Environmental DNA

Environmental DNA is a fully open access journal published by Wiley that began in 2019 and concentrates on primary research using genetic material recovered from the environment, with a 2025 Journal Impact Factor of 5.8.《环境 DNA》（Environmental DNA）由（Wiley）出版，2019 年创刊，为完全开放获取期刊，主要发表利用环境样本中遗传物质开展的原创研究，2025 年期刊影响因子为 5.8。

Scope

• The journal covers the analysis of environmental DNA across taxonomic groups, from microbes and fungi through plants to animals, including past environments.本刊覆盖各分类群的环境 DNA 分析，从微生物、真菌经植物到动物，并包括古环境。
• Experimental work on eDNA behaviour, such as degradation, transport, shedding and detection rate under varying physico-chemical conditions, is a distinct strand.关于环境 DNA 行为（如不同理化条件下降解、迁移、脱落与检出率）的实验研究，构成独立的一条主线。
• Trophic and community ecology applications include predator-prey and diet analysis, functional diversity and host-associated microbiota.营养级与群落生态学方面的应用，包括捕食者与猎物关系及食性分析、功能多样性与宿主相关微生物组。
• Biomonitoring and conservation work covers single and multi-species detection, abundance estimation and the detection of rare, cryptic or endangered species.生物监测与保护方面的工作，涵盖单物种与多物种检出、丰度估计以及稀有、隐存或濒危物种的检出。
• Invasion biology and environmental assessment appear as named areas, including early detection at low abundance and microbial source tracking.入侵生物学与环境评价被列为明确方向，包括低丰度下的早期检出与微生物源追踪。
• Methodological papers on assay design, biotechnology and biostatistical approaches are accepted as first class contributions rather than as appendices to biology.关于检测设计、生物技术与生物统计方法的方法学论文，被视为一等贡献而非生物学研究的附庸。
• Applications in citizen science and biodiversity education are explicitly within remit, which is unusual for a molecular ecology journal.公民科学与生物多样性教育方面的应用被明确纳入范围，这在分子生态学期刊中并不常见。

History

• The journal was announced for launch in 2019 as a Wiley open access title dedicated entirely to environmental DNA, a field that had previously been served mainly by methods sections in broader ecology journals.本刊于 2019 年创刊，是（Wiley）旗下专注环境 DNA 的开放获取期刊；此前该领域主要依附于综合性生态期刊的方法学栏目。
• Louis Bernatchez of Laval University was the founding editor-in-chief, with an associate editor team that included Kristy Deiner, Dagmar Frisch, Daniel Heath, Taylor Wilcox and Hiroki Yamanaka.拉瓦尔大学的 Louis Bernatchez 出任创刊主编，副编辑团队包括 Kristy Deiner、Dagmar Frisch、Daniel Heath、Taylor Wilcox 与 Hiroki Yamanaka。
• Simon Creer of Bangor University and Sophie von der Heyden of Stellenbosch University now serve as editors, the latter a molecular ecologist working on southern African aquatic systems.现由班戈大学的 Simon Creer 与来自斯泰伦博斯大学的（Sophie von der Heyden）共同担任主编，后者研究南部非洲水生生态系统的分子生态学。
• The journal adopted double-blind peer review from the outset, at a time when anonymity in both directions was still uncommon in ecology.本刊自创刊起即采用双盲同行评审，当时生态学领域双向匿名的做法尚不普遍。
• It is indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index and Scopus, and its impact factor stood at 6.2 in 2024.本刊被新兴来源引文索引与（Scopus）收录，2024 年影响因子为 6.2。
• The 2025 impact factor is 5.8, with the journal ranked 23rd of 205 in ecology and holding a first quartile position.2025 年影响因子为 5.8，在生态学类 205 种期刊中位列第 23 位，保持第一四分位。

Editors

• Simon Creer is a molecular ecologist at Bangor University whose work spans environmental DNA, metabarcoding and biodiversity assessment.Simon Creer 为班戈大学分子生态学家，研究涵盖环境 DNA、条形码扩增子测序与生物多样性评估。
• Sophie von der Heyden works on the application of molecular and genomic tools to the conservation and sustainable use of species in freshwater, estuarine and marine systems.（Sophie von der Heyden）研究如何把分子与基因组工具用于淡水、河口与海洋物种的保护和可持续利用。
• Both authors and reviewers are anonymised, and the journal adopted this model at launch rather than moving to it later.作者与审稿人双方均匿名，且期刊自创刊起即采用这一模式，而非后来才改用。
• Editorial responsibility is shared between the two editors-in-chief and a team of associate editors working in molecular ecology, fisheries science and environmental assessment.编辑职责由两位主编与一支从事分子生态学、渔业科学与环境评价的副编辑团队共同承担。
• The journal concentrates on primary research rather than reviews, and it solicits methods papers that test and evaluate assay performance rather than simply proposing a protocol.本刊以原创研究为主而不以综述为核心，并征集对检测方法性能进行测试与评估、而非仅提出流程的方法学论文。