Florida Entomologist
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Editor-in-Chief:
Emma Weeks
About this journal
New as of 2024 at De Gruyter
Florida Entomologist has been published since 1917
Objective
Articles published in the Florida Entomologist are open access and reflect all aspects of basic and applied entomological and acarological science of relevance to Florida agriculture, urban environments, and natural resources. Research from the southeastern U.S., the Caribbean region, and Mexico is particularly invited as these areas are important sources of invasive species in Florida.
Florida Entomologist —"An International Journal for the Americas"— is the official journal of the Florida Entomological Society (FES) and is published Open Access.
Article Formats
Research Article, Review Article, Scientific Note, Book Review, Editorial
Topics
All aspects of basic and applied entomological and acarological science, including but not limited to:
- Systematics/taxonomy
- Biology, physiology, behavior and ecology
- Biogeography
- Conservation and biodiversity
- Biological control of arthropods or plants (with arthropods)
- Chemical control of arthropods, target and non-target effects
- Physical/Mechanical control of arthropods
- Integrated pest management
- Forensic entomology
- Pollinators
- Invasive species
- Insect plant interactions
- Rearing and life table studies
Your Benefits
- Multifaceted approach to the systematics, biology, behavior, ecology, management, and conservation of arthropods and the environment
- Publishing with an entomological society supports entomology research and scientists
- Well respected and well established (100 years +)
History
Florida Entomologist is the official journal of the Florida Entomological Society (FES), archive from vol. 1 (1920) to vol. 106 (2023) are available at the link.
2024 - The journal published its 107th volume with a new publisher, De Gruyter.
2001 - An obligatory Immediate Free Web Access (IFWA) for all accepted articles was implemented.
1998 - Following a successful pilot project in 1997, the Society raised the funds required to scan and index all back issues for online publication.
1993 - The Florida Entomological Society initiated its electronic publication project, start with the release of the September 1994 issue (vol. 77, no. 3) available online.
1922 - The journal changed its name to "Florida Entomologist" and released its first issue (vol. 4, no. 1).
1917 - The first issue of "The Florida Buggist" was released - official journal of the FES.
1916 - The Florida Entomological Society (FES) was established.
| Journal Impact Factor | 1.2 | 2024, Journal Citation Reports (Clarivate, 2025) |
| 5-year Journal Impact Factor | 1.4 | 2024, Journal Citation Reports (Clarivate, 2025) |
| Journal Citation Indicator | 0.43 | 2024, Journal Citation Reports (Clarivate, 2025) |
| CiteScore | 2.1 | 2024, Scopus (Elsevier B.V., 2025) |
| SCImago Journal Rank | 0.322 | 2024, SJR (Scimago Lab, 2025; Data Source: Scopus) |
| Source Normalized Impact per Paper | 0.521 | 2024, CWTS Journal Indicators (CWTS B.V., 2025; Data Source: Scopus) |
You can easily submit your manuscript online.
Simply go to http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/flaent and you will be guided through the whole peer-reviewing and publishing process.
Your benefits of publishing with us
- Open Access publication
- Research freely available for all to read and download
- Authors retain copyright – articles published under the Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY-4.0) License
- Rapid publication times
- Free publication of color figures
- Accepted papers will be published online first as DOI-citable, forward-linked articles for quickest possible visibility for the scientific community
- Every article easily discoverable because of Search Engine Optimization (SEO) and comprehensive abstracting and indexing services
- Professional sales and marketing activities
Submission process
- Submission of your paper via our submission management tool following the Instructions for Authors
- Fully gold open access journal
- The article processing fee for publishing a full research article is € 1,000/ USD 1,070 (for FES members € 800/ USD 856), for a scientific note € 800/ USD 856 (for FES members € 600/ USD 642)
- Single-blind peer review process
- A first decision on your paper is aspired within approx. 8 weeks
- Accepted articles are published online approx. 4 weeks after acceptance
Please note
- Before submitting your article please have a look at our Publication Ethics Statement and our License to Publish.
- If you have any general questions please visit our FAQ page for journal authors.
We are looking forward to receiving your manuscript soon!
Editor-in-Chief/ Managing Editor/ Copyeditor
Emma Weeks (courtesy faculty), Entomology and Nematology Dept., University of Florida/IFAS, Gainesville, FL, USA
Associate Editors
Muhammad 'Zee' Ahmed, Subtropical Insects and Horticultural Reserach Unit, US Horticultural Research Laboratory, USDA-ARS, USA
Livia Ataide, Tropical REC, University of Florida/IFAS, Homestead, FL, USA
James Cilek, Navy Entomology Center of Excellence, Jacksonville, FL, USA
Zachary Lahey, US Vegetable Laboratory, USDA-ARS, Charleston, SC, USA
Sriyanka Lahiri, Gulf Coast REC, University of Florida/IFAS, Wimauma, FL, USA
Oscar Liburd, Entomology and Nematology Dept., University of Florida/IFAS, Gainesville, FL, USA
Richard Mankin, USDA ARS CMAVE, Gainesville, FL, USA
Patricia Prade, PennState Extension, College of Agricultural Sciences, The Pennsylvania State University, Lebanon, PA, USA
Nicole Quinn, Indian River REC, University of Florida/IFAS, Fort Pierce, FL, USA
Jawwad Qureshi, Southwest Florida REC, University of Florida/IFAS, North Immokalee, FL, USA
Elena Rhodes, Entomology and Nematology Dept., University of Florida/IFAS, Gainesville, FL, USA
Aline Daniele Tassi, Entomology and Nematology Dept., University of Florida/IFAS, Homestead, FL, USA
Spanish Abstract Editor
Gregory A. Evans, USDA, Beltsville, USA
Jose I. Martinez, Florida Department and Consumer Services, Division of Plant Industry
Florida State Collection of Arthropods (Diptera and Neuroptera)
Florida Museum of Natural History, McGuire Center for Lepidoptera and Biodiversity (Lepidoptera)
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- AGRICOLA (National Agricultural Library)
- CABI (over 50 subsections)
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- EBSCO Discovery Service
- Google Scholar
- J-Gate
- Naver Academic
- Naviga (Softweco)
- Primo Central (ExLibris)
- ReadCube
- ScienceON (Korea Institute of Science and Technology Information)
- Scilit
- SCImago (SJR)
- SCOPUS
- Semantic Scholar
- Summon (ProQuest)
- TDNet
- WanFang Data
- Web of Science - Biological Abstracts
- Web of Science - BIOSIS Previews
- Web of Science - Current Contents/Agriculture, Biology, and Environmental Sciences
- Web of Science - Science Citation Index Expanded
- Web of Science - Zoological Record
- WorldCat (OCLC)
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