Journal History
| 2010 | The inaugural issue was released. Insects was published as a quarterly journal. |
| 2011 | Insects was indexed in EBSCO. |
| 2012 | Insects was indexed in CAB Abstracts (CABI). |
| 2013 | Insects was indexed in Scopus (Elsevier), starting with Volume 1 (Issue 1). |
| 2015 | Insects was indexed in PubMed and PubMed Central (PMC) - National Library of Medicine. |
| 2017 | Insects was indexed in Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE)—Web of Science (Clarivate Analytics), starting with Volume 6 (Issue 1). Insects received its first CiteScore (2016) of 1.81, ranked 28/131 in the "Insect Science" category. Insects announced the first edition of the Travel award. Insects published its 500th paper. |
| 2018 | Insects became an affiliated journal of the American Association of Professional Apiculturists (AAPA). (2018–2020) Insects received its first Impact Factor (1.848), ranked Q1 (21/96) in the "Entomology" category. Insects announced the first edition of the Young Investigators award. |
| 2019 | Insects adopted a monthly publication schedule. Insects published its 1,000th paper. A new position was launched—Topical Advisory Panel. |
| 2020 | Insects announced the first edition of the Best Paper award. Insects established the following sections:
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| 2021 | Insects held the 1st International Electronic Conference on Entomology (IECE). Insects established the new section Medical and Livestock Entomology. Insect and Human Societies was divided into two sections, Insect Societies and Sociality and Role of Insects in Human Society. |
| 2024 | Insect Societies and Sociality was renamed as Social Insects. |
Editor-in-Chief
| 2010–present | Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Brian T. Forschler |
Section Editor-in-Chief
| 2020–2022 | Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Robert M. Waterhouse for the sections on Insect Systematics, Phylogeny and Evolution and Insect Molecular Biology and Genomics |
| 2020–present | Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Guy Bloch for the section on Social Insects Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Klaus H. Hoffmann for the section on Insect Physiology, Reproduction and Development Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Monique M. Van Oers for the section on Insect Behavior and Pathology Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Gábor L. Lövei for the section on Insect Ecology, Diversity and Conservation Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Lukasz L. Stelinski for the section on Insect Pest and Vector Management |
| 2023–present | Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Markus Friedrich for the section on Insect Molecular Biology and Genomics |
