Journal profile · Environmental Sciences
Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment
ISSN 1540-9295 · eISSN 1540-9309 · Wiley-Blackwell · UNITED STATES · Monthly · Founded 2003
Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment: CAS Zone 1 · Environmental Science & Ecology (2025 upgraded edition, Top journal); impact factor 6.44; hybrid open access; APC about USD 3,970; review about 235 days (submission to acceptance, publisher); community-reported acceptance: fairly hard; 91 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment is published by Wiley-Blackwell and is in Zone 1 of Environmental Science & Ecology in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition, Top journal). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Species Distribution and Climate Change, Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies and Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, together about 28.2% of its articles. Its main subfields are Global and Planetary Change. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
<em>Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment</em> is an environmental science journal publishing articles that address current and emerging ecological and environmental issues.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Environmental Sciences
Editor-in-chief Scott CollinsPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Species Distribution and Climate ChangeEnvironmental Science11.9%
- Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics StudiesEnvironmental Science9.2%
- Wildlife Ecology and ConservationEnvironmental Science7.2%
- Land Use and Ecosystem ServicesEnvironmental Science6.8%
- Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource ManagementEnvironmental Science5.3%
- Plant and animal studiesAgricultural and Biological Sciences5.2%
- Fire effects on ecosystemsEnvironmental Science4.4%
- Rangeland and Wildlife ManagementEnvironmental Science4%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Environmental Science & Ecology Zone 1
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Environmental Science & Ecology | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Ecology | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Environmental Sciences | Zone 1 |
Top journal: yesReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Environmental Science & Ecology Zone 1
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Environmental Science & Ecology | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Ecology | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Environmental Sciences | Zone 1 |
Top journal: yesReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Environmental Science & Ecology Zone 1
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Environmental Science & Ecology | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Ecology | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Environmental Sciences | Zone 1 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SCIEScopusLetPub
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
- Impact factor
- 6.44LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 6.5Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 17.4LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 17.4Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 3LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 3.31LetPub ·
- h-index
- 135LetPub ·
- h-index
- 251OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 1,433OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 3.29OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 70.67%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 41LetPub ·
- Articles per year (publisher) 2025
- 61Publisher website ·
- Downloads per year (publisher) 2025
- 1,016,083Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 3,847 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 58 | 27 | 22 |
| 2025 | 91 | 59 | 210 |
| 2024 | 122 | 67 | 659 |
| 2023 | 132 | 107 | 1,480 |
| 2022 | 140 | 79 | 2,326 |
| 2021 | 172 | 96 | 5,232 |
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
Not usableThis publisher's "received" date is mostly when the revised manuscript arrived (27% of articles were "accepted" within 3 days), so it cannot measure review time
Figures by source
- Average review time (community reports)
- 9–18 weeksLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- Fairly hardLetPub ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher) 2025
- 13%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision 2025
- 5 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to acceptance 2025
- 235 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication 2025
- 98 daysPublisher 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.
Fees & open access
APC and open-access policy
Hybrid open accessLetPub
A subscription journal in which authors can pay to publish their article open access.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenAlex | USD 3,970 / EUR 3,310 / GBP 2,650 | — | — |
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.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Wiley-Blackwell
- Country or region
- UNITED STATES
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Monthly
- Founded
- 2003
- ISSN
- 1540-9295
- Electronic ISSN
- 1540-9309
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 24, Issue 7 (September 2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment
What CAS zone is Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment is in Zone 1 of Environmental Science & Ecology, and in Zone 1 of the minor category Ecology / Environmental Sciences; it is a Top journal. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 1 of Environmental Science & Ecology. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 6.44; CiteScore 17.4, h-index 251.
How long does peer review take at Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment?
The publisher reports about 235 days (submission to acceptance); authors report an average review time of 9–18 weeks; the community-reported acceptance is “Fairly hard”; the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 13% (2025). 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.
Which databases index Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment is indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Is Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment open access, and what is the APC?
Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC about USD 3,970.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, Publisher website, OpenAlex; 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: .