Arachnology
Last updated ISSN 2050-9928
Arachnology is published by British Arachnological Society in biochemistry, genetics and molecular biology. It is a subscription journal. Its article processing charge is not published.
Is your paper a fit?
The surest way to know is to compare your own abstract against what this journal has actually been publishing, rather than against its aims-and-scope page. Paste your abstract and Journal Hunt will tell you how close Arachnology is — and show you journals like it.
What it publishes
Recent work in Arachnology concentrates on these topics, taken from its published record rather than from its own description:
- Spider Taxonomy and Behavior Studies
- Lepidoptera: Biology and Taxonomy
- Subterranean biodiversity and taxonomy
- Hymenoptera taxonomy and phylogeny
- Orthoptera Research and Taxonomy
- Animal Behavior and Reproduction
- Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior
- Genetic diversity and population structure
- Venomous Animal Envenomation and Studies
- Amphibian and Reptile Biology
Key facts
| Publisher | British Arachnological Society |
|---|---|
| ISSN | 2050-9928, 2050-9936 |
| Subject area | Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology |
| Access | Subscription |
| Article processing charge | Not published |
| Indexed in | Scopus |
| Articles published | 592 |
| Publishing since | 2007 |
Facts come from OpenAlex, DOAJ and Wikidata and may lag the journal’s own pages. Check the publisher’s site before submitting. Indexing shown here is what is recorded, not a complete picture — about a third of journals have no indexing recorded anywhere we can read, so “not recorded” does not mean a journal is absent from Scopus or Web of Science.
Journals like Arachnology
Other established journals in biochemistry, genetics and molecular biology, if this one is not the right home for your paper:

