Journal of Industrial Ecology

The Journal of Industrial Ecology is a peer-reviewed journal founded in 1997 by the Center for Industrial Ecology at Yale, owned by the International Society for Industrial Ecology and published by Springer Nature from 2026. Its 2025 impact factor is 5.7.《产业生态学杂志》（Journal of Industrial Ecology）1997 年由耶鲁大学产业生态学中心创办，现由国际产业生态学会所有，自 2026 年起由 Springer Nature 出版，2025 年影响因子为 5.7。

Scope

• Sustainability and circular-economy research linking the environment with socio-economic systems.联结环境与社会经济系统的可持续发展与循环经济研究。
• Environmental impacts and drivers of the stocks and flows of materials, energy and other resources.物质、能源及其他资源存量与流动的环境影响及其驱动因素。
• Life-cycle assessment, material flow analysis and input-output analysis.生命周期评价、物质流分析与投入产出分析。
• System-based, methodologically novel and high-impact studies bridging the social and natural sciences.贯通社会科学与自然科学的系统性、方法新颖且高影响力的研究。
• Work relating consumption and production to environmental policy and management.将消费与生产同环境政策与管理相联系的成果。

History

• The journal was founded in 1997 by the Center for Industrial Ecology at the Yale School of the Environment, its first issue appearing in winter 1997.该刊由耶鲁大学环境学院产业生态学中心于 1997 年创办，首期于 1997 年冬季出版。
• It debuted under MIT Press and was originally co-edited by John Ehrenfeld, with Reid Lifset serving as editor for some twenty years.该刊最初由 MIT Press 出版，早期由 John Ehrenfeld 联合主编，Reid Lifset 担任主编约二十年。
• Ownership passed to the International Society for Industrial Ecology in 2022, and publication moved from Wiley-Blackwell to Springer Nature in January 2026.2022 年所有权归属国际产业生态学会，出版方于 2026 年 1 月由 Wiley-Blackwell 转为 Springer Nature。
• It was quarterly from 1997 to 2007 and has appeared bimonthly since 2008, with a 2025 impact factor of 5.7.1997 至 2007 年为季刊，2008 年起为双月刊，2025 年影响因子为 5.7。

Editors

• The co-editors-in-chief are Gang Liu of the University of Southern Denmark, Richard Wood of the Norwegian University of Science and Technology and Junming Zhu of Tsinghua University.现任共同主编为南丹麦大学的 Gang Liu、挪威科技大学的 Richard Wood 与清华大学的 Junming Zhu。
• The editorial team is supported by European and Asian editorial offices alongside the centre at Yale.编辑团队由欧洲与亚洲编辑部，以及耶鲁的中心共同支持。
• Reid Lifset, the journal's long-serving editor, shaped its development for around two decades.长期担任主编的 Reid Lifset 在约二十年间主导了该刊的发展。
• Manuscripts are peer reviewed, and the journal publishes research articles alongside review and perspective pieces.稿件经同行评审，期刊刊载研究论文以及综述与观点类文章。