Journal profile · Agricultural and Biological Sciences-Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
Web Ecology
ISSN 2193-3081 · eISSN 1399-1183 · Copernicus GmbH · GERMANY
Web Ecology: CAS Zone 3 · Environmental Science & Ecology (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 2.41; diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 17 weeks (community reports); 18 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Web Ecology is published by Copernicus GmbH and is in Zone 3 of Environmental Science & Ecology in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies, Plant and animal studies and Species Distribution and Climate Change, together about 47.1% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Web Ecology (WE) is a platinum open-access journal issued by the European Ecological Federation (EEF), an organization representing the European ecological societies. Web Ecology publishes papers from all fields of ecology without any geographic restriction. It is a forum to communicate results of experimental, theoretical, and descriptive studies of general interest to an international audience. Original contributions, short communications, and reviews on ecological research on all kinds of organisms and ecosystems are welcome as well as papers that express emerging ideas and concepts with a sound scientific background. Papers must be original and not previously published in another journal. We also aim to serve as a publication forum for those European ecological societies that do not maintain their own society journal. Web Ecology also offers the opportunity to publish special issues resulting from conferences or symposiums from ecological societies.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Agricultural and Biological Sciences-Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
Editor-in-chief Daniel MontesinosPublisher website
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named Germany 7, Australia 5, Spain 3, Portugal 3, United Kingdom 2 (23 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics StudiesEnvironmental Science23.9%
- Plant and animal studiesAgricultural and Biological Sciences13.6%
- Species Distribution and Climate ChangeEnvironmental Science9.7%
- Wildlife Ecology and ConservationEnvironmental Science5.4%
- Forest Ecology and Biodiversity StudiesAgricultural and Biological Sciences4.3%
- Plant Parasitism and ResistanceAgricultural and Biological Sciences3.7%
- Land Use and Ecosystem ServicesEnvironmental Science3.4%
- Insect and Arachnid Ecology and BehaviorBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology3.2%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Environmental Science & Ecology Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Environmental Science & Ecology | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Environmental Sciences | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Ecology | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Environmental Science & Ecology Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Environmental Science & Ecology | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Ecology | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Environmental Sciences | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Environmental Science & Ecology Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Environmental Science & Ecology | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Environmental Sciences | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Ecology | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SCIEScopusDOAJLetPub
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
- 2.41LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2023
- 2.73Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 3.2LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 3.2Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.77LetPub ·
- SJR (publisher) 2025
- 0.77Publisher website ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.99LetPub ·
- SNIP (publisher) 2025
- 0.99Publisher website ·
- h-index
- 15LetPub ·
- h-index
- 29OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 119OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 2.1OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 100%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 17LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 282 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 14 | 14 | 3 |
| 2025 | 18 | 18 | 42 |
| 2024 | 10 | 10 | 43 |
| 2023 | 9 | 9 | 68 |
| 2022 | 9 | 9 | 113 |
| 2021 | 8 | 8 | 176 |
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 17 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 17 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Unspecified 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 | Yes | — | |
| Publisher website | Yes, amount not published | — | — |
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 accepted3
- original contributionsOriginal contributions, short communications, and reviews on ecological research on all kinds of organisms and ecosystems are welcomeLength not stated
- reviewsOriginal contributions, short communications, and reviews on ecological research on all kinds of organisms and ecosystems are welcomeLength not stated
- short communicationsOriginal contributions, short communications, and reviews on ecological research on all kinds of organisms and ecosystems are welcomeLength not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAI use, Code availability, Data availability, License & copyright
- AI use
AI usage must be described in Methods or Acknowledgements Model summary
Should you have used AI tools to generate (parts of) your manuscript, please describe the usage either in the Methods section or the Acknowledgements
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Code availability
Software/code should be deposited in FAIR-aligned repositories Model summary
Authors are encouraged to deposit software, algorithms, and model code in FAIR-aligned repositories/archives whenever possible.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Data availability
Data should be deposited in reliable repositories and linked via DOI Model summary
We recommend that any data set used in your manuscript is submitted to a reliable data repository and linked from your manuscript through a DOI.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License for all site content except where otherwise noted Model summary
All site content, except where otherwise noted, is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
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
- Copernicus GmbH
- Country or region
- GERMANY
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2193-3081
- Electronic ISSN
- 1399-1183
- Official links
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Web Ecology
What CAS zone is Web Ecology in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Web Ecology is in Zone 3 of Environmental Science & Ecology, and in Zone 3 of the minor category Environmental Sciences / Ecology. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 3 of Environmental Science & Ecology. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Web Ecology?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 2.41; CiteScore 3.2, h-index 29.
How long does peer review take at Web Ecology?
Authors report an average review time of about 17 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 Web Ecology based?
Of the 23 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Germany (7), Australia (5) and Spain (3). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Web Ecology?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Web Ecology is indexed in SCIE, Scopus and DOAJ.
Is Web Ecology open access, and what is the APC?
Web Ecology 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, Publisher website, 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: .