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BioControl

BioControl is a peer-reviewed scientific journal published by Springer Science+Business Media covering all aspects of basic and applied research in biological control of invertebrate, vertebrate, and weed pests, and plant diseases. The journal was established in 1956 as Entomophaga and published by Lavoisier, before moving to Springer and obtaining its current name in 1998. BioControl is published bimonthly. From 1998 to 2006, Heikki Hokkannen was the editor-in-chief. The current editor-in-chief is Eric Wajnberg.

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BioControl
DisciplineSustainable agriculture
LanguageEnglish
Edited byEric Wajnberg
Publication details
Former name
Entomophaga
History1956-present
Publisher
FrequencyBimonthly
3.571 (2020)
Standard abbreviations
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ISO 4BioControl
Indexing
CODEN (alt · alt2) · JSTOR (alt) · LCCN (alt)
MIAR · NLM (alt) · Scopus · W&L
CODENBOCOFW
ISSN1386-6141 (print)
1573-8248 (web)
OCLC no.40434534
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BioControl is a peer-reviewed scientific journal published by Springer Science+Business Media covering all aspects of basic and applied research in biological control of invertebrate, vertebrate, and weed pests, and plant diseases. The journal was established in 1956 as Entomophaga and published by Lavoisier, before moving to Springer and obtaining its current name in 1998.1 BioControl is published bimonthly.2 From 1998 to 2006, Heikki Hokkannen was the editor-in-chief. The current editor-in-chief is Eric Wajnberg (INRA, France).3

Abstracting and indexing

BioControl is currently abstracted and indexed in4 Academic OneFile, AGRICOLA, Biological Abstracts, BIOSIS Previews, CAB International, Chemical Abstracts Service, Current Contents/Agriculture, Biology & Environmental Sciences, Elsevier BIOBASE - Current Awareness in Biological Sciences, EMBiology Global Health, Science Citation Index, Scopus, Summon by Serial Solutions, and The Zoological Record. According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2020 impact factor of 3.571.5

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References

  1. "Alphabetical listings of reprints and antiquarian stock". Retrieved 2010-06-22.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  2. "Journals — Welcome to ChemWeb". Retrieved 2010-06-22.
  3. BioControl: Editorial Board (accessed 31 May 2010)
  4. "BioControl". MIAR: Information Matrix for the Analysis of Journals. University of Barcelona. Retrieved 2026-01-20.
  5. "BioControl". 2020 Journal Citation Reports. Web of Science (Science ed.). Clarivate Analytics. 2021.
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