Biocontrol Science and Technology presents original research and reviews in the fields of biological pest, disease and weed control. The journal covers the following areas:
Animal pest control by natural enemies
Biocontrol of plant diseases
Weed biocontrol
'Classical' biocontrol
Augmentative releases of natural enemies
Quality control of beneficial organisms
Microbial pesticides
Properties of biocontrol agents, modes of actions and methods of application
Physiology and behaviour of biocontrol agents and their interaction with hosts
Pest and natural enemy dynamics, and simulation modelling
Genetic improvement of natural enemies including genetic manipulation
Natural enemy production, formulation, distribution and release methods
Environmental impact studies
Releases of selected and/or genetically manipulated organisms
Safety testing
The role of biocontrol methods in integrated crop protection
Conservation and enhancement of natural enemy populations
Effects of pesticides on biocontrol organisms
Biocontrol legislation and policy, registration and commercialization.
All published research articles in this journal have undergone rigorous peer review, based on initial editor screening and review by at least two expert anonymous referees.
Please note: Manuscripts covering research on biopesticides which do not contain living organisms are not considered for publication in this journal.
Journal metrics
Usage
84K annual downloads/views
Citation metrics
1.5 (2023) Impact Factor
Q2 Impact Factor Best Quartile
1.9 (2023) 5 year IF
3.2 (2023) CiteScore (Scopus)
Q2 CiteScore Best Quartile
0.679 (2023) SNIP
0.462 (2023) SJR
Speed/acceptance
9 days avg. from submission to first
decision
59 days avg. from submission to first
post-review decision
11 days avg. from acceptance to online
publication
25% acceptance rate
Understanding and using journal metrics
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who are deciding where to submit their next manuscript for publication.
However, any one metric only tells a part of the story of a journal’s
quality and impact. Each metric has its limitations which means that it
should never be considered in isolation, and metrics should be used to
support and not replace qualitative review.
We strongly recommend that you always use a number of metrics, alongside
other qualitative factors such as a journal’s aims & scope, its
readership, and a review of past content published in the journal. In
addition, a single article should always be assessed on its own merits and
never based on the metrics of the journal it was published in.
Usage and acceptance rate data above are for the last full calendar year
and are updated annually in February. Speed data is updated every six
months, based on the prior six months. Citation metrics are updated
annually mid-year. Please note that some journals do not display all of
the following metrics
(find out why).
Usage:
the total number of times articles in the journal were viewed by users
of Taylor & Francis Online in the previous calendar year, rounded to the
nearest thousand.
Citation Metrics
Impact Factor*:
the average number of citations received by articles published in the
journal within a two-year window. Only journals in the Clarivate Science
Citation Index Expanded (SCIE), Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI),
Arts and Humanities Citation Index (AHCI) and the Emerging Sources
Citation Index (ESCI) have an Impact Factor.
Impact Factor Best Quartile*:
the journal’s highest subject category ranking in the Journal Citation
Reports. Q1 = 25% of journals with the highest Impact Factors.
5 Year Impact Factor*:
the average number of citations received by articles in the journal
within a five-year window.
CiteScore (Scopus)†:
the average number of citations received by articles in the journal over
a four-year period.
CiteScore Best Quartile†:
the journal’s highest CiteScore ranking in a Scopus subject category. Q1
= 25% of journals with the highest CiteScores.
SNIP
(Source Normalized Impact per Paper):
the number of citations per paper in the journal, divided by citation
potential in the field.
SJR
(Scimago Journal Rank):
Average number of (weighted) citations in one year, divided by the
number of articles published in the journal in the previous three years.
Speed/acceptance
From submission to first decision:
the average (median) number of days for a manuscript submitted to the
journal to receive a first decision. Based on manuscripts receiving a
first decision in the last six months.
From submission to first post-review decision:
the average (median) number of days for a manuscript submitted to the
journal to receive a first decision if it is sent out for peer review.
Based on manuscripts receiving a post-review first decision in the last
six months.
From acceptance to online publication:
the average (median) number of days from acceptance of a manuscript to
online publication of the Version of Record. Based on articles published
in the last six months.
Acceptance rate:
articles accepted for publication by the journal in the previous
calendar year as percentage of all papers receiving a final decision.
Editor-in-Chief: Quirico Migheli - Dipartimento di Agraria,Università degli Studi di Sassari, Sassari, Italy
Associate Editors: Steven P. Arthurs - BioBee USA, Georgia, USA Mark Wright - University of Hawaii at Manoa, HI, USA
International Editorial Advisory Board: Oscar Alomar -IRTA (Institute for Food and Agricultural Research and Technology), Cabrils, Catalonia, Spain Fabio Braga - Universidade Vila Velha, Brazil Xiaoyulong Chen- Guizhou University, Guiyang, China N. Crickmore - University of Sussex, Brighton, UK Y. Gao -Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China J. Hallmann- Julius Kühn-Institut, Münster, Germany Richard Hansen - USDA, ARS, Ft. Collins, CO, USA Ian C. W. Hardy - Department of Agricultural Sciences, University of Helsinki, Finlan I. Hodek - Academy of Sciences, Ceske Budejovice, Czech Republic Monica Höfte - Dept. Crop Protection, Ghent University, Belgium Trevor Jackson - AgResearch, Lincoln, New Zealand S. T. Jaronski - USDA ARS NPARL, Sidney, MT, USA Alan Kirk - USDA/ARS, Montferrier sur Lez, France Albrecht Koppenhöfer - Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ, USA Peter Krell - University of Guelph, Guelph, ON, Canada Andreas Linde - University of Applied Sciences, Eberswalde, Germany C. Lowenberger -Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC, Canada D. Mavrodi -Washington State University, Pullman, WA, USA R. Mehrnejad -Pistachio Research Institute, Rafsanjan, Iran L. Morin -CSIRO Ecosystem Sciences, Canberra, ACT, Australia Judith Myers - University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada Drauzio Eduardo Naretto Rangel- Inbioter Institute of Biotechnology, Itatiba, São Paulo, Brazil Safa Oufensou - University of Sassari, Italy P. Rugman-Jones -University of Riverside, CA, USA Michelina Ruocco - Istituto per la Protezione Sostenibile delle Piante - Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Italy J. Spoelder -University of Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands Sally Stewart-Wade -University of Melbourne, Australia S. P. Stock - University of Arizona, Tuscon, AZ, USA X. Wang - University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA T. Williams - Instituto de Ecologia AC, Xalapa, Mexico S. Zeilinger -University of Innsbruck, Austria F. Zvomuya - University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada
Founding Editor: Chris Payne
Abstracting and indexing
Biocontrol Science and Technology is currently abstracted and indexed in: AGRICOLA; BIOSIS; Biotechnology Abstract; Biotechnology Citation Index; CAB Abstracts; Current Contents®/Agriculture, Biology & Environmental Sciences; Ecological Abstracts; Elsevier BIOBASE/Current Awareness in Biological Sciences; Entomology Abstracts; Essential Biosafety/AGBIOS; GEOBASE; Geographical Abstracts: Human Geography; Human Resources Abstracts; International Development Abstracts; Pest Management Focus; Research Alert®; Science Citation Index®; Science Citation Index Expanded™; SciSearch and SCOPUS.
Open access
Biocontrol Science and Technology is a hybrid open access journal that is part of our Open Select publishing program, giving you the option to publish open access. Publishing open access means that your article will be free to access online immediately on publication, increasing the visibility, readership, and impact of your research.
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Increase the discoverability and readership of your article
Make an impact and reach new readers, not just those with easy access to a research library
Freely share your work with anyone, anywhere
Comply with funding mandates and meet the requirements of your institution, employer or funder
Rigorous peer review for every open access article
Article Publishing Charges (APC)
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