Systematic Entomology

Aims & Scope

Systematic Entomology publishes original papers on insect systematics, phylogenetics and integrative taxonomy, with a preference for general interest papers of broad biological, evolutionary or zoogeographical relevance.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	4.9
2024	4.70

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	1.982

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q1

h-index

Year	Value
2024	81

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	1461

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	746

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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.

• The beetle tree of life reveals that<scp>C</scp>oleoptera survived end‐<scp>P</scp>ermian mass extinction to diversify during the<scp>C</scp>retaceous terrestrial revolution

  Citation: 455

  Authors: DUANE D., ALEXANDER L., KOJUN, CHARLES L., ROLF G., MICHAEL S., CHARLES W., DAVID C., MICHAEL A., MARY LIZ, RICHARD A. B., ADRIANA E., JOSEPH V., ALFRED F., JAMES A., MARGARET K., MICHAEL F., JOHN F., ADAM, DAVID R., BRIAN D.

• The evolution of myrmicine ants: phylogeny and biogeography of a hyperdiverse ant clade (<scp>H</scp>ymenoptera:<scp>F</scp>ormicidae)

  Citation: 354

  Authors: PHILIP S., SEÁN G., BRIAN L., TED R.

• Integrative taxonomy, or iterative taxonomy?

  Citation: 261

  Authors: DAVID K., AINSLEY, LEIGH, STEPHEN L., LEO, JOHN W. H.

• A mitochondrial genome phylogeny of Diptera: whole genome sequence data accurately resolve relationships over broad timescales with high precision

  Citation: 232

  Authors: STEPHEN L., CHRISTINE L., STEPHEN C., MICHAEL F.

• How to sequence and annotate insect mitochondrial genomes for systematic and comparative genomics research

  Citation: 229

  Authors: STEPHEN L.

• Building the <scp>C</scp>oleoptera tree‐of‐life for &gt;8000 species: composition of public <scp>DNA</scp> data and fit with <scp>L</scp>innaean classification

  Citation: 213

  Authors: LADISLAV, CHRISTOPHER, ALEX, DOUGLAS, DIRK, ALFRIED P.

• Molecular phylogenetics of Erebidae (Lepidoptera, Noctuoidea)

  Citation: 205

  Authors: REZA, JEREMY D., IAN J., J. DONALD, MARKO, NIKLAS

• Phylogenetic relevance of the genital sclerites of Neuropterida (Insecta: Holometabola)

  Citation: 203

  Authors: ULRIKE, HORST

• Synonymization of key pest species within the<i><scp>B</scp>actrocera dorsalis</i>species complex (<scp>D</scp>iptera:<scp>T</scp>ephritidae): taxonomic changes based on a review of 20 years of integrative morphological, molecular, cytogenetic, behavioural and chemoecological data

  Citation: 200

  Authors: MARK K., NIDCHAYA, WEERAWAN, KAREN F., ANTONIS A., NORMAN, WANG, KOSTAS, LAURA M., CARLOS, STEPHEN L., TONI A., SUKSOM, ANASTASIJA, MARC, ELLENA, ANNA, SUNDAY, ANGELIKI, SCOTT M., DEBORAH, MOHAMMED, DAVID, ALVIN K. W., JORGE, ANDREW, QINGE, FATHIYA M., MATTHEW N., LUC, KHALID, ANNA R., PINELOPI, MAULID, RITSUO, HAJIME, JESUS, DANIEL, MICHAEL, TODD E., SUNYANEE, KENG H., SUJINDA, IHSAN, SHANMUGAM, SUK L., FARZANA, ANTIGONE, ANTHONY R.

• Redefining the damselfly families: a comprehensive molecular phylogeny of <scp>Z</scp>ygoptera (<scp>O</scp>donata)

  Citation: 194

  Authors: KLAAS‐DOUWE B., VINCENT J., RORY A., FRANK R., JAN

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