2020 JOURNALS

REPORT
ENTOMOLOGY FOR ALL

The ESA journals are integral to our

mission. Owned and overseen by
you, ESA members, and published in
partnership with Oxford University
Press, they serve the publishing
needs of entomologists from around
the globe, influence multiple sectors
of society, and support ESA initiatives.
This report will give you a snapshot
of where your journals are and where
they are going, including submission
information, review speeds, and 2020
initiatives.
ENTOMOLOGY FOR ALL,
JOURNALS FOR ALL
DIVERSITY, ACCESS, AND SUPPORT
Where to next?
As a professional society serving insect scientists, ESA The data we currently have available
is dedicated to furthering the science and awareness of for authors and reviewers is limited.
entomology through the advancement and professional For example, we don’t have data
development of all its members. ESA acknowledges and values on gender, race/ethnicity, LBGTQIA
all dimensions of diversity. Therefore, we have a responsibility to people, or other important measures
ensure that ESA’s journals support the society’s commitment to of diversity. ESA will continue to
diversity, inclusion, and equity. expand its efforts to gather data and
take the steps needed to ensure that
your journals are equitable, inclusive,
Diversity Among Editors and truly for all members and
entomologists.

Percentage of subject

29% editors who are women

38% increase
from 2018
100% of articles
published by ESA are
fully accessible online
to ESA members
Percentage of
editors-in-chief who are
31% women
ESA’s membership is
28% of articles
published in 2019
~30% women were published under
an open access license
18% of subject editors are based outside and are free to read for
the U.S., a 28% increase from 2018. everyone
(ESA’s membership is about 13% based
outside the U.S.).
> 7,000 institutions
from 103 countries
Diversity Among Reviewers and Authors
have access through
Oxford University
• Reviewers from 80 different countries completed reviews in
Press’ developing
2019
countries initiatives
• 40% of review invitations were sent to researchers outside
the U.S., and 38% of completed reviews were done by
researchers outside the U.S.
• Corresponding authors from 87 different countries submitted ESA members are
papers in 2019 eligible to receive
• 68% of submissions had a corresponding author based waivers for publishing
outside the U.S., a 6% increase from 2018 charges, including open
access fees.
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SUBMISSION AND
REVIEW TIMES
2019 METRICS
Submissions remained steady and the review process got faster, but
editors continue to report challenges with recruiting reviewers.
3,300
Over 3,300 reviews were
completed in 2019.

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The median time to first decision
41.7%
ESA’s peer-reviewed
(not including desk decisions) journals had a 41.7%
was 35 days. If we include desk acceptance rate, a drop of
decisions, the median drops to 26 two percentage points from
days. Prefer the average? We’re at 2018.
40 and 29 days, respectively.

44%
Invited reviewers agreed to
review 44% of the time, a
4% percentage point drop
from 2017 but about even
with 2018.
2,328
ESA journals received 2,328
8,600
8,600 unique authors
total submissions, a slight (3%) were listed on papers.
drop from 2018. However,
multiple journals saw a record
number of submissions in 2019.

How can you support the ESA journals?

Publish with us. Submissions help boost the profile and stability of your
journals. Plus, all ESA’s publishing revenues underwrite ESA initiatives,
such as science policy efforts, support for students and early-career
professionals, and more.

Review for us. We always need qualified reviewers. Want to be a reviewer?

Let us know and we’ll get you started.

Share ESA papers with your colleagues. If you read something you find
valuable, sharing via social media or a recommendation to a colleague helps
bring additional readers to ESA’s journals.

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ESA ARTICLES
IN THE WILD
We want your research to be seen, so we promote many papers published in your journals through ESA
social media channels, blog posts, press releases, Oxford University Press social media and blogs, and more.
In fact, we saw a 37% increase in web readership in 2019 over 2018. Here are some places your articles
showed up in 2019.

• Articles published in ESA journals were mentioned in social media 5,485 times in 2019. That’s a 38%
increase from 2018.
• Articles were featured in more than 300 news outlets and blogs.
• Each year, we feature more than 100 papers from ESA journals on our Entomology Today blog, which
receives over 800,000 visits and over 1,000,000 page views per year.

Make your research

stand out.
Try creating a graphical or video abstract.
Submit it with your article, and we can
publish it as part of the article (graphical
abstract) or as supplementary material
(video). Graphical abstracts and videos
are perfect for sharing on social media,
too.

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 WHAT’S NEW
IN 2020?
Responding to COVID-19
Like most sectors of society, entomologists have been profoundly affected by COVID-19. Your journals are
working to make sure you have the support you need. Need some extra time to complete revisions on your
paper? We’re happy to extend deadlines, no questions asked. Extra studies needed? Our editors are giving
careful consideration to any revision requests that would involve gathering additional data, differentiating
between those that are truly necessary and those that are simply nice to have.

Want credit for reviewing?

All your journals are now integrated with Publons, meaning P > .05?
you can get credit for a review simply by hitting a button on the
review form. Learn more about Publons. In late 2019, the ESA Publications
Council decided that when reporting
statistical significance, P-values
Special collections should be reported, but ESA journals
Since the last journals report, we’ve published numerous special will not require P-values to meet
collections, with topics ranging from insects as food and feed to a certain threshold for results to
current techniques in morphology. Check out the full list. Have an be reported or for a paper to be
idea for a collection? Pitch us your idea today. considered publishable. If your
results don’t meet the P < .05
threshold, that’s ok—submit your
ISD in the Web of Science work to an ESA journal and we’ll be
ESA’s newest journal, Insect Systematics and Diversity, is now happy to consider it.
part of the Emerging Sources Citation Index and fully indexed in
the Web of Science, making its content more discoverable and
accessible for researchers.
AMERICAN
New Sections ENTOMOLOGIST FALL 2019 VOL 65 NO 3

A few ESA journals have recently launched new sections: in

Environmental Entomology, Environmental Impacts of Proposed
Management Options; in JIPM, Brief Communications; and in the
Journal of Insect Science, Protocols and Molecular Entomological
Genetics.

American Entomologist Redesigned

American Entomologist, ESA’s member magazine, launched
a new award-winning design and reimagined columns in
response to a readership survey. Check out the new magazine
and find something that interests you in each issue.

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SUPPORT YOUR JOURNALS.
SUPPORT ENTOMOLOGY.
PUBLISH WITH ESA TODAY.
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AMERICAN
PRINT ISSN 0013-8746 ONLINE ISSN 1938-2901

ENTOMOLOGIST Annals of the Arthropod

Management Tests
FALL 2019 VOL 65 NO 3

Entomological Society of America

SPECIAL COLLECTION: SCIENCE POLICY

ANNALS OF THE ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA  VOL 112, NO 2  MARCH 2019  57–118

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Environmental Insect Systematics Journal of

Entomology and Diversity Economic Entomology
JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC ENTOMOLOGY
ENVIRONMENTAL ENTOMOLOGY  VOL 48, NO 1  FEBRUARY 2019  1-269

 VOL 112, NO 6  DECEMbER 2019  2513–3017

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insectscience.org academic.oup.com/ISD ACADEMIC.OUP.COM/JEE insectscience.org

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2019 -VOL 10 - N0 1 PRINT ISSN 0022-0493 ONLINE ISSN 1938-291X

Journal of
Integrated Journal of Journal of
Pest ManagemenT Insect Science Medical entomology
SPECIAL COLLECTION: MOSQUITO ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY
JOURNAL OF MEDICAL ENTOMOLOGY  VOL 56, NO 2  MARCH 2019  299-588

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