General

The European Journal of Entomology (EJE) is an electronic-only Open Access journal covering the field of entomology sensu lato. There are no restrictions on geographic region or arthropod taxon except papers on marine Crustacea which are not accepted. Submitted manuscripts are first evaluated by the Editor-in-Chief and then assigned to an Associate Editor, and the relevant manuscripts are sent to external reviewers (2-3); unsuitable papers are returned during the early stages of MS evaluation without reviewing. EJE is a “single-blind” journal, and authors do not know who the reviewers are unless they choose to reveal their identity. We understand how important it is for authors to be quickly informed, and all editors of the EJE can serve as reviewers in emergency cases. Authors will receive the first editorial decision by e-mail within 8 weeks since the confirmed submissions. All contributions are published in English. If the language used is not fully comprehensible to our editors and reviewers, the authors are expected to revise their texts with the help of a native speaker or at least an AI tool in order to achieve an adequate linguistic quality. Authors are required to confirm on submission that a given manuscript submitted to the EJE has not been published elsewhere (irrespective of language) and is not currently being reviewed by another journal.

From a formal point of view, all submissions should be placed in one of the following categories:

Original Article: Full-length contribution containing typically about 5,000 words of the main text plus 5 additional tables or figures. These are just rough approximations and we will consider manuscripts irrespective of their length if it is well-justified by their content.

Short Communication: A brief description of a novel phenomenon of typically less than 2,500 words including title, authors, affiliations, acknowledgments, references etc., plus 2 tables or figures.

Minireview: A short review of a small but well-defined topic. The main text should consist of approximately 5,000 words, 50 to 100 references and 3 tables or figures.

Review: An exhaustive survey of information and literature on a single topic of general interest to a broad group of entomologists. There is no a priori size limit to this kind of contribution, but the MS will be judged by the size-to-content ratio, and long papers should preferably be discussed in advance with the Editor-in-Chief.

Opinion: Solid and well-supported contribution to a debate about an interesting entomological or entomology-related subject. The length of an opinion paper could vary, but again we encourage the authors to discuss its length with the EiC, particularly if it is a long contribution.

If the authors feel their contribution does not fit in any of the above-mentioned categories, please first discuss the submission with the EJE editorial office.

Scope

EJE is journal with a broad interest in the results of entomological studies. We welcome contributions on the biology of insects and other terrestrial and freshwater arthropods. Comprehensive studies and comparative/experimental approaches are preferred, and the following types of manuscripts will usually be declined, unless they greatly improve the understanding of the biology of the focal taxa:

  1. Purely alpha-taxonomic studies unless they provide important knowledge of the phylogeny, comparative morphology, trophic relationships or biogeography of a higher taxon.
  2. Database projects or purely descriptive papers, such as structural and functional details, life tables, host records, distributional records and faunistic surveys, compiled checklists, etc. We invite potential authors to submit comprehensive data of particular entomological interest, but these should be prepared as Minireviews or Reviews, according to the breadth of the topic.
  3. Purely applied studies evaluating the effect of chemicals (including pesticides, pheromones, plant extracts or repellents, etc.), irradiation, pathogens, or dealing with other data of a predominantly economic or medicinal importance and lacking any general entomological relevance. At the same time, we encourage authors to submit works on applied topics, but these must be of interest to a broad readership. We expect authors to use a comparative and/or multidisciplinary approach, in order to reveal interesting phenomena in applied science.

Authors must respect the articles of the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature (Fourth Edition, 1999); additional requirements and recommendations for authors or taxonomic papers can be found here.

Proofs, copyright and charges

Ultimately, authors bear responsibility for the content of their work. However, the EJE editors may require additional enhancements of the formal or visual aspects of the manuscript even after its acceptance. In particular, the language editor may decide that an accepted manuscript requires additional English language improvements. Such manuscript will be returned to the authors for language and stylistic polishing, which can be performed by a native speaker, professional service, or an AI tool.

Proofs will be sent to the authors for correction. Articles are freely available on our website as Open Access documents under the Creative Commons (CC-BY) license. Copyright for the published material remains with the original copyright holders (authors or institutions). [Note added 24 Feb 2025: The statement on our earlier articles (“Final formatted article © Institute of Entomology, Biology Centre, Czech Academy of Sciences, České Budějovice”) concerned only graphical arrangement, not article data, and was removed from future article templates.] Authors of accepted papers are required to pay a publication fee which covers a certain part of the overall publishing costs, with additional subsidy from the Institute of Entomology, ensuring the journal's full independence. Invited articles are published free of charge. In exceptional cases (authors without institutional support, authors from some developing countries) the fee may be waived upon request; this waiver is entirely at the discretion of the publisher. Current prices can be found here.

Contact

Editorial office: European Journal of Entomology, c/o Institute of Entomology, Branisovska 31, 37005 Ceske Budejovice, Czech Republic. Phone: (+420) 387775214. E-mail: eje@eje.cz. Web page: https://www.eje.cz.