Ecological Monographs

Ecological Monographs is a quarterly, peer-reviewed journal published by Wiley on behalf of the Ecological Society of America, founded in 1931 to carry the longer monographic papers that Ecology could not accommodate, and it holds a 2025 Journal Impact Factor of 9.0.《生态学专论》（Ecological Monographs）是威立（Wiley）代表美国生态学会（Ecological Society of America）出版的季刊同行评审期刊，1931 年创办，用以容纳（Ecology）无法刊登的较长专题论文，2025 年影响因子为 9.0。

Scope

• It publishes comprehensive, integrative and multifaceted papers representing major theoretical, empirical or methodological advances in ecology and evolution.该刊发表综合、整合与多层面的论文，代表生态学与演化领域的重大理论、实证或方法进展。
• Its papers are meant to establish benchmarks for future research and to document major advances in the field.其论文旨在为未来研究树立标杆，记录该领域的重大进展。
• Articles report results from complex original observational, experimental or theoretical studies that cannot be split into shorter single-topic papers.其论文报告复杂观测、实验或理论研究的结果，这类工作无法拆成多篇单主题短文。
• A Concepts and Synthesis section publishes papers that advance ecology conceptually and that synthesise knowledge across ecological and evolutionary disciplines.「概念与综合」栏目发表推动生态学概念发展、跨越生态学与演化学科综合知识的论文。
• A dedicated Methods section covers methodological developments, and review papers are handled by a review editor.刊物另设方法论栏目，综述类稿件由综述编辑负责。
• Papers that are simply longer versions of a single study belong in sister titles such as Ecology, Ecological Applications or Ecosphere rather than in this journal.仅是单篇研究的加长版，应投向（Ecology）、（Ecological Applications）或（Ecosphere）等姊妹刊。

History

• The journal was established by the Ecological Society of America and its first issue appeared in January 1931, created to carry longer papers of a monographic nature.该刊由美国生态学会（Ecological Society of America）创办，首期于 1931 年 1 月问世，用以刊载篇幅较长的专题论文。
• From its inception it shared an editorial board with Ecology, the society's flagship journal founded in 1920.自创刊起，该刊与学会旗舰刊（Ecology，1920 年创办）共用同一编委会。
• The society self-published its journals for most of its history and worked with Allen Press, and from January 2016 all ESA journals, including Ecological Monographs, have been published through John Wiley and Sons.该学会长期自行出版期刊并与（Allen Press）合作；自 2016 年 1 月起，包括该刊在内的全部学会期刊改由（John Wiley and Sons）出版。
• One of its most cited papers is the 1957 ordination study of the upland forest communities of southern Wisconsin by Bray and Curtis.该刊被引最多的论文之一是（Bray）与（Curtis）1957 年关于威斯康星州南部高地森林群落排序的研究。^[1]
• It appears four times a year and is published in print and online under the numbers 0012-9615 and 1557-7015.该刊每年出版 4 期，以纸本与网络形式发行，刊号 0012-9615 与 1557-7015。
• It is a subscription-based hybrid journal that also offers an open access option to authors.该刊以订阅制为主，并为作者提供开放获取选项。
• Its Journal Impact Factor was 10.315 in 2021, 9.814 in 2022, 7.5 in 2024 and 9.0 in 2025, and the journal accepts about 18% of submissions.其影响因子 2021 年为 10.315、2022 年为 9.814、2024 年为 7.5、2025 年为 9.0，稿件录用率约 18%。

Editors

• Jean-Philippe Lessard of Concordia University is the editor-in-chief.主编为（Concordia University）的（Jean-Philippe Lessard）。
• Mar Sobral of the University of Santiago de Compostela is associate editor-in-chief, and Matthias Schleuning of the Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre is the Concepts and Synthesis editor.副主编为（University of Santiago de Compostela）的（Mar Sobral）；「概念与综合」栏目编辑为（Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre）的（Matthias Schleuning）。
• Lauren G. Shoemaker of the University of Wyoming is the method editor and Robert M. Pringle of Princeton University is the review editor.方法编辑为（University of Wyoming）的（Lauren G. Shoemaker），综述编辑为（Princeton University）的（Robert M. Pringle）。
• The subject-matter board spans many countries, with members based in Germany, Spain, the United States, China, Israel, France and Australia among others.学科编委遍布多国，成员来自德国、西班牙、美国、中国、以色列、法国与澳大利亚等。
• Chinese board members include Shaopeng Wang and Zhiheng Wang of Peking University, Juntao Hu and Jiajia Liu of Fudan University, and Haiyang Zhang of Hebei University.中国编委包括北京大学的（Shaopeng Wang）与（Zhiheng Wang）、复旦大学的（Juntao Hu）与（Jiajia Liu）、以及（Hebei University）的（Haiyang Zhang）。
• Manuscripts are peer reviewed through the publisher's online system, with a median of about 19 days from submission to first decision.稿件通过出版方在线系统同行评审，投稿到首次决定的中位时间约 19 天。