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Urban Ecosystems

Springer · United States · Est. 1997

ISSN1573-1642
SJR Q1WOS SCIEScopus / SJR
Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (SCIE) — Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor and JCR quartile for this journal.

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The Impact Factor & JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date. Open metrics below: SCImago Q1. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field
Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.
Q1
SJR · Scopus
Top 25% in field
Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ
SJR Scorei
0.873
H-Indexi
113
SNIPi
1.095
Total Worksi
2,152
Total Citationsi
65,253
2yr Mean Citednessi
2.20
Open Impact Factor alternative

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.

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

Peer Review
OA License
OA Rate

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No
OASPA Member✗ No
Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

6/11 · 55%
Do you know the journal / publisher?
Springer
Does the journal have a website?
✓ Linked
Is the ISSN verified?
1573-1642
Indexed in a trusted database?
WoS, Scopus
Peer review process documented?
N/A
Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?
N/A
Not on predatory/blacklists?
✓ Clean
Long-term digital preservation?
N/A
Plagiarism detection in place?
N/A
Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?
N/A
Primary language documented?
English

A twelfth criterion — whether APC fees are clearly disclosed — is not scored here; it is left out of the total rather than counted as a failure. Publication charges appear in the metrics card above.

Based on the Think.Check.Submit framework by DOAJ, COPE & OASPA. All data from verified open sources.

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published
Citations received
97
2.7k
2019
155
4k
2020
118
1.8k
2021
127
1.9k
2022
168
1.6k
2023
173
1k
2024
211
492
2025
241
66
2026

Source: OpenAlex · Each year’s green bar = citations earned by that year’s papers, counted to date — so recent years look lower simply because their papers haven’t had time to be cited yet.

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

Frequently asked questions about Urban Ecosystems

Is Urban Ecosystems a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Urban Ecosystems: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Urban Ecosystems?

Urban Ecosystems is indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection, so Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor for it (since the 2023 Journal Citation Reports, every Core Collection journal — including Arts & Humanities and Emerging Sources titles — receives one). PubScope links to Clarivate's official source rather than reprinting the number, which can be out of date. Its open 2-year mean citedness is 2.20.

Is Urban Ecosystems indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Urban Ecosystems is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Urban Ecosystems?

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 cl

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Data updated: 2026-05-22 · Sources: SJR, DOAJ, OpenAlex, WoS, Crossref