Nature Ecology & Evolution

Nature Ecology & Evolution is a monthly online-only journal published by Nature Portfolio, launched in January 2017, covering the full spectrum of ecological and evolutionary biology, with a 2025 Journal Impact Factor of 17.1《自然·生态与进化》是由（Nature Portfolio）出版的月刊在线期刊，2017 年 1 月创刊，涵盖生态学与进化生物学的完整谱系，2025 年影响因子为 17.1。

Scope

• It spans the full spectrum of ecological and evolutionary biology该刊涵盖生态学与进化生物学的完整谱系。
• It covers approaches at the molecular, organismal, population, community and ecosystem levels涵盖分子、个体、种群、群落与生态系统等层次的研究路径。
• It includes relevant parts of the social sciences并纳入社会科学的相关部分。
• It addresses conservation, biodiversity and global change ecology关注保护、生物多样性与全球变化生态学。^[1]
• It covers marine science, applied ecology and disease ecology涵盖海洋科学、应用生态学与疾病生态学。
• It explores the relationship between biodiversity and ecosystem functioning探讨生物多样性与生态系统功能的关系。^[2]
• It publishes Articles, Reviews, Perspectives, Comments and News & Views刊载研究论文、综述、展望、评论与新闻观点。

History

• It was launched in January 2017该刊于 2017 年 1 月创刊。
• It is an online-only journal该刊为纯在线期刊。
• It is published monthly by Nature Portfolio由（Nature Portfolio）按月出版。
• It is one of the youngest Nature research journals它是（Nature）系列研究期刊中最年轻的成员之一。
• Its volume numbering reached Volume 10 in 2026至 2026 年其卷号已达第 10 卷。
• Its official abbreviation is Nat. Ecol. Evol.其官方缩写为（Nat. Ecol. Evol.）。
• Its Journal Impact Factor rose from 15.46 in 2021 to 17.1 in 2025其影响因子由 2021 年的 15.46 升至 2025 年的 17.1。

Editors

• Its Chief Editor is Simon Harold其主编为 Simon Harold。
• He became Chief Editor in September 2024他于 2024 年 9 月出任主编。
• He joined the launch team of Nature Ecology & Evolution in 2016他于 2016 年加入该刊创刊团队。
• He obtained his PhD from the University of Leeds他在（University of Leeds）获得博士学位。
• He is based in the London office他在伦敦办公室工作。
• It has no external editorial board, and all decisions are made by full-time professional editors该刊不设外部编委会，所有决定由全职专业编辑团队作出。
• Its senior editors include Walter Andriuzzi, Vaishali Bhaumik, Iain Dickson and Marian Turner其资深编辑包括 Walter Andriuzzi、Vaishali Bhaumik、Iain Dickson 与 Marian Turner。