Ecocycles

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Ecocycles is a Q3 -ranked, peer-reviewed journal publishing research on ecological cycles. Diamond Open Access : no fees. ISSN 2416-2140, DOI prefix 10.19040. Ready to Share Your Research? Start by reviewing our Editorial Policy and Submission Guidelines . Next, 1. Register on our site with your ORCID ID, 2. Email the Editor-in-Chief at editor[at]ecocycles.net to request "Author" status (for security purposes), 3. Once upgraded, log in and click the "New Submission" button. ⚠️ Note : Submissions incorporating content generated by AI tools like ChatGPT must include an explanatory note in the 'Comments to the Editor' section of the Submission panel. No Publication Fees. ECOCYCLES does not charge any article processing or submission fees. Brief Manuscript Guidelines . While we adhere to a strict manuscript template for final publications, your initial submission is welcome without template compliance. The template will be provided upon manuscript acceptance. Social Media Integration . Maximize your research impact! Every article published in ECOCYCLES features social media share buttons at the top-right corner of its main page. Share your work effortlessly with peers and the global community. Acceptance Rate . Our commitment to quality is reflected in our current acceptance rate of 31%. This ensures that only the most rigorous and impactful research is published. Most viewed articles Carbon footprint analysis of Jaguar Land Rover Slovakia s.r.o. Drozd et al.  263 European inland waters The history of seafaring, shipping, and shipyards at the Lake Balaton Lagerqvist et al.  255 Possibilities and challenges for landscape observatories Ternell et al.  245 Monilia and Monilinia – In silico genetic analysis of plant pathogenic fungi Gyulai et al.  240 The effect of a fermented herbal feed supplement on the digestion of horses Bartos et al.  229 Make a Submission Make a Submission introduction Journal Metrics SCIMAGO Rank SCOPUS . 1.5 2024 CiteScore     30th percentile Powered by CiteScore Tracker (April 5, 2026) : 2.1 SNIP 2024 (Source Normalized Impact per Paper) : 0.394 DIMENSIONS Recent Citations (Mean) values (the average number of times a paper published in Ecocycles has been cited in other publications) have ranged from 4.15 to 4.24 . Why publish in Ecocycles - Indexed in Scopus, DOAJ, EBSCO, NCBI NLM Catalog, CrossRef, Google Scholar - Q3 journal (SCImago Journal Rank) - Broad international scope - Diamond Open Access: no article processing charges - Rigorous editorial screening and peer review Before You Submit Ecocycles publishes original, well-written, peer-reviewed research with broad relevance. Submissions that are purely descriptive, narrowly focused, or lack novelty generally do not pass the desk review.  Please carefully assess your manuscript before submission . Submission process - Register on the journal website - Review the submission guidelines - Submit your manuscript - Editorial screening - Peer review and decision Announcements UPDATE - ECOCYCLES - New Scientometric Data April 23, 2026 We are delighted to announce that SCImago Journal & Country Rank  listed  ECOCYCLES as a Q3 journal for 2025 (a 6% increase compared to 2024). Ecocycles | eISSN 2416-2140 | DOI prefix 10.19040 | Responsible editor: Prof. Tamas Komives (editor[at]ecocycles.net Published by the European Ecocycles Society under the terms of the Creative Commons CC-BY 4.0 license.                                             About the Journal | Ecocycles About the Journal ECOCYCLES (ISSN 2416-2140, DOI 10.19040/ecocycles) is the first Open Access, fully refereed academic periodical in its field. The journal's primary goal is to provide a significant medium for scientists to present and discuss their latest findings from research across all aspects (social, economic, geological, environmental, etc.) of ecological cycles, with a publication schedule of at least two issues per year, with additional issues published as editorial circumstances warrant (e.g., Special Issues or high submission volumes). EDITORIAL POLICIES Focus and Scope Ecological cycles are the various self-regulating processes that recycle the earth's limited resources - water, carbon, nitrogen, and other elements - that are essential to sustain life. The Eco Cycle strategy is based on these processes and aims to create a society with non-toxic, resource-efficient cycles. Understanding how local cycles fit into global cycles is essential for making the best possible management dehelsicisions to maintain ecosystem health and productivity now and in the future. The European Ecocycles Society was founded by researchers studying these cycles, and the goal of this journal is to publish scientific results in this field. Peer Review Policies All manuscripts submitted to ECOCYCLES are reviewed by the experts in the particular field and peer review judgments have to be as objective as the manuscript's subject allows. Manuscripts are evaluated confidentially, exclusively based on the paper's scientific merit. ECOCYCLES adopts the single-blind review process. The decision on the manuscript is based on two or more reviews. Reviewers are expected to identify uncited relevant work(s), and point out the overall strengths and weaknesses that may be present. Throughout the review process, the anonymity of the referees should be preserved. Authors, after uploading their manuscript, may suggest names they wish to exclude from the list of possible reviewers of their paper. During the review, international standards are followed: manuscripts are read by the Editor-in-Chief, who decides whether the submission complies with the formal requirements and is within the scope of ECOCYCLES. If yes, he assigns an Editor who oversees the review process. The Editor selects the reviewers (at least two anonymous professionals). The Editor assesses the reviewers' evaluations and discusses them with the Editor-in-Chief. Editors communicate with the authors and decide on acceptance or rejection of the submitted manuscript. Plagiarism The Editorials of ECOCYCLES have a "zero tolerance for plagiarism" policy. Plagiarism issues are checked by the editors using the Premium version of Grammarly (www.grammarly.com/plans) and the online Dupli Checker (duplichecker.com) tool. Publication Frequency ECOCYCLES publishes at least two issues per year, with additional issues published as editorial circumstances warrant (e.g., Special Issues or high submission volumes), aiming to become a quarterly journal. Individual papers will be published as soon as they are ready by being added to the "current" volume's Table of Contents. Open Access Policy This journal provides immediate open access to its content on the principle that making research freely available to the public supports a greater global exchange of knowledge. LICENCE: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) Archiving Publications in the journal are deposited in REAL (the searchable repository of the Library of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences). Publication Ethics and Malpractice Statement ECOCYCLES is committed to ethical standards. The editors of ECOCYCLES work hard to guarantee an unbiased, transparent, and fair peer-review process and editorial decisions. They ensure that all studies they accept for publication strictly follow the relevant internationally accepted guidelines. Thus, investigations on humans (individuals, samples, or data) were performed under the principles stated in the Declaration of Helsinki , and the highest standards were met on the accessibility of research data, registration of clinical trials and other study designs, publication on vulnerable populations, research using animals or human subjects, handling of confidential data, and business and marketing practices. In addition to the Declaration of Helsinki, the editors follow other relevant declarations, such as the Good Clinical Practice in medical sciences, the AERA and BERA declarations, as well as the American Psychological Association ethical principles in psychology, if using animals, the Ethics Statement on GMO and Ethics in a New Era, and similar ones in their field. The publication ethics and publication malpractice statement of ECOCYCLES are based on the Code of Conduct and Best-Practice Guidelines for Journal Editors (Committee on Publication Ethics, 2022). Our journal endorses the position statements developed at the 2nd World Conference on Research Integrity, Singapore, July 22-24, 2010 for editors and authors (readable at http://publicationethics.org/resources/international-standards-for-editors-and-authors ). The process ECOCYCLES follows ensures that the Journal complies with the Recommendations of the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE) and the Principles of Transparency and Best Practice in Scholarly Publishing by The Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE). Authors and Publication - Authors of ECOCYCLES are expected to observe high standards in publication ethics: no plagiarism, no publication of the same research in different journals, no duplication in the contribution of the authors, and/or no misappropriation of the works of other authors is allowed. Claims of unethical conduct will be examined first with the corresponding author of the paper. In the absence of agreement, the case will be reported to the author's institution and funding agencies for further action. In their submissions, authors need to disclose any potential conflicts of interest that are not fully apparent and that may influence their judgments on what is published. Data Sharing Statement Authors submitting manuscripts to Ecocycles are encouraged to share the data on which their research is based. This could be done by attaching them as Supplementary Data to their paper or archiving them in a public (institutional or other) repository of their choice. In the latter case, authors are urged to include a data availability statement in their paper together with a link to the repository. Conflict of Interest Statement Authors, reviewers, and editors participating in the publication process need to disclose any potential Conflicts of Interest that are not fully apparent and that may influence their judgments on what is published. Use of Generative-AI tools Declaration The author(s) declare that they have used Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools in the creation of this article, list the AI tools used, explain how they were used, and indicate where in the article this information is located. Responsibilities of the Authors Authors are expected to participate in the full peer-review process. All authors are expected to contribute significantly to the research presented in the manuscript, and all data in the manuscript should be scientifically determined. Authors should take the reviewers' comments and suggestions seriously and address them fully. Responsibilities of the Reviewers Manuscripts submitted to ECOCYCLES are reviewed by the experts in the particular field, and peer review judgments have to be as objective as the manuscript's subject allows. The reviewers are expected to evaluate the articles solely on their scientific merit, regardless of the authors' citizenship, ethnic origin, gender, race, religious belief, sexual orientation, or political orientation. Reviewers are expected to treat the reviewed manuscript confidentially. They should not have a conflict of interest regarding the authors, the research, and/or the funders of the research. ECOCYCLES adopts the blind review process. In most cases, the decision on the manuscript is based on two or more reviews. Reviewers are expected to identify uncited relevant work(s) and point out the overall strengths and weaknesses that may be present. Throughout the review process, the anonymity of the referees should be preserved. Before finishing the review, the Review Form must be completed, and the reviewers are expected to suggest a decision on the paper's acceptability for publication. Responsibilities of the Editors The editors of ECOCYCLES have full authority and responsibility to decide the acceptance or rejection of a manuscript. They should not have a conflict of interest regarding the manuscripts and should be reasonably certain of their authenticity. If problems are identified, the editors will communicate with the authors and present the need for modifications and/or corrections in the article. Publication Ethics Issues Publication ethics issues will be continuously monitored and safeguarded by the editors of ECOCYCLES. Whenever necessary, ECOCYCLES will be willing to publish errata, clarifications, corrections, and apologies, provided that neither fraudulent data nor plagiarism will be published. Privacy Statement ECOCYCLES journal is managed under the open-access software platform Open Journal Systems (OJS ). The data collected from users (registered and non-registered) falls within the standard operating procedures of academic journals. The information collected serves to organize and record communication during the editorial process and to monitor site visits and download statistics. Data that will assist in developing OJS may be shared with its developer, the Public Knowledge Project (PKP), in anonymized and aggregated form. The names and email addresses entered in this journal site will be used exclusively for the stated purposes of this journal and will not be made available for any other purpose or to any other party. Registered Users All users (including the editorial staff, the authors, and the reviewers) who register with ECOCYCLES journal, including authors and peer reviewers, consent to having their personal information stored in OJS. Rights of the Individual The managers of the OJS platform and the journal's staff seek to be compliant with industry standards for data privacy, including the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) provision for "data subject rights". These rights include the right of access to registered personal data, as well as the right of deletion of such data (also known as "the right to be forgotten"). Participant Consent to Publish - Informed Consent Identifiable individual data of human subjects (including children under 16 and deceased persons) collected in the course of research cannot be published without specific consent from the individual (or their parents or representative, or next of kin, respectively). Therefore, authors are required to confirm that all identifiable individuals are aware of the intended publication and their consent has been acquired. For adequate protection of participant anonymity, authors must retain proof of this consent and should not send it to ECOCYCLES. However, a statement demonstrating that consent was obtained for all identifiable individuals should be presented in the manuscript. Authors, editors, reviewers, and readers have a right to their privacy and it cannot be violated without their informed consent. Authors should protect their co-authors' right to privacy by requesting written consent from them to include their ideas and results before submission. The OJS software framework used by ECOCYCLES protects the rights of all co-authors of a paper in the following way: when the corresponding author uploads the manuscript to the ECOCYCLES website, the names, email addresses, and places of work of all co-authors must be entered into the journal's database. After the upload is finalized, the OJS software sends an acknowledgment to all authors, not just the corresponding author. The Author Consent Form to be deposited by the corresponding author is downloadable here . Public Interest Statement (Optional but recommended) In order to increase the impact of their research, authors may give a description (up to 150 words in length) of their work in a language that is easily understandable to the general public. HUMAN AND ANIMAL RIGHTS Humans If the article covers studies performed on human subjects, authors should adhere to the Declaration of Helsinki (1975, as revised in 2000, 2008, and 2024) and indicate whether the methodologies used complied with the ethical standards therein. Any potential negative outcomes of the study for ecosystems, populations, or individual organisms must be evaluated in light of the potential advances in knowledge and their practical usefulness. Animals If the study involved animals, the authors should indicate whether they followed relevant international, national, and/or institutional guidelines for the care and use of laboratory animals. All animal work must specifically require authors to include details of animal welfare (such as species, number, gender, age, weight, housing conditions, welfare, training, and the fate of the animals at the end of the experiment) and relevant details of steps taken to ameliorate suffering in all work. For studies involving client-owned animals, author(s) must possess (and attach) a document of informed client consent and adhere to a high standard (best practice) of veterinary care. These details should

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