Insects MDPI

Insects (IF: 2.9, ISSN 2075-4450) is an international peer-reviewed open access journal on entomology published monthly online by MDPI. —Open Access—free for readers, with article processing charges (APC) paid by authors or their institutions. —High Visibility: indexed by the Science Citation Index Expanded (Web of Science), BIOSIS Previews and Zoological Record, as well as Scopus and other databases. Citations available in Pubmed, full-text archived in PubMed Central. —CiteScore 2024 (Scopus): 5.6, which equals rank 22/187 (Q1) in 'Insect Science' category. —Rapid Publication: manuscripts are peer-reviewed and a first decision provided to authors approximately 16.7 days after submission; acceptance to publication is undertaken in 2.4 days (median values for papers published in this journal in the second half of 2024). —Recognition of Reviewers: reviewers who provide timely, thorough peer-review reports receive vouchers entitling them to a discount on the APC of their next publication in any MDPI journal, in appreciation of the work done.