Entomology journals ranked by impact

Top-ranking entomology journals

The ISI Journal Citation Reports (JCR) "impact factor" is calculated by dividing the number of citations to articles published in a journal over a certain period by the total number of articles published in that journal during the same period.

Only journals included in the "entomology" category of Journal Citation Reports were ranked. UW-Madison library subscriptions are included (in parentheses). For articles not available online, UW faculty, staff and students can request a PDF via Library Express.

#1
2008: Annual Review of Entomology (1956+ online, 1956-2007 in print)
2004-2008: Annual Review of Entomology

1981-2008: Annual Review of Entomology

#2
2008: Advances in Insect Physiology (1963+ in print)
2004-2008: Advances in Insect Physiology
1981-2008: Advances in Insect Physiology

#3
2008: Insect Molecular Biology (1997+ online, 1992-2005 in print)
2004-2008: Insect Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
1981-2008: Insect Biochemistry [became "Insect Biochemistry & Molecular Biology"]

#4
2008: Insect Biochemistry & Molecular Biology (1971+ online, 1971-2005 in print)
2004-2008: Insect Molecular Biology
1981-2008: Pesticides Monitoring Journal (1967-1981 in print)

#5
2008: Journal of Insect Physiology (1995+ online, 1957-2001 in print)
2004-2008: Journal of Insect Physiology
1981-2008: Ecological Entomology

#6
2008: Pest Management Science (1996+ online, 1970-2003 in print)
2004-2008: Medical & Veterinary Entomology (1997+ online, 1989-2005 in print)
1981-2008: Journal of Insect Physiology

#7
2008: Journal of Medical Entomology (2000+ online, 1964+ in print)
2004-2008: Systematic Entomology (1997+ online, 1976-2005 in print)
1981-2008: Insect Biochemistry & Molecular Biology

#8
2008: Biocontrol (1956-2000 in print)
2004-2008: Journal of Medical Entomology

1981-2008: Pesticide Biochemistry & Physiology (1971+ online, 1971-2002 in print)

#9
2008: Ecological Entomology (1997+ online, 1976-2005 in print)
2004-2008: Ecological Entomology
1981-2008: Insect Molecular Biology

#10
2008: Journal of Insect Conservation (1999-2004 in print)
2004-2008: Arthropod Structure & Development (1995+ online, 1971-1997 in print)
1981-2008: Physiological Entomology (1997+ online, 1976-2002 in print)

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[Source: Thomson Reuters, ScienceWatch.com]

2008 Journal impact factors released

2008 Journal impact factors released

Thomson Reuters has just published the 2008 Journal Citation Reports, available to UW-Madison library users. These metrics, including the "impact factor," can be used to compare journal performance. JCR includes 8,000+ highly cited, peer-reviewed journals from around the world.

New features:

• 350+ new journals with their first published impact factor
  
• Updated 5-year impact factors and Eigenfactor metrics
  
• "Journal self cites" analyzes the contribution of self-citation to the impact factor (20 journals were dropped from JCR due to high self citation rates)
  
• "Rank in category" for each journal's subject area, along with a box plot of impact factor distribution for all journals in that category

Top 3 in Agronomy by impact factor:

1. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology
2. Theoretical and Applied Genetics
3. Advances in Agronomy

Top 3 in Entomology by impact factor:

1. Annual Review of Entomology
2. Advances in Insect Physiology
3. Insect Molecular Biology

Top 3 in Horticulture by impact factor:

1. Theoretical and Applied Genetics
2. Tree Genetics and Genomes
3. Postharvest Biology and Technology

Top 3 in Plant Sciences by impact factor:

1. Annual Review of Plant Biology
2. Annual Review of Phytopathology
3. Plant Cell

NEW! Full text articles in CAB Abstracts

The UW-Madison Libraries have activated access to over 45,000 full text articles via CAB Abstracts.

These come from about 250 journals and about 400 conference proceedings & reports - around 12,000 new articles will be added per year. See this Powerpoint from CABI to learn how to limit a search to full text.

Conferences & reports include:

• Annual Conference of the Plant Growth Regulation Society of America


• Annual Meeting of the Interamerican Society for Tropical Horticulture


• Arab Conference for Applied Biological Pest Control


• Australian weeds conference


• Congress of the Entomological Society of Southern Africa


• European Association for Potato Research (EAPR) Virology Section Meeting


• European Weed Research Society Symposium


• International Bacterial Wilt Symposium


• International Safflower Conference


• International Symposium on Biological Control of Arthropods


• International Symposium on Biological Control of Bacterial Plant Diseases


• International Symposium on Fruit Flies of Economic Importance


• International Symposium on New Crops and Uses


• International Symposium on the Biosafety of Genetically Modified Organisms


• New Zealand Plant Protection Conference


• Report of a Working Group on Solanaceae


• Report on a Working Group on Curcubits


• Sustainable Grassland Productivity

Journals include:

• Acta Scientiarum - Agronomy (2003+)


• Agronomia Mesoamericana (2005+)


• Agronomijas Vestis / Latvian Journal of Agronomy


• Agro-Science (2005+)


• Anais do Instituto Superior de Agronomia (1995+)


• Annals of Medical Entomology (2003+)


• Asian Journal of Horticulture (2007+)


• Australian Journal of Crop Science (2008+)


• Buletinul Universitatii de Stiinte Agricole si Medicina Veterinara Cluj-Napoca. Seria Horticultura (2007+)


• Crop Breeding and Applied Biotechnology (2005+)


• Current Nematology (2004+)


• Folia Horticulturae (2005+)


• Folia Parasitologica (2005+ with 6 month embargo)


• Garcia de Orta - Serie de Botanica (2006+)


• Garcia de Orta - Serie de Estudos Agronomicos


• Haryana Journal of Horticultural Sciences (2006+)


• Horticulture, Environment and Biotechnology (2006+)


• Insect Environment (2008+)


• International Journal of Sustainable Crop Production (2006+)


• Iranian Journal of Plant Pathology (2006+)


• Journal of Crop and Weed (2006+)


• Journal of Horticultural Sciences (2006+)


• Journal of Mycopathological Research (2005+)


• Journal of Phytological Research (2005+)


• Journal of Plant Biochemistry and Biotechnology (2005+)


• Journal of Plant Biotechnology (2005+)


• Journal of Plant Pathology (2005+ with 6 month embargo)


• Journal of Plant Protection and Environment (2007+)


• Journal of Soils and Crops (2005+)


• Journal of Spices and Aromatic Crops (2005+)


• Journal of the Korean Society for Horticultural Science (2005+)


• Korean Journal of Crop Science (2005+)


• Korean Journal of Horticultural Science & Technology (2005+)


• Lucrari Stiintifice - Universitatea de Stiinte Agronomice Bucuresti. Seria B, Horticultura


• National Journal of Plant Improvement (2005+)


• Nematologia Brasileira (2005+)


• New Zealand Plant Protection


• Notulae Botanicae, Horti Agrobotanici Cluj-Napoca (2007+)


• Pakistan Journal of Weed Science Research (2005+)


• Philippine Journal of Crop Science (2005+)


• Phytopathologia Polonica (2005+)


• Plant Archives (2006+)


• Plant Omics (2008+)


• Plant Pathology Bulletin (2005+)


• Plant Production Science (2005+)


• Proceedings of the Interamerican Society for Tropical Horticulture (2004+)


• Revista Brasileira de Horticultura Ornamental (2008+)


• Revista de Ciencias Agroveterinarias / Journal of Agronomy and Veterinary Sciences (2002+)


• Sodininkyste ir Darzininkyste / Horticulture and Vegetable Growing (2005+)


• South Indian Horticulture


• Soybean Genetics Newsletter (2005+)


• Udyanika: A Journal of Horticultural Sciences


• Vegetable Crops Research Bulletin (2005+)

ISI Web of Knowledge: new features

Web of Knowledge enhancements:

• Search by "Funding Agency" or "Grant Number" field in Web of Science


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• Search History and Alerts now include changes made with the Refine and Analyze tools


• Customize, save and print citation relationship visualizations with the Citation Map (beta) tool


• Use the Simplified Chinese interface (简体中文) - now expanded to field labels in full record and summary display

More updates:

• Explore global agriculture and applied life sciences literature in CAB Abstracts
  
• Visualize impact factors and self-citations, find 5-year impact factors, compare rank for journals in multiple subject categories, and get Eigenfactor and Article Influence scores in Journal Citation Reports


• Install the Firefox 3 plug-in with EndNote Web to store references from other databases

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Impact Factors: "Parasites & Vectors" + "Plant Methods"

Open access publisher BioMed Central has announced that two of its journals, Parasites & Vectors and Plant Methods, have been accepted for tracking by Thomson Reuters (vendors of ISI Web of Science) and will both receive "Impact Factors" in 2010.

"Parasites & Vectors expands upon the scope of two former BioMed Central publications, Kinetoplastid Biology and Disease and Filaria Journal, both of which ceased publication in December 2007. Launched in January 2008, the journal has rapidly become an authoritative home for research in parasitology, reflected by its acceptance for tracking by Thomson Reuters from its first issue."

"Launched in 2005, Plant Methods encompasses all aspects of technological innovation in the plant sciences. The journal seeks to stimulate the development and adoption of new and improved techniques and research tools and, where appropriate, to promote consistency of methodologies for better integration of data from different laboratories."

"These journals bring to a total of 71 BioMed Central journals that are tracked by Thomson Reuters and either have or are on course to receive an Impact Factor."

[Source: KnowledgeSpeak.com]

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New as of January 9, 2009...

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