Journal profile · Environmental Science-Nature and Landscape Conservation
Environmental Research Ecology
ISSN 2752-664X · IOP Publishing · United Kingdom
Environmental Research Ecology: fully open access; APC about USD 2,640; median 166 days to acceptance (67 articles, last 24 months); 35 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Environmental Research Ecology is published by IOP Publishing. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Remote Sensing in Agriculture, Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies and Climate change and permafrost, together about 31.5% of its articles. Its main subfields are Ecology and Global and Planetary Change. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Environmental Research: Ecology™ tackles major challenges at the crossroads of multiscale ecology, biodiversity, and conservation. The journal provides a forum to promote dialogue between field ecologists, remote sensing experts, modelers, resource managers, social scientists, political ecologists, environmental anthropologists, and policy experts. All research methodologies are encouraged, including qualitative, quantitative, experimental, theoretical, applied, and transdisciplinary approaches to the field. The journal welcomes, but is not limited to, articles on any of the following subjects: Applied ecology and the management of biological resources (including wildlife and habitat management, sustainable land use, restoration ecology); Biodiversity and species abundance; Conservation (including planning and risk assessment); Ecosystem adaptations or responses to anthropogenic climate change and climate variability; Spatial ecology; Terrestrial and marine organismal ecology; Active and passive remote sensing applied to ecological impacts and responses; Tools and computational methods to study ecological systems (including AI, informatics and Big Data); eDNA applied to conservation; Ecology and societal implications, including indigenous ecological knowledge.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Environmental Science-Nature and Landscape Conservation
Editorial board by country: 3 in mainland China (about 10%); most named United States 10, Canada 4, Mainland China 3, United Kingdom 3, Sweden 2 (29 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Remote Sensing in AgricultureEnvironmental Science12.1%
- Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics StudiesEnvironmental Science9.7%
- Climate change and permafrostEarth and Planetary Sciences9.7%
- Plant Water Relations and Carbon DynamicsEnvironmental Science6.9%
- Forest ecology and managementEnvironmental Science6.5%
- Remote Sensing and LiDAR ApplicationsEnvironmental Science5.2%
- Fire effects on ecosystemsEnvironmental Science4.4%
- Forest Management and PolicyEnvironmental Science4.4%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nature and Landscape Conservation | Q2 | 87/231 | 62nd |
| Ecology | Q2 | 197/491 | 59th |
| Ecological Modeling | Q2 | 22/51 | 57th |
| Global and Planetary Change | Q3 | 85/134 | 36th |
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
ESCIScopusDOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
Web of SciencePublisher 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
- 3.2LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.71LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.78LetPub ·
- h-index
- 11OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 12OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 2.02OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 6.7%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 100%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 33LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 123 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 34 | 34 | 107 |
| 2025 | 35 | 35 | 169 |
| 2024 | 26 | 26 | 86 |
| 2023 | 16 | 16 | 36 |
| 2022 | 12 | 12 | 12 |
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
Review time from article dates manuscript dates registered with Crossref · to
166 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 128 days – 225 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 16 days (67 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 182 days
- Sample
- 67 articles with submission and acceptance dates (71 in the window); the latest was accepted on
Only articles that were accepted and published are counted, not the time spent on rejected manuscripts, so this usually runs longer than a publisher's "time to first decision".
Other sources
- Average review time (community reports)
- about 18 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 22 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Double anonymous 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
Fully open accessDOAJ
Every article is open access; authors usually pay an article processing charge (APC).
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOAJ | GBP 1,960 / EUR 2,245 / USD 2,640 | Yes | CC BY | |
| OpenAlex | USD 2,515 / EUR 2,140 / GBP 1,865 | — | — | |
| LetPub | USD 2,395 / EUR 2,040 / GBP 1,775 | Yes | — | |
| Publisher website | GBP 1,960 / EUR 2,245 / USD 2,640 | — | — |
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
- Templates
- LaTeX and Word
- First submission
- Free format: the journal's layout is not required
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteData availability, License & copyright, Open access, Peer review, Preprints
- Data availability
Supplementary material and research data encouraged at submission; files receive DOIs if accepted. Model summary
IOP Publishing encourages authors to submit supplementary material and/or research data at submission.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright Copyright and Permissions
Authors must obtain written permission from copyright holders for reused figures. Model summary
The following information is available to help you with our copyright and permissions policies. Copyright Reusing IOP Published content Reusing third party material in new IOP content Creative Commons Licences CCC Republication service STM Permissions guidelines Permissions FAQs
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Open access
Environmental Research: Ecology is a fully open access journal. Articles are published under a CC BY (Creative Commons Attribution) licence. Articles are freely available to everyone to read and reuse immediately upon publication, provided attribution to the author is given. Publication is funded by article publication charges (APCs). For more information on IOP Publishing’s open access policies p…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Peer review
The following summary describes the peer review process for Environmental Research: Ecology, using the ANSI/NISO Standard Terminology for Peer Review: Identity transparency: single-anonymous, double-anonymous (author choice) Reviewer interacts with: Editor Our Publishing Support website provides more information on our reviewing process as well as checklists in both English and Chinese language to…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Preprints
Preprint sharing allowed anywhere at any time, subject to two restrictions: no copyright transfer and no exclusive licence granted. Model summary
IOP’s Preprint pre-publication policy allows authors to share a Preprint of their article anywhere at any time, subject to two restrictions.
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
- IOP Publishing
- Country or region
- United Kingdom
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2752-664X
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Author guidelines ↗DOAJ
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Fee waivers ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
- Plagiarism policy ↗DOAJ
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Environmental Research Ecology
How long does peer review take at Environmental Research Ecology?
Based on the dates recorded on 67 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 166 days (interquartile range 128–225 days); authors report an average review time of about 18 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.
What are the manuscript requirements of Environmental Research Ecology?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Templates: LaTeX and Word; First submission: Free format: the journal's layout is not 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.
Where are the editorial board members of Environmental Research Ecology based?
Of the 29 board members whose country the journal's board page names, 3 (about 10%) are in mainland China; the countries named most often are United States (10), Canada (4) and Mainland China (3). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Environmental Research Ecology?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Environmental Research Ecology is indexed in ESCI, Scopus and DOAJ. The journal's website also lists Web of Science; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Environmental Research Ecology open access, and what is the APC?
Environmental Research Ecology is a fully open-access journal. APC about USD 2,640.
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 2026-08-26). Last updated: .