Biological Conservation

Biological Conservation is a monthly Elsevier journal founded in 1968 and an affiliate publication of the Society for Conservation Biology, publishing quantitative and policy-relevant science across conservation biology, with a 2025 Journal Impact Factor of 5.1.《生物保护》（Biological Conservation）是（Elsevier）1968 年创办的月刊，也是（Society for Conservation Biology）的附属刊物，发表保护生物学领域定量与面向政策的研究，2025 年期刊影响因子为 5.1。

Scope

• The remit is conservation science, covering the biological, sociological, ethical and economic dimensions of conserving biodiversity.刊物范围是保护科学，涵盖生物多样性保护在生物学、社会学、伦理学与经济学层面的问题。
• Theoretical and empirical work on the consequences of human action for the diversity, structure and function of terrestrial, aquatic and marine ecosystems.人类活动对陆地、淡水与海洋生态系统多样性、结构与功能影响的理论与实证研究。
• Quantitative extinction risk assessment, habitat fragmentation, invasive organisms, conservation genetics and the effects of global change on biodiversity.定量灭绝风险评估、生境破碎化、入侵生物、保护遗传学与全球变化对生物多样性的影响。
• Landscape and reserve design, protected-area management, restoration ecology and resource economics.景观与保护区设计、保护地管理、恢复生态学与资源经济学。
• Social-science contributions on conservation politics, ethics, policy, human social structure and political culture.保护政治学、伦理学、政策、人类社会结构与政治文化等社会科学方向的来稿。
• Article types are research articles, reviews including systematic reviews and perspectives, short communications, policy perspectives and letters to the editor.接受研究论文、综述（含系统综述与观点文章）、短通讯、政策观点与读者来信。
• Papers must have global relevance, demonstrating applications of conservation science beyond the particular system or species studied.论文须具全球意义，能展示保护科学在所研究的具体系统或物种之外的应用价值。

History

• It was founded in 1968 by Applied Science Publishers of Barking, Essex, and volume 1 number 1 appeared in October 1968.本刊 1968 年由埃塞克斯郡巴金的（Applied Science Publishers）创办，第 1 卷第 1 期于 1968 年 10 月出版。
• The title is now published by Elsevier Science Ltd from Kidlington, Oxford, and remains monthly, with twelve volumes in 2025 numbered 301 to 312.现由（Elsevier Science Ltd）在牛津基德灵顿出版，仍为月刊，2025 年出版 12 卷，编号 301 至 312。
• The 2025 Journal Impact Factor is 5.1, after 4.4 in 2024, 7.497 in 2022 and 5.99 in 2021, a fall from the peak reached in 2022.2025 年期刊影响因子为 5.1，2024 年为 4.4，2022 年为 7.497，2021 年为 5.99，较 2022 年的高点明显回落。
• It ranks 10 of 77 in biodiversity conservation, in Q1, and 32 of 205 in ecology.在生物多样性保护类别排名 10/77，位列 Q1，在生态学类别排名 32/205。
• Biological Conservation is an affiliate publication of the Society for Conservation Biology, whose members may take a personal subscription, and it runs an open access companion, Global Ecology and Conservation.本刊是（Society for Conservation Biology）的附属刊物，会员可办理个人订阅，另办有开放获取姊妹刊（Global Ecology and Conservation）。
• It is indexed in Science Citation Index, Scopus, Embase, AGRICOLA, GEOBASE, Current Contents and Elsevier BIOBASE, among other databases.本刊被（Science Citation Index）、（Scopus）、（Embase）、（AGRICOLA）、（GEOBASE）、（Current Contents）与（Elsevier BIOBASE）等数据库收录。

Editors

• Vincent Devictor of the Institute of Evolutionary Sciences of Montpellier, which is run jointly by CNRS and the University of Montpellier, is editor-in-chief.主编为（Vincent Devictor），任职于蒙彼利埃演化科学研究所，该所由法国国家科研中心与蒙彼利埃大学共建。
• Eleven editors handle manuscripts, including Vanessa M. Adams of Tasmania, Amanda Bates of Memorial University, Graeme Cumming of the ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies and Varun R. Goswami of Conservation Initiatives in India.11 位编辑处理稿件，包括塔斯马尼亚大学的（Vanessa M. Adams）、纽芬兰纪念大学的（Amanda Bates）、珊瑚礁研究卓越中心的（Graeme Cumming）与印度（Conservation Initiatives）的（Varun R. Goswami）。
• Further editors are Janice Lee of Nanyang Technological University, Bea Maas of Vienna, Javier Nori of Cordoba, Anna Pidgeon of Wisconsin-Madison, Tracey Regan of the Arthur Rylah Institute, Xingfeng Si of East China Normal University and Orsolya Valko of the Lendulet Seed Ecology group.其他编辑包括南洋理工大学的（Janice Lee）、维也纳大学的（Bea Maas）、科尔多瓦大学的（Javier Nori）、威斯康星大学麦迪逊分校的（Anna Pidgeon）、（Arthur Rylah Institute）的（Tracey Regan）、华东师范大学的（Xingfeng Si）与种子生态研究组的（Orsolya Valko）。
• David Johns serves as book review editor, and the journal's own diversity reporting counted 46 editors and board members from 19 countries, with the United States, Australia and Argentina the largest groups.（David Johns）担任书评编辑，期刊自身发布的多样性报告统计有来自 19 个国家的 46 位编辑与编委，以美国、澳大利亚与阿根廷人数最多。
• Manuscripts go through double anonymized review with at least two independent referees, and editors are excluded from decisions on their own work or that of close colleagues.稿件采用双盲评审，至少送两位独立审稿人，编辑不参与本人或近亲同事稿件的决定。
• Authors may submit a single file under the Your Paper Your Way scheme and format only at revision, and official figures put review time at 61 days.作者可按（Your Paper Your Way）方式以单一文件投稿，仅在返修时排版，官方公布的审稿时间为 61 天。