Urban Ecosystems

Urban Ecosystems is an international journal published by Springer, founded in 1997, devoted to scientific investigations of urban environments and the relationships between socioeconomic and ecological structures and processes, with a 2025 impact factor of 3.2（Urban Ecosystems）是由（Springer）出版的国际期刊，1997 年创办，致力于城市环境以及社会经济结构与生态结构和过程之间关系的科学研究，2025 年影响因子为 3.2。

Scope

• Studies the relationships between socioeconomic and ecological structures and processes in urban environments研究城市环境中社会经济结构与生态结构和过程之间的关系。
• Covers interactions between urban ecosystems and associated suburban and rural environments涵盖城市生态系统与相关郊区及乡村环境之间的相互作用。
• Spans biodiversity, biogeochemistry, conservation biology, and wildlife and fisheries management涵盖生物多样性、生物地球化学、保护生物学，以及野生生物与渔业管理。
• Also includes ecosystem ecology, ecosystem services, environmental chemistry, hydrology, landscape architecture, and meteorology and climate还包括生态系统生态学、生态系统服务、环境化学、水文学、景观建筑，以及气象学与气候。
• Accepts original research, discussion papers, letters and comments, and contributions to the topical collection Ecology with Cities, while review articles require prior approval by the editor-in-chief接收原创研究、讨论性论文、读者来信与评论，以及专题合集（Ecology with Cities）的稿件，而综述文章须事先获得主编批准。

History

• Founded in 1997, when its first issue appeared in January 1997该刊 1997 年创办，首期于 1997 年 1 月问世。
• It was originally published by Chapman & Hall该刊最初由（Chapman & Hall）出版。
• It is now published by Springer and appears bimonthly该刊现由（Springer）出版，每年出版六期。
• It operates a hybrid open access model and had a 2025 impact factor of 3.2该刊采用混合开放获取模式，2025 年影响因子为 3.2。

Editors

• The co-editors-in-chief are Chi Yung Jim of the Education University of Hong Kong and Michael McKinney of the University of Tennessee in the USA现任共同主编为（Education University of Hong Kong）的 Chi Yung Jim 与（University of Tennessee）的 Michael McKinney。
• A special features editor, Mark Goddard of Northumbria University in the United Kingdom, handles the topical Ecology with Cities collection专刊编辑为（Northumbria University）的 Mark Goddard，负责（Ecology with Cities）专题合集。
• The editorial board is international, with members from the USA, Germany, China, the United Kingdom, Australia and many other countries编委会为国际化团队，成员来自美国、德国、中国、英国、澳大利亚等众多国家。
• Submissions are peer reviewed, and review articles require prior approval by the editor-in-chief稿件实行同行评审，综述文章须事先获得主编批准。