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Insectes Sociaux

International Journal for the Study of Social Arthropods

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Overview

Insectes Sociaux is a journal dedicated to the biology and evolution of social insects and other Arthropods.

  • The official journal of the International Union for the Study of Social Insects
  • Covers ecology, ethology, morphology, systematics, population genetics, and reproduction among others.
  • Publishes original research papers, reviews, and short communications.
  • 90% of authors who participated in a survey reported willingness to publish in the journal again.

Editor-in-Chief
  • Madeleine Beekman
Impact factor
1.3 (2022)
5 year impact factor
1.4 (2022)
Submission to first decision (median)
6 days
Downloads
172,110 (2023)

Latest articles

Journal updates

  • Successes and Challenges in Social Insect Conservation

    The focus of this Special Issue is on concerns and advances related to the conservation of social insects, be it at the molecular, organismal, or ecosystem level. Submitted research and review papers may deal with any area directly related to this topic.
    Submissions open: 13 March 2023
    Submissions close: 1 August 2023

  • Call for Review Article Proposals

    Insectes Sociaux is welcoming submissions of new review articles and invites authors to submit their proposal topic for consideration. Find out more. 

Journal information

Electronic ISSN
1420-9098
Print ISSN
0020-1812
Abstracted and indexed in
  1. AGRICOLA
  2. BFI List
  3. BIOSIS
  4. Baidu
  5. Biological Abstracts
  6. CAB Abstracts
  7. CLOCKSS
  8. CNKI
  9. CNPIEC
  10. Current Contents/Agriculture, Biology & Environmental Sciences
  11. Dimensions
  12. EBSCO
  13. EMBiology
  14. Engineering Village – GEOBASE
  15. Google Scholar
  16. Japanese Science and Technology Agency (JST)
  17. Meta
  18. Naver
  19. OCLC WorldCat Discovery Service
  20. Portico
  21. ProQuest
  22. SCImago
  23. SCOPUS
  24. Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE)
  25. TD Net Discovery Service
  26. UGC-CARE List (India)
  27. Wanfang
  28. Zoological Record
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