Conservation Biology

Conservation Biology (commonly abbreviated as Conserv. Biol.) is the flagship journal of the Society for Conservation Biology. Launched in 1987 and published by Wiley, it appears bimonthly, with a 2025 impact factor of 5.2.Conservation Biology（常用缩写 Conserv. Biol.）是保护生物学学会的旗舰期刊，1987 年创刊，由 Wiley 出版，为双月刊，2025 年影响因子为 5.2。^[1]

Scope

• Scope: the journal publishes work advancing the science and practice of conserving Earth's biological diversity, welcoming submissions germane to any of the planet's ecosystems or regions.学科定位： 期刊发表旨在保护地球生物多样性的科学与实践成果，欢迎涉及任一生态系统或地理区域的稿件。
• Subject coverage: ground-breaking research articles, essays and reviews develop new theory and methods, define key problems and propose solutions, exploring the social, ecological and philosophical dimensions of conserving biological diversity.收录主题： 刊载突破性的研究论文、评论与综述，发展新理论与新方法、界定关键问题并提出解决方案，探讨生物多样性保护的社会、生态与哲学维度。
• Editorial orientation: the journal stresses globally relevant novel insights, approaches and syntheses, encouraging cross-sector and cross-disciplinary contributions.办刊取向： 期刊强调全球相关的新见解、新方法与综合研究，鼓励跨部门与跨学科的贡献。
• Rapid posting: accepted manuscripts go online as Accepted Articles within roughly a week of acceptance, shortening the wait for visibility.快速上线： 已接受稿件在一周左右以「Accepted Article」形式先行上线，缩短成果可见时间。
• Indexing and metrics: indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded, the journal holds a first-quartile position in biodiversity conservation, with a 2025 impact factor of 5.2.收录与指标： 被科学引文索引扩展版收录，在生物多样性保护类别中列第一区，2025 年影响因子为 5.2。^[2]

History

• Founded in 1987: the journal was launched by the Society for Conservation Biology in 1987 as the foundational periodical of the discipline.1987年创刊： 期刊于 1987 年由保护生物学学会创办，是该学科的奠基性刊物。
• Background to the founding: as conservation biology took shape in the eighties as a crisis discipline, the journal became its core venue, binding ecology to policy and practice.创刊背景： 保护生物学在八十年代作为危机学科成形，期刊为这门将生态学与政策实践相连的新学问提供了核心阵地。
• Ownership structure: the journal is owned by the society as its flagship and produced with Wiley-Blackwell as publisher.权属结构： 期刊由学会拥有并视为旗舰出版物，出版事务交由 Wiley-Blackwell 承担。
• Recent metrics: the impact factor stood at 5.405 in 2019, 7.563 in 2021 and 5.2 in 2025.近年指标： 影响因子 2019 年为 5.405，2021 年为 7.563，2025 年为 5.2。
• Open access: the journal is hybrid with an open access share among the highest in its class, and society members receive publishing discounts.开放获取： 期刊为混合型，开放获取比例在同类刊物中居前，学会会员可享出版优惠。^[3]

Editors

• Editor-in-chief: the journal is led by Mark A. Burgman of the University of Hawaii at Manoa in the United States.现任主编： 主编为 Mark A. Burgman，任职于美国夏威夷大学马诺阿分校。
• Senior associate editors: six senior associate editors serve from Monash University, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, the Northeast Climate Adaptation Science Center of the US Geological Survey, the University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences Vienna, the University of South Africa and the University of California, Davis.高级副编辑： 期刊设六位高级副编辑，分别来自莫纳什大学、柏林洪堡大学、美国地质调查局东北气候适应科学中心、维也纳自然资源与生命科学大学、南非大学与加州大学戴维斯分校。
• Editorial board: the associate editor team is international, spanning ecology, conservation decision-making and endangered species biology.编委构成： 副编辑团队国际化，覆盖生态学、保护决策与濒危物种生物学等方向。^[4]
• Submission and peer review: manuscripts are lodged through the ScholarOne system and undergo peer review.投稿与评审： 稿件经 ScholarOne 在线系统递交，接受同行评审。
• Editorial policy: the journal values social-ecological integration and inclusivity, pressing conservation science to answer the global challenges of biodiversity loss and climate change.编辑方针： 期刊重视社会-生态整合取向与包容性，推动保护科学回应生物多样性丧失与气候变化的全球挑战。