Functional_Ecology_(journal)

<i>Functional Ecology</i> (journal)

Functional Ecology (journal)

Academic journal

Functional Ecology is a monthly peer-reviewed scientific journal covering physiological, behavioural, and evolutionary ecology, as well as ecosystems and community ecology, emphasizing an integrative approach.[1]

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The journal was established in 1987 and is published by Wiley-Blackwell on behalf of the British Ecological Society. The editors-in-chief are Lara Ferry (Arizona State University), Charles Fox (University of Kentucky), Katie Field (University of Sheffield), Emma Sayer (University of Lancaster), and Enrico Rezende (Pontifical Catholic University of Chile).

Abstracting and indexing

The journal is abstracted and indexed in Aquatic Sciences and Fisheries Abstracts, BIOSIS Previews, Current Contents/Agriculture, Biology & Environmental Sciences, the Science Citation Index, Scopus.[2] According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2021 impact factor of 6.28.[3]

Types of papers

The journal publishes the following types of papers:

  • Standard Research Papers - a typical experimental, comparative or theoretical paper
  • Reviews - syntheses of topics of broad ecological interest
  • Perspectives - short articles presenting new ideas (without data) intended to stimulate scientific debate
  • Special Features - a collection of manuscripts, typically Reviews or Perspectives, on a single theme

The journal also produces podcasts on a semi-regular basis, usually focusing on a recent article and has a blog, which includes interviews with authors and articles relating to the ecological academic and research community.

References

  1. [1]
    Irschick, Duncan; Charles Fox; Ken Thompson; Alan Knapp; Liz Baker; Jennifer Meyer (28 January 2013). "Functional ecology: integrative research in the modern age of ecology". Functional Ecology. 27 (1): 1–4. doi:10.1111/1365-2435.12037.
  2. [2]
    "Functional Ecology". MIAR: Information Matrix for the Analysis of Journals. University of Barcelona. Retrieved 2019-08-21.
  3. [3]
    "Functional Ecology". 2018 Journal Citation Reports. Web of Science (Science OR Social Sciences ed.). Clarivate Analytics. 2019.
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