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Journal of Pest Science publishes high-quality papers on all aspects of pest science in agriculture, horticulture (including viticulture), forestry, urban pests, and stored products research, including health and safety issues.
Journal of Pest Science reports on advances in control of pests and animal vectors of diseases, the biology, ethology and ecology of pests and their antagonists, and the use of other beneficial organisms in pest control. The journal covers all noxious or damaging groups of animals, including arthropods, nematodes, molluscs, and vertebrates.
Journal of Pest Science devotes special attention to emerging and innovative pest control strategies, including the side effects of such approaches on non-target organisms, for example natural enemies and pollinators, and the implementation of these strategies in integrated pest management.
Journal of Pest Science also publishes papers on the management of agro- and forest ecosystems where this is relevant to pest control. Papers on important methodological developments relevant for pest control will be considered as well.
Moreover, the journal welcomes Rapid Communications which are shorter papers on pressing topics in pest control which are of broad interest, as for example findings on newly establishing or invading pests of major crops. These articles will be fast-tracked, to rapidly provide scientists and pest control practitioners with the latest information.
Review papers are usually invited from the editorial board but proposals for review papers can be sent to the Journal of Pest Science Reviews Editor. The journal also considers Commentaries on published papers, principally papers which have been published in Journal of Pest Science.
For more information please read "Editorial 2012: shaping the profile of Journal of Pest Science", J Pest Sci (2012) 85:1–3.
We aim to provide rapid publication and speedy responses to authors, with all papers being reviewed by independent referees.

Editor-in-Chief
Michael Traugott
Institute of Ecology
University of Innsbruck
Technikerstrasse 25
6020 Innsbruck
Austria
Tel.: +43(0) 512 507 51670
Fax: +43(0) 512 507 51799
E-mail: Michael.Traugott@uibk.ac.at
Webpage: http://ecology.uibk.ac.at
Reviews Editor
Nicolas Desneux, Sophia-Antpolis, France
E-mail: nicolas.desneux@sophia.inra.fr
Prospective review authors should contact the Reviews Editor before submitting a manuscript
Subject Editors
Nuria Agusti, Cabrils (Barcelona), Spain
Christos Athanassiou, N. Ionia, Greece
Andrea Battisti, Legnaro, Italia
Paul Becher, Alnarp, Sweden
Carly Benefer, Plymouth , UK
Antonio Biondi, Catania, Italy
Chris Cutler, Truro, Canada
Nicolas Desneux, Sophia-Antpolis, France
Susan Downes, Armidale, Australia
Jian J. Duan, Newark, Delaware, USA
Vesna Gagic, Brisbane, Australia 
Yulin Gao, Beijing, China
Jürgen Gross, Dossenheim, Germany
Peng Han, Urumqi, China
Tim Haye, Delemont, Switzerland
Ivan Hiltpold, Newark, USA
Rami Horowitz, Negev, Israel
Christian Imholt, Munster, Germany
Murray B. Isman, Vancouver, Canada
Lara R. Jaber, Amman, Jordan
Stefan Jaronski, Sydney, USA
Mattias Jonsson, Uppsala, Sweden
Blas Lavandero, Talca , Chile
Sarina Macfadyen, Acton, Australia
Rainer Meyhöfer, Hannover, Germany
Enrique Quesada Moraga, Cordoba, Spain
Emmanouil Roditakis, Heraklion Crete, Greece
Guy Smagghe, Ghent, Belgium
Christian Stauffer, Wien, Austria
John D. Sweeney, Fredericton, Canada 
Donald Weber, Beltsville, USA