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Urban Ecosystems

Springer · United States · Est. 1997

ISSN1573-1642

SJR Q1✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR

/ 100

Medium Risk

Score Breakdown

✓ WoS SCIE/SSCI+25

✓ Scopus Q1+25

Total50

Journal Impact Factor

This journal is indexed in Web of Science (JCR) and has an official Journal Impact Factor. View the current value on the journal’s page ↗

SJR Score

0.831

H-Index

113

CiteScore

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Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

SNIP

1.095

Total Works

2,152

Total Citations

65,253

2yr Mean Citedness

2.20

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Aims & Scope

Urban Ecosystems is an international journal dedicated to scientific investigations of the relationships between socioeconomic and ecological structures and processes in urban environments. Focuses on interactions between urban ecosystems and associated suburban and rural environments. Multidisciplinary, touching on various fields as they apply to urban environments. Relevant topics include: biodiversity, biogeochemistry, conservation biology, wildlife and fisheries management, ecosystem ecology, ecosystem services, environmental chemistry, hydrology, landscape architecture, meteorology and climate, policy, population biology, social and human ecology, soil science, and urban planning. Publishes various topical collections, including Ecology with Cities.

⚡ Speed vs Prestige

How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?

SJR Rank

Top 25% in field

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1997

FrequencyQuarterly

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications2,152

Publisher OrgSpringer Science+Business Media

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Submission Info

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Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

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6/12 · 50%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Springer

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1573-1642

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus

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Peer review process documented?

N/A

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Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

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APC fees clearly disclosed?

N/A

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Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

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Long-term digital preservation?

N/A

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Plagiarism detection in place?

N/A

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

N/A

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Primary language documented?

English

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Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Times cited

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2026

Source: OpenAlex · Note: citations accumulate over time so older years appear higher

SJR Quartile by Discipline

Scimago ranks this journal separately in each subject category — its quartile can differ by discipline.

EcologyQ1

Urban StudiesQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Biodiversity ConservationEcology

Scopus Categories

Urban StudiesEcology

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Land Use and Ecosystem ServicesUrban Green Space and HealthEcology and Vegetation Dynamics StudiesWildlife Ecology and ConservationPlant and animal studiesWildlife-Road Interactions and ConservationUrban Heat Island MitigationUrban Agriculture and SustainabilitySpecies Distribution and Climate ChangeAvian ecology and behavior