About this journal
Aims and scope
International Journal of Pest Management publishes original research papers and reviews concerned with pest management in the broad sense, covering the control of pests (invertebrates, vertebrates and weeds) and diseases of plants, fungi and their products – including biological control, varietal and cultural control, chemical controland interference methods.
The management of invasive species is of special interest. We also encourage submissions dealing with interactions of multiple pests such as arthropods and plant pathogens, pathogens and weeds or weeds and arthropods as well as those dealing with the indirect and direct effects of climate change on sustainable agricultural practices.
The journal covers the following scientific topics:
- Population dynamics of pests in relation to management strategies.
- Assessment of pest or weed and disease damage characteristics / levels and associated yield loss; damage and economic thresholds; sampling and monitoring methods.
- Pest management systems including decision support and risk analyses.
- Analysis of farmers’ perceptions of pest management constraints or technologies and of economic benefits supporting studies of the efficacy of pest management at field- and farm-scale.
- The relationship of pest management to the wider aspects of farming systems and rural development policy.
- Pre and post-harvest pest management.
- Novel pest management approaches, technology, methods and techniques
- Non-target effects of pesticide use / of biological control introductions.
- Life-history strategies and evolution of pest organisms / biological control agents.
- Plant defense mechanism in the context of pest management.
- Environmental sustainability in relation to pest management practices.
Reviews -The journal also publishesinvited reviewson various areas of pest management. Authors of potential reviews are advised to contact the editor with a brief outline of subject matter and content before preparing a manuscript.
Forum section - The journal has an occasionalforum section for short papersaimed at facilitating discussion and debate between readers and authors on important issues in pest management.
Please note that studies will only be accepted for publication when supported by rigorous, appropriate statistical analysis and that m anuscripts must be written to the highest standard of English. All submitted manuscripts are subject to initial appraisal by the Editor, and, if found suitable for further consideration, to peer review by independent, anonymous expert referees. All peer review is single anonymized.
The following donotfall within the aims and scope of the journal:
1. Pathogens of medical and veterinary importance,exceptwhere vector biology is the focus of a study.2. Pesticide testing, development, formulation and application methods and testing.
3. Publication of new records of pests or weeds.
4. Studies of only localized significance.
5. Studies involving single laboratory/ field assays.
6. Studies with plant extracts for pest management, including allelopathy, unless these include demonstration of efficacy under field-like conditions.
Readership : Researchers in agriculture, horticulture, forestry, aquaculture, stored products and medico-veterinary pest management.
Journal metrics
Usage
- 54K annual downloads/views
Citation metrics
- 1.1 (2023) Impact Factor
- 1.5 (2023) 5 year IF
- 4.7 (2023) CiteScore (Scopus)
- Q1 CiteScore Best Quartile
- 0.677 (2023) SNIP
- 0.383 (2023) SJR
Speed/acceptance
- 9 days avg. from submission to first decision
- 62 days avg. from submission to first post-review decision
- 14 days avg. from acceptance to online publication
- 13% acceptance rate
Understanding and using journal metrics
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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.
For more details, please read the Author Services guide to understanding journal metrics.
Journal metrics in brief
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.
For more details on the data above, please read the Author Services guide to understanding journal metrics.
*Copyright: Journal Citation Reports®, Clarivate Analytics
†Copyright: CiteScore™, Scopus
Editorial board
Editor:
Professor Jorge Alberto Zavala - Professor at the Biochemistry Unit (Catedra de Bioquimica) School of Agronomy, University of Buenos Aires, Argentina
Previous Editors:
Mark Jervis - Cardiff University, UK
Dr Juan Corley - INTA, Argentina
Regional Assistant Editors
C. Damalas - Democritus University of Thrace, Greece (Europe and Africa)
Y. Gao - Institute of Plant Protection, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS), Beijing, China (Asia)
Editorial Board:
G. Abdollahzadeh - Gorgan University of Agric. Sci. and Nat. Resources Gorgan, Iran
E. Abreo - National Institute of Agricultural Research of Uruguay
H. Ali - Assistant Professor, Khwaja Fareed University of Engineering and Information Technology, Rahim Yar Khan, Pakistan
J.M.S. Bento - University of Sao Paulo, Brazil
S. Chen - Dept. of Public Health Sciences, University of North Carolina, USA
J. Collatz - Agroscope, Switzerland
C. Damalas - Democritus University of Thrace, Greece
A. Datta - School of Environment, Resources and Development, Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand
X. Fauvergue - INRA Sophia-Antipolis, France
P.C Fernandez - Universidad De Buenos Aires, Argentina
Y. Gao - Institute of Plant Protection, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS), Beijing, China
F. Garganese - Dipartimento di Scienze del Suolo, della Pianta e degli Alimenti, University of Bari Aldo Moro
I.Graziosi - Programme Coordinator, Urban Forest Initiative (UFI), University of Kentucky, USA
B. Hogg - USDA-Western Regional Research Center, Albany, CA, USA
V. G. Jacobi - Cátedra de Zoología Agrícola, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
M.K. Kansiime - Agricultural Economist Center for Agriculture and Biosciences International (CABI), Kenya
T. Kaspary - Plant Protection, INIA, Uruguay
J.H. Lee - Seoul National University, Republic of Korea
C. Niu - Huazhong Agricultural University, China
S. Senthil-Nathan - Centre for Excellence in Environmental Sciences, Manonmaniam Sundaranar University, India
G. Sperandio - Department of Agriculture, Food and Environmental Sciences, Marche Polytechnic University, Italy
J.H. Sun - Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
M. Tokuda - Saga University, Japan
S. Wei - Beijing Academy of Agriculture and Forestry Sciences, China
J.A. Zavala - Facultad de Agronomía, University of Buenos Aires, Argentina
W. Zhou - Zhejiang University, China
International Advisory Panel:
C. Athanassiou - University of Thessaly, Greece
B. Aukema - University of Minnesota, USA
J. Beggs - University of Auckland, New Zealand
A. Biondi - Dept. of Agriculture, Food and Environment, University of Catania, Italy
M. Faccoli - University of Padova, Italy
R. Guedes - Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Brazil
Y. Huang - Shanghai Institute of Plant Physiology and Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
S. Leather - Harper-Adams University, UK
M. Montserrat - IHSM-UMA-CSIC, Spain
C. Nansen – University of California, Davis, USA
C. Rodríguez-Saona - Dept. of Entomology, Rutgers University, USA
D.C. Weber - USDA Arigultural Research Service, USA
Abstracting and indexing
Internatinonal Journal of Pest Management is currently abstracted and indexed in: BIOSIS; CAB International; Cambridge Scientific Abstracts; Chemical Abstracts; Current Contents®/Agriculture, Biology and Environmental Sciences; Elsevier BIOBASE/Current Awareness in Biological Sciences; Environmental Periodic Bibliography; Food Science and Technology Abstracts; GEO Abstracts/GEOBASE; Research Alertt®; Science Citation Index®; Science Citation Index ExpandedTM; SciSearch®; SCOPUS; UnCover and Zoological Record.
Open access
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- 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
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4 issues per year
Currently known as:
- International Journal of Pest Management (1993 - current)
Formerly known as
- Tropical Pest Management (1980 - 1992)
- PANS (1976 - 1979)
- PANS Pest Articles & News Summaries (1969 - 1975)
Formerly known as
- Pest Articles & News Summaries. Section C. Weed Control (1955 - 1968)
- Pest Articles & News Summaries. Section A. Insect Control (1955 - 1968)
- Pest Articles & News Summaries. Section B. Plant Disease Control (1955 - 1968)
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