Insects MDPI

Insects (ISSN 2075-4450) is an international peer-reviewed open access journal of entomology published monthly online by MDPI. The American Association of Professional Apiculturists (AAPA) is affiliated with Insects and their members receive a discount on the article processing charges.—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 2019 (Scopus): 2.2, which equals rank 50/142 (Q2) in 'Insect Science'.—Rapid Publication: manuscripts are peer-reviewed and a first decision provided to authors approximately 14.4 days after submission; acceptance to publication is undertaken in 2.9 days (median values for papers published in this journal in the first half of 2020).—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.