 53th Q2 SCIE Yes
91 Florida Entomologist 2 53th Q2 SCIE Yes
92 Journal of Tea Science 1.9 52th Q2 Yes
93 Records of the Australian Museum 1.9 52th Q2 SCIE Yes
94 International Journal of Acarology 1.9 51th Q2 SCIE No
95 Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association 1.9 51th Q2 SCIE No
96 Journal of Apicultural Science 1.8 50th Q2 SCIE Yes
97 Journal of Plant Protection 1.8 49th Q3 No
98 Zoosystematics and Evolution 1.8 49th Q3 SCIE Yes
99 Arachnology 1.8 48th Q3 No
100 Proceedings of the Zoological Society 1.8 48th Q3 No

Rank and percentile are within the Insect Science Scopus subject table (CiteScore 2025, dataset 2026-06-09). A journal can rank differently in its other subject areas — open its profile for the full picture.

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