Pan-Pacific Entomologist

Aims & Scope

The Pan-Pacific Entomologist (ISSN 0031-0603) is published quarterly (January, April, July and October) by the Pacific Coast Entomological Society, in cooperation with the California Academy of Sciences.

The journal serves as a refereed publication outlet and accepts manuscripts on all aspects of the biosystematics of insects and closely related arthropods, especially articles dealing with their taxonomy, biology, behavior, ecology, life history, biogeography and distribution.

Membership in the Pacific Coast Entomological Society includes subscription to The Pan-Pacific Entomologist, and Society Proceedings typically appear in the October issue of each volume.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	0.6

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.197

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q4

h-index

Year	Value
2024	23

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Abstracting & Indexing

Journal is indexed in leading academic databases, ensuring global visibility and accessibility of our peer-reviewed research.

• Scopus
• Google Scholar
• Web of Science

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Subjects & Keywords

Journal’s research areas, covering key disciplines and specialized sub-topics in Agricultural and Biological Sciences, designed to support cutting-edge academic discovery.

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Most Cited Articles

The Most Cited Articles section features the journal's most impactful research, based on citation counts. These articles have been referenced frequently by other researchers, indicating their significant contribution to their respective fields.

• Previously unrecorded damage to oak, Quercus spp., in southern California by the goldspotted oak borer, Agrilus coxalis Waterhouse (Coleoptera: Buprestidae)

  Citation: 68

  Authors: Tom W., Steven J.

• Host plant use by and new host records of apple maggot, western cherry fruit fly, and other Rhagoletis species (Diptera: Tephritidae) in western Washington state

  Citation: 54

  Authors: Wee L., Robert B.

• Host plant use by apple maggot, western cherry fruit fly, and other Rhagoletis species (Diptera: Tephritidae) in central Washington state

  Citation: 45

  Authors: Wee L.

• Recent collecting reveals new state records and geographic extremes in the distribution of the walnut twig beetle, Pityophthorus juglandis Blackman (Coleoptera: Scolytidae), in the United States

  Citation: 33

  Authors: Steven J., Tom W., Paul L., Norman L., Andrew D., Lee A., Sven-Erik

• Midgut morphology and enzymes of the obligate zoophytophagous stinkbug Brontocoris tabidus (Signoret, 1863) (Heteroptera: Pentatomidae)

  Citation: 29

  Authors: Bruno A. M., José Cola, Francisco Sousa, José Eduardo

• The brown widow spider Latrodectus geometricus C. L. Koch, 1841, in southern California

  Citation: 28

  Authors: Leonard S., Richard S., William J., Janet K., James E.

• A Survey of Wireworm (Coleoptera: Elateridae) Species Infesting Cereal Crops in Montana

  Citation: 26

  Authors: Anuar, Ruth P., Kevin W.

• A Faunal Study of Cerambycidae (Coleoptera) from One Region with Tropical Dry Forest in México: San Buenaventura, Jalisco

  Citation: 25

  Authors: Felipe A., John A., Santiago, Alicia, Enrique, Enrique, Ricardo

• Evidence for the decline of the western bumble bee (Bombus occidentalis Greene) in British Columbia

  Citation: 24

  Authors: Sheila R., Claudia M.

• Larval keys to the genera of Ixodidae (Acari) and species of Ixodes (Latreille) ticks established in California

  Citation: 21

  Authors: Joyce E., Robert S.

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