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Ecology and Society

Resilience Alliance · Canada · Est. 1997

ISSN1708-3087eISSN1708-3087

SJR Q1✓ WOS SCIE✓ WOS SSCI✓ Scopus / SJR✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

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

See the official Impact Factor & quartile on the journal’s page ↗

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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.

SJR · Scopus

Top 25% in field

Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ

SJR Scorei

1.209

H-Indexi

216

SNIPi

1.074

Total Worksi

3,258

Total Citationsi

256,623

2yr Mean Citednessi

2.92

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Ecology; Environmental Studies.

General Information

Country / RegionCanada

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1997

FrequencyBiannual

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications3,258

Publisher OrgResilience Alliance

OA Since2003

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewDouble-blind

OA LicenseCC BY

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✗ No

📦 Long-term Preservation

CLOCKSS

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

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9/11 · 82%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Resilience Alliance

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1708-3087 / 1708-3087

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, DOAJ

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Peer review process documented?

Double-blind

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Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

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Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

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Long-term digital preservation?

CLOCKSS

❌

Plagiarism detection in place?

✅

Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

DOAJ verified

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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

144

5.3k

2019

136

4.6k

2020

152

4.2k

2021

181

3.1k

2022

137

1.9k

2023

140

1.1k

2024

176

556

2025

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

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

EcologyEnvironmental Studies

Scopus Categories

Ecology

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Land Use and Ecosystem ServicesConservation, Biodiversity, and Resource ManagementSustainability and Climate Change GovernanceForest Management and PolicyIndigenous Studies and EcologyCoastal and Marine ManagementWildlife Ecology and ConservationComplex Systems and Decision MakingRangeland Management and Livestock EcologyWater resources management and optimization

Frequently asked questions about Ecology and Society

Is Ecology and Society a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Ecology and Society: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ, 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 Ecology and Society?

Ecology and Society 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 2.92.

Is Ecology and Society indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Ecology and Society is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.

What is the aims and scope of Ecology and Society?