Indian Journal of Entomology

Instructions to Authors

Indian Journal of Entomology (IJE) (ISSN 0367-8288 (print) and ISSN 0974-8172 (online)) is a leading entomological science journal and published quarterly by the Entomological Society of India. It publishes original articles and reviews on various aspects of entomology – both basic and applied, covering taxonomy, toxicology, ecology, biodiversity, pest management and pesticides, biopesticides and botanicals, biotechnological approaches in entomology, inclusive of latest trends in frontier technologies like application of remote sensing and crop-pest modelling. The Journal covers mites, ticks, spiders and other arthropods and other vertebrate pests as components of Entomology, due to its coverage of pest management in total. All articles will be subjected to mandatory plagiarism check and peer review following journal ethics. Up to date and current review articles are welcomed. Review Editors of the Journal are soliciting reviews, and these are exempted from article processing charges. It is the endeavour of IJE to follow a timeline of 10-12 weeks for acceptance and 15- 24 weeks for publishing, however it is subject to timely peer review, which the journal aspires to accomplish.

Type of Articles

Research Article: Report original observations and experiments, the results of the experiment, and a discussion of the significance of the results. Word limit of these is usually 6000, but this is flexible to accommodate occasional monographs and revisions.

Research Communication: Research communications (usually not exceeding 2000 words) contain important new findings that are novel and of broad interest. They should include a brief abstract and an introductory paragraph. Text need not be essentially broken up under subheads like Materials and Methods, Results and Discussion etc.

Review: The review editors solicit reviews from those who have major contributions in the field of insect science. Although reviews are usually invited, non-solicited reviews will also be considered and authors wishing to present such reviews should contact the Chief Editor/ Review Editors in advance (usually word count is 3000 -7000).

Perspective and Opinion are also published occasionally as contributions from industry or experts. This is to provide an open forum for accommodating independent views on a topic.

All the research articles/ communications should be original, indicate period (years) of experimentation, usually based on data of minimum two years, and not the work of more than five years old. Those with one year data in a field trial/ other experiment with limited data (in the form of a research communication) will also be considered by the Journal subject to discretion of the Editorial Board.

Preparation of manuscript

General guidelines

• Manuscript submissions are not accepted over email.
• The reviews, research articles, and research communications should adhere to the word counts given above and may not be >30, 20 and 7 typed pages including tables and figures, respectively. This limit is many a times only indicative, and subject to discretion of the Editorial Board.
• British spellings should be followed.
• Check adhering to the journal format - ABSTRACT, MATERIALS AND METHODS, RESULTS AND DISCUSSION, separate “Conclusions” NOT allowed. Articles should be computer- typed (Times New Roman, font 12), double spaced throughout on A-4 size, portrait, all around 1” margins, in MS Word.
• Avoid unnecessary italics (only scientific names in italics, all others normal), unnecessary bold (only title, author names, subheadings like MATERIALS AND METHODS, RESULTS AND DISCUSSION, REFERENCES, ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS, FINANCIAL SUPPORT, AUTHOR CONTRIBUTION STATEMENT, CONFLICT OF INTEREST in bold).
• After submissions, authors are necessarily required to look into their email/ OJMS website for communications from the Society, for status with regard to peer review/ reviewer comments/ online reviews. Online first previews are published as PDFs with eRef. No. and doi number. Authors are urged to peruse such updates and respond promptly.
• When revising articles after peer review, all queries marked in the annotated MS by editor/ reviewer(s) must be replied, along with a compliance statement, and returned back promptly within 30 days. If not adhered to this timeline, it will be considered as NEW SUBMISSION. The priority date for publication is the date on which the revised MS is received and date of fulfilling the article processing charges/ membership. Authors are directed to expedite these in the interest of quick publication of their articles.

The following are the detailed guidelines for the submissions Submissions not adhering to these will be summarily rejected

For Research Article

TITLE:

• Article title should be short, specific and informative.
• It should include the name(s) of author(s), affiliation (institution/ university, and these without abbreviations to be given in full), and mailing address (PIN CODE is must), with Email of corresponding author (other email, fax and phone numbers NOT allowed).
• Title and authors names are to be in uppercase capitals, with corresponding author clearly indicated (with * mark).
• Authors are to include their 16-digit ORCID ID in the line after email:
• Preferably a running short title not >40 characters can be given.
• By- line should contain the place (organization) where the research was conducted.
• Author names to be without any titles like Mr. Ms. Dr., etc, and professional designations/ affiliations like Professor (official positions NOT to be included). If essential, these can be given as footnotes separately.
• Must use only superscripts of numerals for indications, no other diacritic marks/ symbols allowed; no foot notes to be used for this purpose, all to be brought along with address.
• If from the same organization the numeral 1 should be used as superscript for all authors
• Authors have to refer the recent issue of the Journal for following these carefully and may contact over email for any specific queries
• Example:

DIVERSITY OF CULTURABLE BACTERIA IN GUT OF WHITE GRUB MALADERA INSANABILIS (BRENSKE)

ANIL^{1, 2}, S SUBRAMANIAN2, N S NYSANTH3, K B RAMESH4 AND ABHISHEK RANA⁴

¹Central Horticultural Experiment Station, Godhra- Vadodara Highway, Vejalpur, Panchmahals 389340, Gujarat, India

²Division of Entomology;

³Division of Microbiology, ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi 110012, India

⁴ICAR-Indian Institute of Vegetable Research, Sargatia 274406, Uttar Pradesh, India

*Email: entosocindia@gmail.co.in (corresponding author): ORCID ID 0000-0001-8337-9000

ABSTRACT

• It should be written in complete and simple sentences, word limit is usually 150
• It must be true summary of what is given in the results as important findings, introductory is not to be part of this.
• Key words (ten to fifteen) must be given (include only words which are not present in the title and these should appear just beneath the abstract, scientific names must be expressly included rather than common names, as it facilitates indexing and citations).

INTRODUCTION

• This part must be brief and limited to the problem or the aim and scope of the experiment.
• Avoid using the heading ‘Introduction’ in the manuscript.
• Begin with one or two brief sentences of general context, then directly state the importance and focus of the article using minimal space; cite only relevant and recent references, and conclude with a clear statement on the purpose and scope of the present study. Review articles must state the need for review, coverage, starting point ie., any earlier reference that has been used as the starting point / base with justification why the current one is required.

MATERIALS AND METHODS

• This must include experimental design and the technique(s) used along with appropriate statistical methods used along with the year of experimentation (field and laboratory).
• More than five years old data not accepted.
• Must provide where work was conducted (with GPS data, avoid maps as journal do not publish maps), experimental details like treatments, doses, replications, and in field experiments- the plot size, crops’ variety, season, spacing etc., design, statistical analysis and its software version to be included.
• Check for details like oC, % (proper use), RH in laboratory experiments, also whether standard methodology is given (But not explained too elaborately - citing standard reference will be enough; formula like the one for working out % or other similar basic computations to be avoided). Routine/ standard methodologies to be brief.
• Trade names alone are NOT entertained in chemicals/ insecticides. Authors are directed to pay attention to the Disclaimer Statement given in the journal.
• Subheadings/ Tables/Figures are NOT allowed herein, small paragraphs not allowed.
• In their own interest authors are instructed to get/ ensure proper identification of species names included in the articles. Ensuring due credit to the experts who assisted in this process is advised.
• The deposition of voucher specimens in renowned repositories is mandatory and is advised before such submissions are made to the Journal. Articles with new species/ genus/ other taxa descriptions must include Zoo Bank registration details with registration number and date.
• Authors are directed to not use the common names of insects/ others, except for the first mention is abstract and body of the text, and along with full scientific names with author. All subsequent usage should be only scientific names.

RESULTS AND DISCUSSION

• Results and discussion should be combined, to avoid repetition. Small paragraphs not allowed. Narratives in first person not allowed.
• Results should be supported by brief but adequate tables or graphic or pictorial presentations, wherever necessary. Self-explanatory tables should be typed on separate sheets; tables should fit in the normal page lay-out. All figures including drawings, graphs and diagrams should be formatted preferably in MS Word. Figures to be reduced to smallest optimum size, arranged in as less space as possible and continuously numbered. Images/ photographs should be given in separate files (minimum 300 dpi resolution), in jpeg or tiff format also while uploading in Entomology platform.
• All recent relevant literature should be discussed critically. Updated references, especially those of the previous five years of submission are essential.
• Line drawings and photographs should have legends. Use of word PLATE not allowed. Repetition in graphic and tabular matter ought to be avoided. Verbatim reproduction of all data included in Tables in the results is not allowed; only highlights and significant results are to be included in the Results and Discussion.
• It is advisable to place all tables and figures after the references at the end.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS to follow current style as practiced in the Journal, check for uniformity, and brevity.

FINANCIAL SUPPORT. Authors must acknowledge financial support received in clear terms here under separate heading. This has to be avoided under acknowledgements.

AUTHOR CONTRIBUTION STATEMENT. Authors must provide a short description of the contributions made by each listed author (please use initials). This will be published in a separate section in front of the Acknowledgments. For example: AM and DB conceived and designed research. AM and BB conducted experiments. GR contributed new reagents and/or analytical tools. AM, BB and GR analyzed data. AM wrote the manuscript. All authors read and approved the manuscript.

CONFLICT OF INTEREST. Authors must declare if any conflict of interest exist as a separate document along with the article. If it does not exist this must be clearly stated herein.

COPYRIGHT

Creative Commons (CC) licenses allow authors to permit others to use their work under specified conditions, while maintaining copyright of the work. Attaching a CC license to your work makes it easier for others to distribute and build upon it. Authors who have published under a CC BY-NC or a CC BY-NC-ND licence may share and distribute their article on non-commercial websites and repositories immediately upon publication.

REFERENCES. The journal follows the below style, with journal names given in full as given below:

Research article

Vidya M E, Subhash Chander, Sahoo R N, Rupali J S, Rajna S. 2004. Estimation of Biochemical Parameters in Brown Planthopper Nilaparvatalugens (Stal) Infested Rice Plants. Indian Journal of Entomology 87(1): 61-65. – More than two authors

Dey A, Shashank P R. 2022. Taxonomic Studies on Graminaceous Stem Borers from North India. Indian Journal of Entomology 84(1): 6-63. (two authors)

Chand S D. 2024. Effect of Dichlorvos on Mulberry Silkworm and Silk Production in Laboratory. Indian Journal of Entomology 87(4): 1–4. (one author)

Book chapter

Perring T M, Stansly P A, Liu T X, Smith H A, Andreason S A. 2018. Whiteflies: biology, ecology, and management. In sustainable management of arthropod pests of tomato. Academic Press: Cambridge, MA, USA; Elsevier: Amsterdam, The Netherlands. pp. 73-110.

Book

Painter R H. 1951. Insect resistance in crop plants. McMillan Company, New York. 520 pp.

Proceedings/ Seminar/ Conference papers

Rembold H, Forster H, Czoppelt C H. 1987. Structure and biological activity of azadirachtins A and B. Proceedings. Third neem conference, Nairobi, 1986. pp. 149-160.

Meyburg B U, R D Chancellor (eds.). Eagle Studies. World Working Group on Birds of Prey (WWGBP), London. 670 pp.

Internet resources- Author. Year. Title of website, database or other resources, Publisher name and location (if indicated), number of pages (if known). Available from: http://xxx.xxx.xxx/ (Date of access).

For Research Communication

Authors to follow the above instructions in full, except that it need not headings like Materials and Methods and Results and Discussion but these to be provided in separated paragraphs. In all other aspects the format is same as the Research Article.

For Review

Except for Materials and Methods/ Results and Discussion (no such headings will be there) these are same as above. Authors to peruse the Reviews published in the current issue/ online published once from website for strict adherence. Reviews must subscribe to the prerequisite of plagiarism check and a check report to be appended along with submission/ revision. Invited Reviews also to follow these guidelines.

Submissions must adhere to the above instructions. Authors are required to peruse the publication ethics/ essential requirements given under the “Ethics and malpractice statement” of the Journal. This statement covers details about the publisher, nature of manuscripts published, editorial board, executive committee, duties and responsibilities of Chief Editor/ Editorial Board/ Reviewers and Authors, Peer Review process, Publication ethics, Copyright access, Archiving, Principles of transparency, Best practices, Ownership and such aspects of Journal publishing. This statement is published in every issue and also available in the website of the Society. Submissions are acknowledged/ processed with the understanding that authors subscribe to the ethics/ requirements by default. Articles not adhering to the above are liable to be rejected. Authors can contact the Chief Editor for any queries/ grievance etc., at the Email- entosocindia@gmail.com

Article Processing Charges (APC Charges)---FOR Pay now Click here

Article Processing Charges (APC)

The following article processing charges (APC) for publication in IJE are effective 1st January 2022. The Journal is transforming into an open access peer-reviewed one from 1st January 2022, and APC will be charged from authors. The APC is estimated on the number of pages of publication, and is based on the standards of income in developing countries. The APC includes an annual membership fee of the Entomological Society of India for first/ corresponding authors (who are presently not members) as preferred by the authors. The Journal is also committing publication of the article (after due peer review etc) within a period of six months of submission/ three months of acceptance with the payment of APC.

The following charges are applicable for the accepted articles in IJE effective 1st January 2022*:

Categories	Charges (Non-members)	Charges (Members)
Full length articles: Research Article, Research Communications and Reviews (< 36 printed pages).	INR 7,000/ USD 120	INR 5,000/ USD 100
Monographs (Articles of 36 printed pages or more, up to 64 pages). Special issues or larger issues will be calculated on a case-by-case basis.	INR 15,000/ USD 300	INR 10,000/ USD 250

*Includes an annual membership fee of the Entomological Society of India (ESI) for first/ corresponding author; the rates given in US $ is for the overseas submissions.

The APC are calculated considering various situations, including ability to pay for publication for those who are unaided or underfunded; also taking into account the production expenses (to break even), and as incurred now. Waiver of APC in full or partially in some cases like those of authors/ students from developing countries/ overseas available may be enquired with the Chief Editor (entosocindia@gmai.com). Please write to the Chief Editor upon acceptance of the article with details. Invited submissions are exempted from this totally.

IMPORTANT POINTS

• Before submitting articles or initiating/ renewing membership first peruse the details from the website www.entosocindia.org or the OJMS website: indianentomology.org.

The members of the Entomological Society of India have separate rates of APC.

• Article submissions are mandatorily to be online at the OJMS website: indianentomology.org (it is the online peer review platform).
• Acceptance of submission/ priority for publication is subject to fulfilling the requirements of article processing charges and membership requirements of the Society.
• It is essential for authors to peruse the website/ their email continuously, after submission to get to know the progress/ attend to details that will arise in the publication of their articles.
• Communications related to these may be addressed to: The Chief Editor, Entomological Society of India, Division of Entomology, IARI, Pusa, New Delhi-110 012 and at Email- entosocindia@gmail.com

Journal Website

Indian Journal of Entomology (IJE):-www.indianentomology.org

Publisher Website

The Entomological Society of India (ESI):-www.entosocindia.org