History

Revista Colombiana de Entomología was created during the first congress of the Colombian Society of Entomology held in 1973, as the official means of scientific dissemination of the Society. The issues were published in print from 1975 to 2017. Since 2018, the journal has been co-published by the Colombian Society of Entomology (SOCOLEN) and Universidad del Valle (Univalle) and is available only in electronic format.

Scope

Revista Colombiana de Entomología (RCdE) is an open access journal, published online with a continuous periodicity (semiannual). RCdE publishes original research articles, essays, scientific notes, book reviews and obituaries related to the area of insect science in English and Spanish. It also publishes review articles on general entomological topics, called "thematic reviews", however, these are only done by request of the Editorial Committee.

The journal focuses on papers in the area of entomology and related fields such as biodiversity, ecology, agriculture, human, veterinary and forensic medicine, physiology, systematics and taxonomy, biogeography and genetics that fall within the following topics:

• Agricultural entomology.
• Ecology and behavior.
• Insect growth and development.
• Insect anatomy and insect physiology.
• Systematic entomology.
• Medical, veterinary and forensic entomology.
• Microbiology and molecular entomology.

For details see Instructions for authors.

Submitted articles should not be previously published and are subject to double-blind peer review. The journal requires payment from authors at the time of publication. Fees vary according to the number of published pages (with a special discount fee for SOCOLEN members).

Publication costs

US$ 24 dollars per final published page for SOCOLEN members.

US$ 36 dollars per published page for non-members.

An invoice and payment instructions will be sent to the author(s) after the approval of the galley proofs via one of the following e-mail addresses: oficina@socolen.org.co, tesoreria@socolen.org.co and revista.entomologia@correounivalle.edu.co.

Publishing and financing institutions

The publication of the journal is financially supported by the Sociedad Colombiana de Entomología - SOCOLEN (www.socolen.org.co), Bogotá, D.C., Colombia, and the Universidad del Valle (www.univalle.edu.co), Cali, Colombia.

Note: To become a member of SOCOLEN you must fill out the membership application form that can be downloaded at www.socolen.org.co or by e-mail oficina@socolen.org.co. In order to apply for a member discount to publish an article, the author must be an active member.

Contact

https://revistacolombianaentomologia.univalle.edu.co/ revista.entomologia@correounivalle.edu.co

Colombian Society of Entomology, SOCOLEN Transversal 24 #54-31 Edificio Volterra Of. 505 Tel and Fax: 57-1-3472320
Bogotá, D. C., Colombia http://www.socolen.org.co

Grupo Editorial Universidad del Valle Calle 13 #100-00
Tel: 57-2-321212100
Cali, Colombia http://www.univalle.edu.co/

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