Journal profile · Environmental Science-Ecology
Ecologia Mediterranea
ISSN 0153-8756 · eISSN 1775-4100 · Naturalia publications
Ecologia Mediterranea: subscription journal; 0 articles in 2025; indexed in Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Ecologia Mediterranea is published by Naturalia publications. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Botany and Plant Ecology Studies, Mediterranean and Iberian flora and fauna and Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies, together about 53.2% of its articles. Its main subfields are Ecology. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Ecologia Mediterranea is a peer-reviewed journal publishing original research reports and syntheses in the fields of fundamental and applied ecology of Mediterranean areas. The journal does not accept purely descriptive articles or articles about taxonomy and systematics if it is not linked to ecological questions. Exceptionnally, Ecologia Mediterranea may publish descriptive studies if these offer insights into issues of general interest to ecologists. The editors of Ecologia Mediterranea invite original contributions in the fields of: bioclimatology, biogeography, conservation biology, marine biology, population biology, community ecology, forest ecology, marine ecology, genetic ecology, landscape ecology, microbial ecology, restoration ecology, plant and animal ecology, ecophysiology, palaeoecology and palaeoclimatology. The journal also publishes reviews, short communications, book reviews, Ph.D. thesis abstracts and comments on papers recently published in the journal. Ecologia Mediterranea invite conference organizers to get in touch with the editors for special issues as part of conference/symposium proceedings.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Environmental Science-Ecology
Editor-in-chief Buisson E.Publisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Botany and Plant Ecology StudiesAgricultural and Biological Sciences20.2%
- Mediterranean and Iberian flora and faunaAgricultural and Biological Sciences19%
- Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics StudiesEnvironmental Science14%
- Plant Ecology and Taxonomy StudiesAgricultural and Biological Sciences3.7%
- Soil and Environmental StudiesAgricultural and Biological Sciences3.6%
- Plant Ecology and Soil ScienceEnvironmental Science3.5%
- Geology and Paleoclimatology ResearchEarth and Planetary Sciences3.3%
- Forest ecology and managementEnvironmental Science2.8%
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 | Q4 | 473/491 | 3rd |
| Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics | Q4 | 719/736 | 2nd |
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
Indexing the journal's website claims
Google Scholar, SJRPublisher website
As the journal's website lists them, not checked against each database; for Web of Science editions the records above apply.
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
- 0.4LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.11LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.26LetPub ·
- h-index
- 36OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 201OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.25OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 968 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 0 | 0 | 136 |
| 2025 | 0 | 0 | 292 |
| 2024 | 4 | 0 | 373 |
| 2023 | 15 | 15 | 278 |
| 2022 | 14 | 14 | 311 |
| 2021 | 15 | 15 | 338 |
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.
Submission
Article types and submission policies (journal website)
What to prepare4 items from the author guidelines
- Abstract
- ≤ 300 words
- Keywords
- ≤ 6
- Reference style
- Author–date
- Suggested reviewers
- Required
Article types accepted7
- article de rechercheArticle de recherche : contribution inédite découlant d’une étude complète. Ce type d’article fait typiquement une vingtaine de pages et environ 6000 à 8000 mot…Length not stated
- article de synthèseArticle de synthèse : revue critique et originale de sujets spécifiques d’actualité ou d’un champ de recherche de pointe dans le domaine de l’écologie méditerra…Length not stated
- commentaireCommentaire : avis sur des sujets déjà publiés dans ecologia mediterranea ou réflexion critique sur des problèmes d’intérêt général en écologie méditerranéenne.…Length not stated
- compte-rendu d’ouvrages (non traité par des relecteurs)Compte-rendu d’ouvrages (non traité par des relecteurs) : revue critique d’ouvrages (livres, monographies, manuels, etc.) dans le domaine de l’écologie méditerr…Length not stated
- méthodologie ou méthodeMéthodologie ou méthode : ce type d’articles de recherche traitent de nouvelles méthodes ou procédures expérimentales et s’avèrent d’une valeur particulière en …Length not stated
- note / communication courteNote / Communication courte : observation nouvelle ou rapport d’expérience dans un contexte pertinent avec les sujets visés par la revue. Ce type d’article fait…Length not stated
- résumé de thèse (non traité par des relecteurs)Résumé de thèse (non traité par des relecteurs) : résumé d’une thèse soutenue récemment dans le domaine de l’écologie méditerranéenne.Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websitePublication ethics, Peer review
- Publication ethics
Publication ethics follows COPE (2011). Model summary
ecologia mediterranea suit l’éthique de publication de COPE – Committee on Publication Ethics (2011).
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review
Peer-reviewed journal publishing original research reports and syntheses in fundamental and applied ecology of Mediterranean areas. Model summary
Ecologia Mediterranea is a peer-reviewed journal publishing original research reports and syntheses in the fields of fundamental and applied ecology of Mediterranean areas.
Source ↗Publisher website ·
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
- Naturalia publications
- ISSN
- 0153-8756
- Electronic ISSN
- 1775-4100
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Ecologia Mediterranea
What are the manuscript requirements of Ecologia Mediterranea?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Abstract: ≤ 300 words; Keywords: ≤ 6; Reference style: Author–date; Suggested reviewers: Required. A model extracted these from the author guidelines and each was checked against the text; check the latest version on the journal's website before submitting.
Which databases index Ecologia Mediterranea?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Ecologia Mediterranea is indexed in Scopus.
Is Ecologia Mediterranea open access, and what is the APC?
Ecologia Mediterranea 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 2026-08-25). Last updated: .