Insects
Insects is an international, peer-reviewed, open access journal on entomology published monthly online by MDPI. Founded in 2010, it covers the biology, physiology, behaviour, and management of arthropods and has a 2025 impact factor of 3.0, indexed in SCIE.《昆虫》（Insects）是由 MDPI 每月在线出版的国际性同行评审开放获取昆虫学期刊。该刊创刊于 2010 年，涵盖节肢动物的生物学、生理学、行为与管理，2025 年影响因子为 3.0，被 SCIE 收录。
Scope
The journal's stated aim is to publish research related to the biology, physiology, behaviour, and management of arthropods as well as their interactions with human societies, plants, and ecosystem services, with its official scope covering:刊物官方宗旨为发表与节肢动物生物学、生理学、行为与管理及其与人类社会、植物和生态系统服务相互作用相关的研究，官方声明的征稿范围包括：
- Insect biology and physiology: research on the biology, physiology, reproduction, and development of insects and other arthropods.昆虫生物学与生理学： 关于昆虫与其他节肢动物生物学、生理学、生殖与发育的研究。
- Insect behaviour and ecology: studies on insect behaviour, ecology, diversity, conservation, and their roles in ecosystems.昆虫行为与生态学： 关于昆虫行为、生态、多样性、保护及其在生态系统中作用的研究。
- Insect pest and vector management: work on the management of insect pests and vectors, including integrated pest management and control strategies.害虫与媒介管理： 关于害虫与媒介管理的研究，包括综合害虫管理与防治策略。
- Insect molecular biology and genomics: research on molecular biology, genomics, and genetics of insects and arthropods.昆虫分子生物学与基因组学： 关于昆虫与节肢动物分子生物学、基因组学与遗传学的研究。
- Article types: original research papers, review articles, short communications, and feature papers, published under an open access model with article processing charges paid by authors or their institutions.栏目设置： 接受原创研究论文、综述、短讯与专题论文，采用开放获取模式出版，文章处理费由作者或其机构支付。
History
- Founding: Insects was founded in 2010 by MDPI as an open access journal dedicated to entomology, one of the early titles in MDPI's expansion into the life sciences.创刊： 《昆虫》于 2010 年由 MDPI 创办，是一份专注于昆虫学的开放获取期刊，也是 MDPI 向生命科学扩展的早期期刊之一。
- MDPI publication: the journal has been published by MDPI since its founding, benefiting from MDPI's open access publishing infrastructure and global distribution network.MDPI 出版： 该刊自创刊以来一直由 MDPI 出版，得益于 MDPI 的开放获取出版基础设施与全球发行网络。
- Open access model: from its inception the journal has been fully open access, with all articles freely available to readers under a CC-BY licence and article processing charges payable by authors.开放获取模式： 自创刊起该刊即完全开放获取，所有文章在 CC-BY 协议下向读者免费开放，文章处理费由作者支付。
- Section structure: the journal is organized into sections covering the main areas of entomology, including insect pest and vector management, insect behaviour and pathology, insect ecology diversity and conservation, insect physiology reproduction and development, and insect molecular biology and genomics.栏目架构： 该刊按昆虫学主要方向分设栏目，包括害虫与媒介管理、昆虫行为与病理学、昆虫生态多样性与保护、昆虫生理生殖与发育以及昆虫分子生物学与基因组学。
Editors
The journal is led by an editor-in-chief supported by an international editorial board and section editors:该刊由主编领导，国际编委会与栏目编辑协助工作：
- Editor-in-chief: Brian T. Forschler, Professor in the Department of Entomology at the University of Georgia, USA, who has served as editor-in-chief since the journal's founding in 2010.主编： 布赖恩·T. 福施勒（Brian T. Forschler），美国佐治亚大学昆虫学系教授，自该刊 2010 年创刊起担任主编。
- Editorial board: the journal has a large international editorial board with members from leading entomology institutions worldwide, providing expertise across the journal's section structure.编委会： 该刊拥有庞大的国际编委会，成员来自全球顶尖昆虫学机构，为刊物各栏目提供专业支持。
- Section editors: each section is managed by dedicated section editors who oversee peer review within their specialist areas.栏目编辑： 各栏目由专门的栏目编辑管理，负责其专业领域内的同行评审。
- Review model: manuscripts undergo single-blind peer review by external experts, with editorial decisions based on scientific validity, novelty, and significance to the field of entomology.评审模式： 稿件由外部专家进行单盲同行评审，编辑决定基于科学有效性、新颖性与对昆虫学领域的意义做出。