Systematic Entomology
Systematic Entomology is the journal of the Royal Entomological Society of London, published by Wiley on the society's behalf and issued quarterly. It carries research on the systematics, phylogenetics and integrative taxonomy of insects, arachnids and myriapods, and is among the longest-established titles in zoological taxonomy, its lineage running back to 1932.《系统昆虫学》（Systematic Entomology）是伦敦皇家昆虫学会（Royal Entomological Society of London）的机关刊，由威立出版（Wiley）代表学会出版，季刊发行。该刊刊载昆虫、蛛形纲与多足类的系统学、系统发育与整合分类学研究，是动物分类学领域历史最悠久的刊物之一，其刊脉可上溯至一九三二年。
Scope
Systematic Entomology holds that taxonomic work must carry biological significance beyond description, with purely descriptive morphology considered only when supported by molecular phylogenetic data. Its principal subject areas include:Systematic Entomology 的取稿立场是「分类学工作必须具备超越描述的生物学意义」，纯描述形态学的研究须有分子系统发育数据支撑才予考虑。收文范围覆盖的主要方向包括：
- Insect systematics: classification, revision, phylogenetic reconstruction and integrative taxonomy of insects, forming the bulk of the journal.昆虫系统学： 昆虫纲的分类、修订、系统发育重建与整合分类学，是该刊的主体内容。
- Arachnids and myriapods: systematics and phylogenetics of arachnids and myriapods, completing the arthropod taxonomic coverage alongside the insect part.蛛形纲与多足类： 蛛形纲动物与多足类的系统学与系统发育研究，与昆虫部分共同构成节肢动物分类版图。
- Evolution and zoogeography: studies of broad biological, evolutionary or zoogeographical significance, including divergence-time estimation, biogeographic patterns and diversification mechanisms.演化与动物地理： 具广泛生物学、演化或动物地理意义的研究，包括分化时间估计、生物地理格局与多样化机制。
- Molecular phylogenetics: combined analysis of molecular and morphological data, criteria for taxon delimitation, and phylogenomic methods.分子系统发育： 分子数据与形态数据联合分析、分类群界定标准与系统发育基因组学方法。
- Methodological innovation: new taxonomic methods, standards for museum and type-specimen research, and the application of digitisation in taxonomy.方法学创新： 分类学新方法、标本馆与模式标本研究规范，以及数字化在分类学中的应用。
The official scope explicitly excludes mites. Manuscript types include original papers, opinion papers, methodological articles and reviews, with the opinion category providing a standing venue for debate in taxonomy.官方范围说明明确排除螨类。稿件类型包括原创论文、观点文章、方法学文章与综述，其中观点文章为讨论分类学争鸣设有固定园地。[1]
History
- Lineage begins (1932): the journal's lineage begins with the Proceedings of the Royal Entomological Society of London, Series B: Taxonomy, founded in 1932 and published continuously to 1970.刊脉起点（一九三二年）： 本刊刊脉始于学会会刊《伦敦皇家昆虫学会会报·B 辑·分类学》，一九三二年创刊，连续出版至一九七〇年。[2]
- Two renamings (1971/1975): in 1971 the title became the Journal of Entomology, Series B: Taxonomy, and in 1975 the Journal of Entomology, Series B: Taxonomy and Systematics, with volume numbering carried across the changes.两次更名（一九七一年／一九七五年）： 一九七一年改名《昆虫学杂志·B 辑·分类学》，一九七五年改为《昆虫学杂志·B 辑·分类学与系统学》，卷号跨刊延续。[3]
- Present title adopted (1976): the present title Systematic Entomology was adopted in 1976, with volume numbering restarting at one, completing a lineage shared with the earlier titles.启用现名（一九七六年）： 一九七六年启用现名 Systematic Entomology，卷号重新自第一卷起算，与更名前各刊共同构成完整刊脉。[4]
- Publisher transition: the journal has been a Royal Entomological Society publication from the start, printed early on by Blackwell Scientific Publications and now published by Wiley on the society's behalf.出版方沿革： 本刊自创刊即为皇家昆虫学会会刊，早期由布莱克韦尔科学出版公司承印，现由威立出版代表学会出版。[5]
- Metric standing: the 2025 impact factor is 4.3, placing the journal in the first quartile of both entomology and evolutionary biology, with a continuing run of featured papers.指标走势： 二〇二五年影响因子四点三，在昆虫学与演化生物学两个小类均列一区，并连续入选要点文章榜单。[6]
Editors
The journal is run by five co-editors-in-chief, an unusually collective leadership arrangement for a taxonomy title, supported by an editorial board of seventeen scholars covering the main taxonomic groups across continents. Wiley's official 2025 metrics give a median of five days to first decision, one hundred and thirty days from submission to acceptance and thirty-six days from acceptance to publication, with an official acceptance rate of twenty-three per cent.本刊实行五人共同主编制，是分类学刊物中少有的集体领导格局；编委会由十七名学者组成，覆盖各大洲主要分类群研究方向。二〇二五年威立官方指标显示：首次决定中位数五天，投稿至录用中位数一百三十天，录用至发表中位数三十六天；官方公布录用率为百分之二十三。[7]
- Bonnie B. Blaimer (Museum für Naturkunde Berlin): researcher at the Museum für Naturkunde Berlin, working on integrative systematics and macroevolution of hymenopteran ants, and one of the current co-editors-in-chief.邦妮·布莱默（柏林自然博物馆）： 德国柏林自然博物馆研究员，研究膜翅目蚂蚁类的整合系统学与宏演化，为现任共同主编之一。[7]
- Gael Kergoat (INRAE): co-editor-in-chief since 2022, working on integrative taxonomy of beetles and Lepidoptera at the French National Research Institute for Agriculture, Food and Environment.盖尔·克尔戈阿（法国国家农业食品与环境研究院）： 二〇二二年起任共同主编，研究鞘翅目与鳞翅目的整合分类学。[8]
- Chris Owen, Emmanuel Toussaint and Ligia Benavides (appointed 2025): based respectively at the United States Department of Agriculture, the Geneva Natural History Museum and the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard, they took over in 2025 from Weirauch and Espeland on their retirement.克里斯·欧文、埃马纽埃尔·图桑与利希亚·贝纳维德斯（二〇二五年新任）： 三人分驻美国农业部、日内瓦自然史博物馆与哈佛大学比较动物学博物馆，于二〇二五年接替卸任的魏劳赫与埃斯佩兰。[9]