Journal profile
Ecozon
ISSN 2171-9594 · European Association for the Study of Literature, Culture and the Environment; Universidad de Alcalá de Henares · Spain
Ecozon: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 30 weeks (community reports); 55 articles in 2025.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Ecozon is published by European Association for the Study of Literature, Culture and the Environment; Universidad de Alcalá de Henares. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Ecocriticism and Environmental Literature, Environmental Philosophy and Ethics and Artistic and Creative Research, together about 58% of its articles. Its main subfields are Literature and Literary Theory. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Ecozon@ is a journal devoted to the relatively new field of literary and cultural criticism called ecocriticism. Ecocriticism can be broadly defined as the study of the representations of nature in cultural texts, and of the relationship between humans with other earth beings and their environment as seen in cultural manifestations. Ecozon@ is one of the very few academic journals specifically devoted to ecocriticism, an exponentially growing field, akin to the more recently developing area of environmental humanities, and the only one to accept submissions in several languages. Its principal aim is to further the study, knowledge and public awareness of the connections and relationship between literature, culture and the environment. As a virtual space, it provides a site for dialogue between researchers, theorists, creative writers and artists concerned with and by the environment and its degradation. Its pages are open to contributions on all literatures and cultures, but its special mission is to reflect the cultural, linguistic and natural richness and diversity of the European continent.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Editor-in-chief Margarita Carretero-GonzálezPublisher website
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named Spain 2, Austria 2, Taiwan, China 1, United States 1, Germany 1 (8 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Ecocriticism and Environmental LiteratureArts and Humanities38.9%
- Environmental Philosophy and EthicsEnvironmental Science10.9%
- Artistic and Creative ResearchArts and Humanities8.3%
- Poetry Analysis and CriticismArts and Humanities6.6%
- Literary Analysis and Cultural StudiesArts and Humanities5.4%
- Posthumanist Ethics and ActivismSocial Sciences4.2%
- Utopian, Dystopian, and Speculative FictionArts and Humanities3.4%
- Latin American Literature AnalysisArts and Humanities3.1%
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.
Database indexing
DOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
ERIH PLUSPublisher website
Other: EBSCO, Latindex, Crossref, Dialnet, EBUAH, MLA, OAI
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
- h-index
- 17OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 43OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.15OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 948 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 34 | 34 | 115 |
| 2025 | 55 | 55 | 190 |
| 2024 | 60 | 60 | 248 |
| 2023 | 59 | 59 | 300 |
| 2022 | 51 | 51 | 141 |
| 2021 | 58 | 58 | 115 |
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 30 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 30 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Double 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-NC, CC BY-NC-ND | |
| LetPub | No APC | No | — |
Other charges and waivers (author guidelines)
- Other fees
- No other fees
- Page charges
- No page charges
- Submission fee
- No submission fee
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 prepare2 items from the author guidelines
- Reference style
- MLA
- Not considered
- redundant publication
Article types accepted5
- articles: general sectionArticles: General Section This section accepts sholarly articles on any aspect of ecocriticism and encourages submissions in the environmental humanities. Artic…Length not stated
- book reviewsBook reviews are also peer reviewed.Length not stated
- creative writing and artsCreative Writing and Arts This section accepts original and unpublished works of creative writing and visual arts.Length not stated
- original research articlesEcozon@, in addition to publishing original research articles, also publishes book reviews which are peer reviewed and creative writing and visual arts which ar…Length not stated
- visual artsEcozon@, in addition to publishing original research articles, also publishes book reviews which are peer reviewed and creative writing and visual arts which ar…Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteLicense & copyright, Open access, Peer review, Plagiarism
- License & copyright Copyright Notice
Authors retain copyright; CC BY-NC for articles and CC BY-NC-ND for creative work. Model summary
Authors who publish with this journal agree to the following terms:a) Authors retain copyright and grant the journal right of first publication with the work simultaneously licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License that allows others to share the work with an acknowledgement of the work's authorship and initial publication in this journal (CC BY-NC for articles and CC BY-NC-ND for crea…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Open Access Policy
No submission or publication fees. Model summary
Ecozon@ is published according to the Green Open Access scheme, in which both publication and access to full papers is free. We provide immediate open access to its content on the principle that making research freely available to the public supports a greater global exchange of knowledge.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Peer Review Process
Double-blind peer review for peer-reviewed sections; author names must not be included in the file. Model summary
The articles found in the special focus and general sections are double blind peer reviewed by international external reviewers. Generally each article is submitted to 2 reviews and often, when in doubt, a third review is requested. Reviewers are asked to evaluate the originality of the argument, its strength, coherency and grasp of previous critical literature on the topic, the methodology used a…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Plagiarism
LOCKSS and CLOCKSS archiving; University of Alcalá institutional repository and Proeditio hosting service also archive the journal. Model summary
Archiving This journal utilizes both the LOCKSS and CLOCKSS systems to create a distributed archiving system among participating libraries and permits those libraries to create permanent archives of the journal for purposes of preservation and restoration. Moreover, the University of Alcalá institutional repository also archives the journal as well as the hosting service of Proeditio.
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
- European Association for the Study of Literature, Culture and the Environment; Universidad de Alcalá de Henares
- Country or region
- Spain
- Language
- Spanish, Italian, English, French, German
- ISSN
- 2171-9594
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 17, Issue 1 (2026)
- Official links
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Ecozon
How long does peer review take at Ecozon?
Authors report an average review time of about 30 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 Ecozon based?
Of the 8 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Spain (2), Austria (2) and Taiwan, China (1). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Ecozon?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Ecozon is indexed in DOAJ. The journal's website also lists ERIH PLUS; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Ecozon open access, and what is the APC?
Ecozon 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, 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 2026-08-28). Last updated: .