Journal profile · Ecology
Advances in Ecological Research
ISSN 0065-2504 · eISSN 2163-582X · Academic Press Inc. · UNITED STATES · Irregular · Founded 1962
Advances in Ecological Research: impact factor 3.47; subscription journal; 19 articles in 2025; indexed in Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Advances in Ecological Research is published by Academic Press Inc.. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies, Land Use and Ecosystem Services and Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics, together about 34.5% of its articles. Its main subfields are Ecology. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Advances in Ecological Research presents a wide range of papers on all aspects of ecology. Topics include the physiology, populations, and communities of plants and animals, as well as landscape and ecosystem ecology.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Ecology
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics StudiesEnvironmental Science21.2%
- Land Use and Ecosystem ServicesEnvironmental Science8%
- Soil Carbon and Nitrogen DynamicsAgricultural and Biological Sciences5.3%
- Freshwater macroinvertebrate diversity and ecologyEnvironmental Science5.1%
- Mathematical and Theoretical Epidemiology and Ecology ModelsMedicine4.9%
- Animal Ecology and Behavior StudiesEnvironmental Science4.8%
- Insect-Plant Interactions and ControlAgricultural and Biological Sciences4.1%
- Plant and animal studiesAgricultural and Biological Sciences3.5%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Not covered
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CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Not covered
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CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
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CiteScore quartiles (Scopus, June 2026 release)
| Subject | Quartile | Rank | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics | Q1 | 64/736 | 91st |
| Ecology | Q1 | 63/491 | 87th |
Scopus ranks journals by CiteScore within each subject: the 75th percentile and above is Q1, then a quartile every 25 points. A different system from the CAS zones.LetPub
Database indexing
ScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Editions, and major and minor categories, are shown separately and never merged into one zone; check which edition your institution uses before you submit or report.
Metrics
Impact metrics and publication volume
Impact
- Impact factor
- 3.47LetPub ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 7LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0LetPub ·
- h-index
- 54LetPub ·
- h-index
- 130OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 418OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.78OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 7LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 978 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 18 | 5 | 1,584 |
| 2025 | 19 | 1 | 2,560 |
| 2024 | 23 | 0 | 2,813 |
| 2023 | 24 | 3 | 3,011 |
| 2022 | 26 | 2 | 3,056 |
| 2021 | 25 | 8 | 3,516 |
Sources count differently and were observed at different times, so each source's own value is kept; "publisher" marks figures from the journal's website.
Fees & open access
APC and open-access policy
Subscription journalLetPub
A subscription journal: articles are read by subscription or purchase, and authors usually pay no publication charge.
No source has fee information yet; check the journal's website.
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Academic Press Inc.
- Country or region
- UNITED STATES
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Irregular
- Founded
- 1962
- ISSN
- 0065-2504
- Electronic ISSN
- 2163-582X
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Advances in Ecological Research
What is the impact factor of Advances in Ecological Research?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 3.47; CiteScore 7, h-index 130.
Which databases index Advances in Ecological Research?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Advances in Ecological Research is indexed in Scopus.
Is Advances in Ecological Research open access, and what is the APC?
Advances in Ecological Research is a subscription journal. Fee information is not available yet; check the journal's website.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, Publisher website; every figure is tagged with its source and the date it was observed, and conflicting values are kept per source. LetPub source page: view ↗ (archived 2026-08-26). Last updated: .