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Instructions to authors
Journal Policies
About the Journal
Journal of Economic Entomology is published bimonthly in February, April, June, August, October, and December. The journal publishes articles on the economic significance of insects and other arthropods and is divided into the following sections: apiculture and social insects; arthropods in relation to plant disease; forum; insecticide resistance and resistance management; ecotoxicology; biological and microbial control; ecology and behavior; sampling and biostatistics; household and structural insects; medical entomology; molecular entomology; veterinary entomology; forest entomology; horticultural entomology; field and forage crops, and small grains; stored product; commodity treatment and quarantine entomology; plant resistance; and climate change. In addition to research papers, Journal of Economic Entomology publishes Reviews, interpretive articles in a Forum section, Short Communications, Rapid Communications, and Letters to the Editor.
Journal Submissions
The journals published by ESA primarily contain research articles, all of which are peer reviewed before being accepted for publication. Learn more about the manuscript review process. In addition to scientific research articles, the journals publish letters to the editor, interpretive or evaluative articles that appear in a Forum section, and book reviews (all book reviews appear in American Entomologist). Manuscripts that describe entomological techniques and computer software programs generally are not considered for publication in the journals.
Forum Submissions
Papers that are published in the Forum section are authored by acknowledged leaders in the field. Forum articles are reviews of a research area that include a stimulating, thought-provoking discussion and that focus on important, and sometimes controversial, issues. They should provide an innovative approach to current thought and speculate about future research directions. Forum articles may also be written by invitation of the journal editor-in-chief.
Short Communications
Short communications should be similar to articles with Materials and Methods and Discussion briefer. Total length should be 2,000 words or less.
Letter to the Editor Submissions and Policy
Each journal will entertain submissions in the form of a Letter to the Editor in which the author or authors express their viewpoint on scientific issues. Appropriate content can include comments or criticisms in reference to a published paper, whether or not in an ESA journal, or comments and opinions unrelated to a specific published paper. A Letter will be limited to 2,000 words, 10 references, and one table or figure. The Editor-in-Chief (EIC) will judge whether a submitted Letter merits consideration for potential publication based on relevance, inherent interest, and coherence of the submission, but with a view to allowing a range of opinions to be expressed. If the EIC considers the submission to be suitable in principle, he/she will send it to at least one anonymous reviewer for comments, and will edit it for style and appropriate language before returning it to the corresponding author for revisions.
In the case of a Letter which criticizes a published paper, the latter can be from an ESA journal or any peer-reviewed journal, including papers published in final form online before appearing in the hardcopy issue. The paper being addressed in the Letter must be cited in full, including complete volume and page information, or DOI information if in electronic form. The EIC will require resubmission of a Letter to the Editor that is dated or received before the official publication date of the paper in question. A submitted Letter criticizing an unpublished paper can be considered only if written permission has been received from the corresponding author of that paper, regardless of how the authors of the Letter came into possession of the unpublished material. The EIC will arrange with at least one anonymous reviewer to return comments within one week. The Letter writer(s) shall have at least one week to make revisions and resubmit.
After revisions by the authors, if necessary, and acceptance by the EIC, the corresponding author of the paper being criticized will be contacted by the EIC, provided with the Letter which has been accepted (and which is therefore no longer eligible for author-initiated changes beyond minor typographical errors in proof stage), and given at least two weeks to submit a Response. The same format and word limitations apply to the Response as described above for the Letter to the Editor. The EIC will arrange for at least one anonymous peer review of the Response within one week, and edit the Response for style and appropriate language. The authors will be given at least one week to make revisions and to resubmit. If the authors of the Response meet these timelines, they will be guaranteed to have their Response published in tandem with the original Letter to the Editor in the earliest possible issue as dictated by the journal production schedule. If the authors of the Response fail to meet these timelines, they may still submit a Response, but forfeit the right to have it published in the same issue as the Letter to the Editor. The authors of the Letter to the Editor will not be allowed to see the Response before publication, unless the authors of the Response request in writing to the EIC that it be shared. For both the Letter to the Editor and the Response, the EIC will edit the submissions to remove discourteous language or personal attacks of any kind. Ad hominem arguments are not allowed in either the Letter or the Response, and are grounds for rejection. Page charges shall be waived for Letters to the Editor and Response letters.
Corresponding author
Only one author can be designated as the corresponding author. Authors are welcome to include a footnote designating that multiple authors contributed equally to the work. Authors are encouraged to include a statement of author contribution and are welcome to use the CRediT taxonomy of roles.
Ethics
Authors should observe high standards with respect to publication ethics as set out by ESA and the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE). Any cases of ethical misconduct are treated very seriously and will be dealt with in accordance with ESA's author misconduct policy and the COPE guidelines. Further information about OUP's ethical policies is available on our ethics page.
Manuscript Review
Review Process
Before any manuscript is accepted for publication, it is evaluated by two reviewers qualified to assess the significance and quality of the research. Reviewers comment on the content of the manuscript, the methodology of the experiment, and the results. Reviewers recommend revisions to the manuscript and suggest whether a manuscript should be accepted or rejected for publication. Reviewers are selected by the editors. The editor may seek additional reviews of a manuscript or have a resubmitted one reviewed again. However, the decision to accept or reject a manuscript for publication is the responsibility of the editor, not the reviewer.
In addition, the editor may withdraw or recommend transfer of a manuscript to another ESA publication. A manuscript is withdrawn by the editor when the data are sound, but there is a major flaw(s) in the manuscript that can be fixed. If a manuscript has been withdrawn rather than rejected, it can be resubmitted at a later date, but the author must take into account the comments of the editor and reviewers before doing so. When it is resubmitted, it will be treated as a new submission and need additional peer review. In the cover letter, authors must that a previous version of the paper was withdrawn and note the previous manuscript number. A withdrawal cannot be appealed by the authors.
A manuscript is rejected by the subject editor when there is a fundamental flaw in the data that cannot be fixed, or for other reasons. A manuscript describing that data set cannot be submitted again to an ESA journal. A rejection can be appealed to the editorial board.
The review process also is handled online using the Rapid Review system.
NOTE: If you have a problem downloading a review from the Rapid Review website, refer to the attached information on how to change your web browser security settings to allow file downloads from the Rapid Review website.
Appeal of a Rejection
An author can appeal an editor's decision to reject a manuscript for publication through the ESA Publications Council. To appeal a rejection, the author must send the following items to the ESA Director of Publications:
A letter that explains why the author has chosen to appeal the rejection. The letter should address specific reasons provided by the editor for the rejection.
The editor’s letter of rejection.
The reviewers’ comments.
The rejected, unrevised manuscript. If a rejected manuscript has been revised before an appeal, the rejection cannot be appealed.
Any additional correspondence.
These items may be sent as e-mail attachments to pubs@entsoc.org. If sending hard copy, send 6 copies of each item by mail to the Entomological Society of America, Director of Publications, 3 Park Place, Suite 307, Annapolis, MD 21401-3722, USA.
The Director of Publications forwards these materials to the Publications Council’s appeals subcommittee for review. The appeals subcommittee reviews and discusses the materials provided. In writing, the subcommittee then informs the author, editor, and the Director of Publications of their decision. The decision of the Publications Council is final. The appeals process takes approximately 1 month from when the Publications Council receives the appeal materials.
Disclosure of Potential Conflicts of Interest
Potential conflicts of interest include any relationships of a financial or personal nature between an author or coauthor and individuals or organizations within three years of submission which, in theory, could affect or bias an author’s scientific judgment, or limit an author’s freedom to publish, analyze, discuss, or interpret relevant data. Sources of financial support originating outside the coauthors’ home institution(s) for any aspect of a study must be indicated in the Acknowledgments section of the paper. Financial support includes not only funding, but gratis provision of materials, services, or equipment. Any additional potential conflicts of interest, not covered in the acknowledgments of financial support, must be revealed to the editor at submission, and disclosed in a statement immediately following the Acknowledgments. If an author or coauthor has entered into an agreement with any entity outside that authors’ home institution, including the home institution of another coauthor, giving that entity veto power over publication of the study or over presentation, analysis, discussion, or interpretation of any results of the study, whether or not such veto power was exercised, this information must be disclosed in a statement immediately following the Acknowledgments. As a suggestion, such a statement could take the following form: “This manuscript is published with the concurrence of [Institution / Company / Individual / etc. X].“ If no potential conflicts of interest exist, this must be stated in the cover letter to the editor at submission.
Third-Party Content In Open Access Papers
If you will be publishing your paper under an Open Access licence but it contains material for which you do not have Open Access re-use permissions, please state this clearly by supplying the following credit line alongside the material:
Title of content
Author, Original publication, year of original publication, by permission of [rights holder]
This image/content is not covered by the terms of the Creative Commons licence of this publication. For permission to reuse, please contact the rights holder.
Data Archiving
ESA journals encourage authors to deposit data supporting the results in the paper in an appropriate public archive. Data are important products of the scientific enterprise and they should be preserved and usable for decades in the future. Authors may elect to have the data publicly available at time of publication, or, if the technology of the archive allows, may opt to embargo access to the data. ESA journals will provide support to link the paper and data. Any costs associated with archiving the data are the responsibility of the author.
Manuscript Preparation
New Submissions
Formatting
For new submissions, our formatting requirements are simple—just make sure your paper has the following items:
Continuous line numbers
Double-spaced lines
A title page and abstract in the main document
A main document in a doc, docx, tex (converted to PDF for review), or rtf file type
Tables in a Word document (we cannot accept Excel files, unless they are supplementary files)
Figure and table legends in the main document
All coauthors entered into the online review system (email addresses required)
Please note there are more formatting guidelines for revised versions, as those are closer to being accepted (see the Revised Versions section of these author instructions).
References listed in alphabetical order, cited by author and year in the text (not numbered)
Figures and tables at the end of the main document after the references, or uploaded as separate files. Figure legends should be included at the end of the main text after the references, and table legends should be next to their corresponding tables
Text is single-column
Article types and lengths
Research article: No limit (under 7500 words recommended)
Review: No limit
Forum: No limit
Short Communication: 2,000 words or less (not including abstract, references, or figure and table legends)
Letter to the Editor: 2,000 words or less
For explanations of the different article types, please see the Article Types section of these author instructions.
Language
English. A second abstract in a second language is permitted. Authors are responsible for the accuracy of non-English abstracts.
Manuscripts with poor English will be withdrawn before review. Those authors are encouraged to pursue English assistance prior to resubmission. For a professional editing service, ESA journals have a partnership with the Charlesworth Group, whereby ESA members receive a 10% discount on editing services. The discount is automatically applied if authors follow the hyperlink above.
Acceptable file types
Main document: doc, docx, rtf
Tables: Editable tables at the end of the main document. xls and xlsx files are not accepted (except as supplementary files)
Figures: tif (preferred), eps (preferred), rtf, doc/docx, ppt/pptx, pdf, ps, psd, ai, gif, png
Supplementary files: Most file types accessible to users. Extremely large files should be uploaded in a third-party repository.
Page charges
In order to publish in JEE, authors are required to pay page charges or an Open Access fee. ESA members are exempt from page charges and receive a discount on the Open Access fee. For more information, including pricing, please visit the Charges and Licensing page.
Plagiarism and text recycling
All submitted papers are evaluated for excessive direct copying through CrossRef’s Ithenticate service. Papers should be written in the authors’ own words. Direct copying of sentences or paragraphs, even if the original source is cited or if it is your own previous work, is unacceptable (although some overlap is expected in materials and methods). For more information, please see the Publication Ethics section of these author instructions.
Theses, dissertations, and pre-prints
If your paper (or a previous version of it) was posted on a pre-print server or is part of a thesis or dissertation that has been published online or in an institutional repository, please note this in your cover letter so that it won’t be flagged for plagiarism.
CrossRef Funding Data Registry
In order to meet funder requirements, authors are required to name their funding sources, or state if there are none, during the submission process. For further information on this process or to find out more about CHORUS, visit the CHORUS initiative.
Previous rejections
Papers that have been rejected from one ESA journal cannot be resubmitted to any other ESA journal. Papers that have been withdrawn can be resubmitted to the same journal or another ESA journal. Authors whose papers have been rejected are entitled to appeal their rejection to the journal’s editorial board. More information on the appeals process can be found on the Journal Policies page.
Statistics and sample size
Statistics should be fully reported (i.e., F-value, both degrees of freedom [treatments and replicates], and exact P-value [unless it's less than 0.001]). Furthermore, the paper will be withdrawn if Duncan’s Multiple Range Test is used for papers that do not deal with plant resistance. For more information on statistics, please see the Statistics section of these author instructions.
Papers that have insufficient sample sizes (e.g., only a single year of data collected at one location for either insect surveys, pesticide studies, or other field data) are immediately withdrawn. The duration and size of trials/sampling must be biologically significant.
Plant extract papers
For papers that test the efficacy of plant extracts or other compounds on control or behavior modification of insects, the concentrations of the chemical constituents must be listed.
Personal communications
Personal communication citations should be accompanied by a letter from the person being cited giving permission to use him or her as a citation and verifying the claim being cited. This letter should be uploaded as a supplementary file.
Abbreviations
Abbreviations should be used sparingly. Standard abbreviations for measurements according to Scientific Style and Format, 8th edition, are acceptable, as well as common abbreviations that improve the readability of a manuscript (e.g., DNA, PCR). All other abbreviations used should be defined at the first use.
Publication Ethics
JEE is committed to ethical behavior in all aspects of scholarly publishing. Please ensure your paper meets the following ethical criteria:
The author list is complete and correct. Please see the “Journal Policies” page for authorship information and policies.
No portions of text are directly copied from other sources, including one’s own previous papers (although some overlap is tolerated in materials and methods). Direct quotes should be placed in quotation marks. All manuscripts undergo a plagiarism test before they are sent out for review.
The data have not been published elsewhere. Data published in another paper, including in a paper in another language, may not be published again. If portions of data published previously are being used, the author must provide explicit written consent from the publisher of the previous paper to reuse the data.
Experimental Ethics
Research published in JEE must adhere to minimal ethical and compliance requirements for medical, veterinary, and wildlife conservation research. Medical entomology research may include human subjects and/or domestic and wild animals and therefore requires that authors reference compliance protocols to indicate adherence to federal, state, and local regulations, permits, and authorizations. International authors should reference similar compliance documents from their government and/or institution.
Listed below is a minimal series of basic requirements requested from USA and international researchers to be included, as needed, within an ethical section positioned in the Materials and Methods section of each manuscript:
Biological Use Authorization (BUA). Surveillance, epidemiological, and experimental infection studies with pathogens require containment for diagnostics and culture depending upon the virulence of the organism and the risk of vectorborne, contact, and/or aerosol transmission. Descriptions of appropriate containment for different biosafety levels.
A search engine and database to determine the Risk Group of the organism[s] concerned can be found on this page.
Researchers should report their institution’s required compliance review and approved containment level BUA protocol for the pathogen(s) or arthropods used.
Institutional Review Board (IRB) compliance. Use of human subjects in research must be approved by IRB committees adhering to US Department of Health and Human Services guidelines. Each organization may have different interpretations of guidelines required for human subject activities which may range from surveys, house entry for arthropod collection, use of humans to feed arthropods, use of humans as bait for sampling host-seeking insects, test subjects for candidate repellents, etc.1
Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC) compliance. Use of animals in research must adhere to protocols meeting minimal ethical requirements for collection, maintenance, and experimental procedures. Research done within the USA or funded by USA agencies must adhere to requirements described by the US National Institutes of Health, and these protocols should be appropriately referenced.
Sampling wildlife. Most countries and states/provinces/districts require permits to collect vertebrate animals and some insects for research purposes. This is especially true for migratory species, such as birds, where international agreements are in place; for example, see permitting requirements for collecting and banding birds in North America.
An example of state permits required for taking or trapping and release of wildlife within California can be found at on this page.
Additional permits may be required for sampling on wildlife refuges or nature conservatory properties. Reference to these permits should be required to ensure sampling was done in compliance with regional oversight, especially for endangered or threatened species.
Transport and release of organisms. With the increasing use of genetically modified arthropods for population or pathogen control, medical entomologists must adhere to correct oversight governing production and release. The US Department of Agriculture has strict requirements for the transport and/or release of organisms as well as experimental use permitting for applications of experimental compounds for arthropod control.
The Biotechnology Quality Management System (BQMS) Program within the USDA helps organizations, including small businesses and academic researchers, analyze the critical control points within their management systems to better maintain compliance with the APHIS regulations (7 CFR part 340) for the import, interstate movement, and field release of regulated genetically engineered (GE) organisms.
1Aultman, K. S., E. D. Walker, F. Gifford, D. W. Severson, C. B. Beard, and T. W. Scott. 2000. Managing risks of arthropod vector research. Science 288: 2321-2322.
Conflicts of interest
Potential conflicts of interest include any relationships of a financial or personal nature between an author or coauthor and individuals or organizations which, in theory, could affect or bias an author’s scientific judgment, or limit an author’s freedom to publish, analyze, discuss, or interpret relevant data.
Sources of financial support originating outside the coauthors’ home institution(s) for any aspect of a study must be indicated in the Acknowledgments section of the paper. Financial support includes not only funding, but gratis provision of materials, services, or equipment. Any additional potential conflicts of interest, not covered in the acknowledgments of financial support, must be revealed to the editor at submission, and disclosed in a statement immediately following the Acknowledgments.
If an author or coauthor has entered into an agreement with any entity outside that authors’ home institution, including the home institution of another coauthor, giving that entity veto power over publication of the study or over presentation, analysis, discussion, or interpretation of any results of the study, whether or not such veto power was exercised, this information must be disclosed in a statement immediately following the Acknowledgments.
Article Types
Research
Research articles report original observations and experiments, the results of the experiment, and a discussion of the significance of the results. There is no word limit for research articles.
Review
Review articles review and synthesize current information on a topic. Review articles can also contain historical threads of important ideas (i.e., are not confined to recent citations). There is no word limit for review articles.
Forum
Forum articles are authored by acknowledged leaders in the field, review a research area, and include a stimulating, thought-provoking discussion that focuses on important, and sometimes controversial, issues. They should provide an innovative approach to current thought and speculate about future research directions.
Short Communications
Short communications should be similar to a research article, but with briefer Materials and Methods and Discussion. Total length should be 2,000 words or less.
Letter to the Editor
JEE will consider submissions in the form of a letter to the editor in which the authors express their viewpoint on scientific issues. Appropriate content can include comments or criticisms in reference to a published paper, whether or not in an ESA journal, or comments and opinions unrelated to a specific published paper. A letter will be limited to 2,000 words, 10 references, and one table or figure.
The Editor-in-Chief (EIC) will judge whether a submitted letter merits consideration for potential publication based on relevance, inherent interest, and coherence of the submission, but with a view to allowing a range of opinions to be expressed. If the EIC considers the submission to be suitable in principle, he/she will send it to at least one anonymous reviewer for comments and will edit it for style and appropriate language before returning it to the corresponding author for revisions. More information on letters to the editor can be found on our Journal Policies page.
Title Page
The title page should include:
Corresponding author: Include full name, mailing address, telephone number, and email address.
Title: Should be as short as possible. Only include common names that are listed in the ESA Common Names of Insects & Related Organisms. Do not include authors of scientific names. Insert “([Order]: [Family])” immediately after the name of the organism.
Author list: Include all authors in the order the names should be published.
Affiliation line: Include full addresses of all authors. If there are multiple affiliations, designate through numbered footnotes.
Abstract
250 words or less.
Give scientific name and authority at first mention of each organism.
Do not cite references, figures, tables, probability levels, or results.
Refer to results only in the general sense.
A second abstract in a second language is permitted.
Keywords
Below the abstract, provide three to five keywords, separated by commas.
Do not use abbreviations, combined keywords, or species names.
Sample title page.
Body
Introduction
Clearly state the basis of your study along with background information and a statement of purpose.
Materials and Methods
Include a clear and concise description of the study design, experiment, materials, and method of statistical analysis.
Results
Clearly present the results. Do not include interpretation of results or interpretation of statistical analysis—simply present the results of the experiment and the results of the statistical analysis. Data listed in tables should not be listed in the results; instead, refer to the table.
Discussion
Interpret and discuss results of the study and their implications. Include suggestions for direction of future studies, if appropriate.
Acknowledgments
Place the acknowledgments after the text. Organize acknowledgments in paragraph form in the following order: persons, groups, granting institutions, grant numbers, and serial publication number.
Following the Acknowledgments, you may include a statement of author contribution outlining the specific contributions of each author to the article. A statement of author contribution is welcomed but not required.
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