Journal profile · Environmental Science-Ecology
Ecologia Austral
ISSN 0327-5477 · eISSN 1667-782X · Asociacion Argentina de Ecologia · Argentina
Ecologia Austral: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 47 weeks (community reports); 45 articles in 2025; indexed in Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Ecologia Austral is published by Asociacion Argentina de Ecologia. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies, Botany and Plant Ecology Studies and Land Use and Ecosystem Services, together about 30.3% of its articles. Its main subfields are Ecology. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Research area (LetPub): Environmental Science-Ecology
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named Argentina 44, Chile 2, United States 1 (47 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics StudiesEnvironmental Science18.1%
- Botany and Plant Ecology StudiesAgricultural and Biological Sciences7%
- Land Use and Ecosystem ServicesEnvironmental Science5.2%
- Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource ManagementEnvironmental Science4.4%
- Plant and animal studiesAgricultural and Biological Sciences4.3%
- Freshwater macroinvertebrate diversity and ecologyEnvironmental Science4.3%
- Wildlife Ecology and ConservationEnvironmental Science4.2%
- Forest ecology and managementEnvironmental Science4.1%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CiteScore quartiles (Scopus, June 2026 release)
| Subject | Quartile | Rank | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics | Q3 | 409/736 | 44th |
| Ecology | Q3 | 279/491 | 43rd |
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
ScopusDOAJLetPub
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
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 2.1LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.4LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.65LetPub ·
- h-index
- 25OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 139OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.88OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,083 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 31 | 31 | 605 |
| 2025 | 45 | 45 | 665 |
| 2024 | 48 | 48 | 702 |
| 2023 | 72 | 72 | 624 |
| 2022 | 78 | 78 | 547 |
| 2021 | 52 | 52 | 568 |
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.
Review & acceptance
Review time and acceptance
- Average review time (community reports)
- about 47 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 47 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Single anonymous peer reviewDOAJ
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.
Fees & open access
APC and open-access policy
Diamond open access (no APC)DOAJ
Every article is open access and authors pay no article processing charge.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOAJ | No APC | No | CC BY | |
| LetPub | No APC | No | — |
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Submission
Article types and submission policies (journal website)
Article types accepted7
- artículosArtículos originales (≤8000 palabras incluyendo leyendas, pero no el contenido de las tablas; figuras+tablas ≤10; no más de 5 tablas)Length not stated
- ayudas didácticasAyudas didácticas (≤8000 palabras; ≤6 figuras)Length not stated
- comunicaciones brevesComunicaciones breves (≤4000 palabras; ≤3 figuras y ≤3 tablas)Length not stated
- debatesDebates (≤4000 palabras; ≤3 figuras y ≤3 tablas)Length not stated
- obituarioObituario A pedido de los editores.Length not stated
- revisionesRevisiones (≤8000 palabras; ≤10 figuras+tablas; no más de 5 tablas)Length not stated
- sección especialSección Especial Artículos por invitación para una sección temática.Length not stated
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.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Asociacion Argentina de Ecologia
- Country or region
- Argentina
- Language
- English, Spanish
- ISSN
- 0327-5477
- Electronic ISSN
- 1667-782X
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Ecologia Austral
How long does peer review take at Ecologia Austral?
Authors report an average review time of about 47 weeks. Article statistics cover accepted papers only, publisher figures follow the journal's own definitions, and community reports come from authors' own submissions; none is a promise from the journal.
Where are the editorial board members of Ecologia Austral based?
Of the 47 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Argentina (44), Chile (2) and United States (1). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Ecologia Austral?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Ecologia Austral is indexed in Scopus and DOAJ.
Is Ecologia Austral open access, and what is the APC?
Ecologia Austral is a diamond open-access journal (no APC). It charges no article processing charge.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, DOAJ; 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: .