Systematic and Applied Acarology

Aims & Scope

Systematic and Applied Acarology (SAA) is an international journal of the Systematic and Applied Acarology Society (SAAS).

The journal is intended as a publication outlet for all acarologists in the world.

There is no page charge for publishing in SAA.

If the authors have funds to publish, they can pay US$20 per page to enable their papers published for open access.

SAA publishes papers reporting results of original research on any aspects of mites and ticks.

Due to the recent increase in submissions, SAA editors will be more selective in manuscript evaluation: (1) encouraging more high quality non-taxonomic papers to address the balance between taxonomic and non-taxonomic papers, and (2) discouraging single species description (see new special issues for single new species description) while giving priority to high quality systematic papers on comparative treatments and revisions of multiple taxa.

In addition to review papers and research articles (over 4 printed pages), we welcome short correspondence (up to 4 printed pages) for condensed version of short papers, comments on other papers, data papers (with one table or figure) and short reviews or opinion pieces.

The correspondence format will save space by omitting the abstract, key words, and major headings such as Introduction.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	1.2

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.643

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q1

h-index

Year	Value
2024	29

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	8967

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	480

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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 and Environmental Science, 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.

• Revision of the lifestyles of phytoseiid mites (Acari: Phytoseiidae) and implications for biological control strategies

  Citation: 421

  Authors: JAMES A., GILBERTO J. DE, NAZER FAMAH

• Molecular markers for the phylogenetics of mites and ticks

  Citation: 105

  Authors: Robert H.

• Ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) from the state of Rondonia, western Amazon, Brazil

  Citation: 69

  Authors: Marcelo B., Luis Marcelo A., Flavio A., Fernando, Teresinha T. S., Erney P.

• The ticks (Acari: Ixodida: Argasidae, Ixodidae) of Brazil

  Citation: 45

  Authors: Filipe, Valeria, Darci Moraes

• Repositories for mite and tick specimens: acronyms and their nomenclature

  Citation: 41

  Authors: Zhi-Qiang

• An annotated checklist of the ticks (Acari: Ixodida) of Germany

  Citation: 39

  Authors: TREVOR N., MIRIAM P., JASMIN D.

• <p>Biology and predation of the Japanese strain of <em>Neoseiulus californicus</em><br />(McGregor) (Acari: Phytoseiidae)</p>

  Citation: 38

  Authors: Liza J., Hiroshi, Noriaki, Makio

• Pesticide resistance of Tetranychus cinnabarinus (Acari: Tetranychidae) in China: a review

  Citation: 36

  Authors: Fengying, Zhi-Qiang, Zhimo

• The red palm mite, Raoiella indica Hirst, a threat to palms in the Americas (Acari: Prostigmata: Tenuipalpidae)

  Citation: 36

  Authors: Carlos H. W., Jean

• Six species in one: evidence of cryptic speciation in the Hygrobates fluviatilis complex (Acariformes, Hydrachnidia, Hygrobatidae)

  Citation: 35

  Authors: Vladimir, Mahdieh, Mirela, Miroslawa, Yunus, Reinhard, Peter, Ana, Harry, Elisabeth

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