Ecology and Society is an electronic, peer-reviewed, multi-disciplinary journal devoted to the rapid dissemination of current research. Manuscript submission, peer review, and publication are all handled on the Internet. Software developed for the journal automates all clerical steps during peer review, facilitates a double-blind peer review process, and allows authors and editors to follow the progress of peer review on the Internet. As articles are accepted, they are published in an “Issue in Progress”. At four month intervals the Issue-in-Progress is declared a New Issue, and subscribers receive the Table of Contents of the issue via email. Our turn-around time (submission to publication) averages around 350 days. We encourage publication of special features. Special features are comprised of a set of manuscripts that address a single theme, and include an introductory and summary manuscript. The individual contributions are published in regular issues, and the special feature manuscripts are linked through a table of contents and announced on the journal’s main page. The journal seeks papers that are novel, integrative and written in a way that is accessible to a wide audience that includes an array of disciplines from the natural sciences, social sciences, and the humanities concerned with the relationship between society and the life-supporting ecosystems on which human wellbeing ultimately depends. Content of the journal ranges from the applied to the theoretical. In general, papers should cover topics relating to the ecological, political, and social foundations for sustainable social-ecological systems. Specifically, the journal publishes articles that present research findings on the following issues: the management, stewardship and sustainable use of ecological systems, resources and biological diversity at all levels; the role natural systems play in social and political systems and conversely, the effect of social, economic and political institutions on ecological systems and services; the means by which we can develop and sustain desired ecological, social and political states.

The Journal adopts double-blind peer review process

English

Canada

Adaptation Strategies, Agricultural Infrastructure, Agricultural Systems, Anthropology, Big Data, Biodiversity, Biomaterials, Biomimicry, Built Environment, Business, Economics & Management, Case Studies, Circular Economy, Clean Energy, Clean Technologies, Climate Change, Cost-Benefit Analysis, Cultural Landscape, Data Analysis Processes, Data Management, Data Sensing and Analysis, Decision Support Systems, Digital Technologies, Earth Architecture, Ecology, Ecosystems, Emerging Trends, Energy Transition, Environment, Environmental Assessment, Environmental Design, Environmental Impact, Environmental Pollution, Environmental Sciences, Environmental Sustainability, Environmental Technologies, Future Developments, Good Practices, Governance, Green Economy, Green Policies, Green Public Procurement, Health Risk, ICT, Innovative Applications, Innovative Approaches, Innovative Technologies, Interdisciplinary Approach, Landscape, Local Communities, Management, Mitigation Strategies, Monitoring, Multi-scale Analysis, Natural Environment, Natural Materials, Nature-based Solutions, Process Management, Process Modeling and Simulation, Recycled Materials, Recycling, Renewable Energy, Renewable Resources, Resilience, Resource Management, Risk Management, Rural Areas, Rural Environment, SDGs 2030, Simulation Tools, Smart Systems, Social Impact, Social Sustainability, Sustainability, Sustainable Development, Urban Landscapes, Vegetation, Waste Management, Waste Recovery

1997

Resilience Alliance

4

March, June, September, December

Lance Gunderson, Marco Janssen

Thompson Scientific (ISI) Expanded Science Citation Index, Current Contents (Agriculture, Biology and Environmental Sciences), and Alerting Services; Thompson Scientific BIOSIS, Biological Abstracts and Zoological Records; Public Affairs Information Service International; Cambridge Scientific Abstracts Biological Sciences Database; DOAJ; CAB Abstracts (CABI Publishing; EBSCO Publishing; Online Access to Research in the Environment, ANVUR.

Info at: www.ecologyandsociety.org/about/policies.php#openaccess

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