EcoHealth

EcoHealth is published by Springer US and is in Zone 3 of Environmental Science & Ecology in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Zoonotic diseases and public health, Viral Infections and Vectors and Animal Disease Management and Epidemiology, together about 39.2% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)

EcoHealth aims to advance research, practice, and knowledge integration at the interface of ecology and health by publishing high quality research and review articles that address and profile new ideas, developments, and programs. The journal’s scope encompasses research that integrates concepts and theory from many fields of scholarship (including ecological, social and health sciences, and the humanities) and draws upon multiple types of knowledge, including those of relevance to practice and policy. Papers address integrated ecology and health challenges arising in public health, human and veterinary medicine, conservation and ecosystem management, rural and urban development and planning, and other fields that address the social-ecological context of health. The journal is a central platform for fulfilling the mission of Nature.Health.Global to strive for sustainable health of people, domestic animals, wildlife, and ecosystems by promoting discovery, understanding, and transdisciplinarity. The journal invites substantial contributions in the following areas: One Health and Conservation Medicine o Integrated research on health of humans, wildlife, livestock and ecosystems o Research and policy in ecology, public health, and agricultural sustainability o Emerging infectious diseases affecting people, wildlife, domestic animals, and plants o Research and practice linking human and animal health and/or social-ecological systems o Anthropogenic environmental change and drivers of disease emergence in humans, wildlife, livestock and ecosystems o Health of humans and animals in relation to terrestrial, freshwater, and marine ecosystems Ecosystem Approaches to Health o Systems thinking and social-ecological systems in relation to health o Transdiciplinary approaches to health, ecosystems and society o Multi-stakeholder problem solving and Governance arrangements for social systems, ecosystems and human health o Ecosystem Sustainability and Health o Gender and social equity dimensions of health in social-ecological systems o Knowledge to Action in ecohealth research o Learning and collaboration across multiple types of knowledge and different fields of research (including ecological, social and health sciences, and the humanities) Public Health, Ecosystems and Society o Social-ecological determinants of health inequities, chronic disease and well-being o Local and global environmental change and impacts on health, ecosystems and biodiversity o Ecological dynami

From the journal's Aims & Scope

Research area (LetPub): Environmental Sciences

Editor-in-chief Peter DaszakPublisher website

Editorial board by country: 3 in mainland China (about 3%); most named United States 51, Canada 8, Australia 8, United Kingdom 5, Kenya 4 (99 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website · 2026-09-29

CAS Journal Ranking

Database indexing

SCIEScopusLetPub

International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub

Indexing the journal's website claims

MEDLINECAB AbstractsCurrent ContentsPublisher website

Other: Google Scholar, EBSCO, ProQuest, Dimensions, CNKI, Baidu, AGRICOLA, Naver, OCLC, Portico, CLOCKSS, Semantic Scholar

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Impact

Impact factor

2.27LetPub · 2026-09-13

Impact factor (publisher) 2025

2.3Publisher website · 2026-09-29

5-year impact factor (publisher) 2025

2.5Publisher website · 2026-09-29

CiteScore 2026-06

3.8LetPub · 2026-09-13

SJR 2026-06

0.6LetPub · 2026-09-13

SNIP 2026-06

0.8LetPub · 2026-09-13

h-index

49LetPub · 2026-09-13

h-index

97OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

i10-index

896OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

2-year mean citedness

1.86OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

Self-citation rate

8.7%LetPub · 2026-09-13

Share of gold OA articles

33.58%LetPub · 2026-09-13

Volume

Articles per year

74LetPub · 2026-09-13

Articles per year (publisher)

2,025Publisher website · 2026-09-29

Downloads per year (publisher) 2025

377,600Publisher website · 2026-09-29

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.

Other sources

Average review time (community reports)

over 24 weeksLetPub · 2026-09-13

Average acceptance (community reports)

Fairly easyLetPub · 2026-09-13

Peer review

Double anonymous peer reviewPublisher website

Community reports come from authors' own submissions (confidence 0.5) and are not a promise from the journal; for publisher figures, the journal's own definitions apply.

A hybrid journal charges the APC only when the author chooses open access; publishing under the subscription model is usually free.

The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.

Excerpts are quoted from the journal's website; "model summary" lines are written by Workers AI and checked against the text. The journal's website is authoritative.

Publisher

Springer US

Country or region

UNITED STATES

Language

English

Frequency

Quarterly

Founded

2004

ISSN

1612-9202

Electronic ISSN

1612-9210

Society / sponsor

Nature

Latest issue on the website

Volume 23, Issue 2 (June 2026)

Official links

• Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
• Submission system ↗LetPub
• Author guidelines ↗LetPub
• Special issues ↗Publisher website