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Women’s Special Issue Series: Insects

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

The journal “Insects” is launching a Special Issue on the "Contributions of Female Scientists to the Advancement of Insect Science" to highlight the achievements made by women to any areas of insect science. Outstanding research papers and review articles will be included in this Special Issue. We encourage contributions of persons who identify as a woman as the lead author is a woman, and the main goal of this Special Issue is to highlight and celebrate women in science and their advancement and success in the entomological field, reached by important publications. However, we welcome submissions from all authors, irrespective of gender identity.

Women’s Special Issue Series

This Special Issue is part of Insects' Women’s Special Issue Series, hosted by women editors for women researchers. The series advocates the advancement of women in science. We invite contributions to the Special Issue whose lead authors identify as women. The submission of articles with all-women authorship is especially encouraged. However, we do welcome articles from all authors, irrespective of gender.

Prof. Dr. Patrizia Falabella
Dr. Rosanna Salvia
Dr. Carmen Scieuzo
Guest Editors

Manuscript Submission Information

Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. All submissions that pass pre-check are peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 100 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for announcement on this website.

Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Insects is an international peer-reviewed open access monthly journal published by MDPI.

Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 2600 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.

Keywords

  • insect biology
  • insect physiology
  • immune defenses
  • insect viruses
  • medical vector biology
  • evolution
  • genetics
  • adaptation
  • ecology
  • circular economy
  • biodiversity
  • environmental safeguard
  • pest management
  • sustainability
  • molecular biology
  • biochemistry

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Published Papers