Web Ecology

Web Ecology is an open-access journal issued by the European Ecological Federation, the body representing Europe's ecological societies, with publication and website handled by Copernicus Publications in Göttingen. It appeared in 2000 and publishes experimental, theoretical and descriptive studies intended for an international readership. Its 2025 Journal Impact Factor is 2.4, and the five-year figure reaches 3.4.《网络生态学》由欧洲生态学会联合会（European Ecological Federation）发行，该联合会代表欧洲各国生态学会，出版与网站运营由哥廷根的 Copernicus Publications 承担。刊物 2000 年创刊，面向国际读者刊发实验、理论与描述性研究。2025 年期刊影响因子为 2.4，五年影响因子达到 3.4。

Scope

• Submissions are drawn from every branch of ecology, and the journal applies no geographic restriction to what it publishes.稿件取自生态学的各个分支，刊物对所发表的研究不设地域限制。

• The editors describe the journal as a forum for experimental, theoretical and descriptive studies of general interest to an international readership.编辑部把刊物定位为论坛，收纳对国际读者具有普遍意义的实验研究、理论探讨与描述性工作。

• Work on any kind of organism or ecosystem is welcome, as are papers that set out emerging ideas and concepts on a sound scientific footing.任何种类的生物与生态系统都在取材之列，具备扎实科学基础的新兴想法与概念同样受欢迎。

• Seventeen subject areas appear on the journal's list, opening with behavioural ecology, biodiversity and community ecology.学科清单上共有十七个方向，以行为生态学、生物多样性与群落生态学打头。

• Conservation ecology, ecological genetics and ecological physiology make up the next group.保护生态学、生态遗传学与生态生理学构成接下来的第二组。

• Ecosystem ecology, global change ecology and landscape ecology follow them.生态系统生态学、全球变化生态学与景观生态学排在其后。

• Macroecology, plant–animal interaction and population ecology are named next.再往后是宏观生态学、植物与动物相互作用以及种群生态学。

• Theoretical ecology, urban ecology and freshwater ecology complete the middle of the list.理论生态学、城市生态学与淡水生态学填满了清单的中段。

• Invasive ecology and soil ecology bring the count to seventeen.入侵生态学与土壤生态学把数目凑到十七。

• A second purpose is to give European ecological societies that run no journal of their own a place to publish.另一重用意是为没有自办刊物的欧洲生态学会提供发表园地。

• Special issues built from society conferences and workshops are taken in as well.由学会会议与研讨会汇编的专刊同样接收。

• Standard articles carry the bulk of the content, with abstracts held to 250 words or fewer.标准论文承担了大部分篇幅，摘要限制在 250 词以内。

• Review articles are accepted but should stop short of an exhaustive survey, and the editors prefer to discuss a topic before it is submitted.综述类稿件可以投，但不做穷尽式梳理，编辑部希望作者在投稿之前先就选题沟通。

• Short communications run to two or four pages, hold figures and tables to two, cite no more than 20 references and keep the abstract to 100 words.短通讯篇幅为 2 至 4 页，图与表合计不超过 2 个，参考文献不超过 20 条，摘要控制在 100 词。

• Comments and replies take one page each and two pages in combination, address a paper the journal printed in the previous year and begin with Comment on or Reply to.评论与答复各占 1 页，合起来 2 页，针对上一年度在本刊印出的论文，标题以 Comment on 或 Reply to 起头。

• AGORA: Ideas and Concepts offers a light format for opinion and concept pieces, and completed research papers are not taken there.AGORA: Ideas and Concepts 是给观点与概念类文字留的轻量栏目，成篇的研究论文不往那里放。

History

• Volume 1 opened in 2000, and its first issue ran from page 1 to page 96.第 1 卷于 2000 年面世，第 1 期的页码自 1 排到 96。

• Volumes 1 to 10, covering 2000 to 2010, still carry the note that content was published by the Oikos Editorial Office.第 1 卷至第 10 卷覆盖 2000 年至 2010 年，卷页仍注明内容由 Oikos Editorial Office 出版。

• Volume 11 in 2011 is flagged as a journal relaunch, and no printed version was made available.2011 年的第 11 卷标为改版重启，同时不再提供纸质版本。

• Volumes 12 through 15, from 2012 to 2015, each held a single issue.第 12 卷到第 15 卷（2012 至 2015 年）每卷只装一期。

• The twice-yearly rhythm started with volume 16 in 2016 and has not been broken since.一年两期的节奏从 2016 年第 16 卷起步，此后没有中断。

• Volume 26 covers 2026, with issue 1 ending at page 102 and issue 2 running from page 103 to page 242.第 26 卷对应 2026 年，第 1 期止于 102 页，第 2 期从 103 页排到 242 页。

• Until the 2026 charges took effect, the title levied no author-side fee, the arrangement the journal labels platinum open access.在 2026 年收费生效之前，该刊不向作者收取费用，刊物把这种安排称作白金开放获取。

• The shift starts with submissions from 1 March 2026, when a Gold Open Access model funded by article processing charges begins.这一转变自 2026 年 3 月 1 日起的投稿开始，由文章处理费支撑的金色开放获取随之启用。

• The tariff published for submissions from 1 March 2026 sets 1,300 euros for full-length articles and 700 euros for the short formats.适用于 2026 年 3 月 1 日起投稿的价目把全文类文章定为 1300 欧元，短稿类定为 700 欧元。

• Members of the federation receive a ten per cent reduction, authors in Research4Life countries pay nothing, and institutional agreements lower the two rates to 1,170 and 630 euros.联合会会员减收一成，Research4Life 名单内的国家免收，机构协议把两档降到 1170 欧元与 630 欧元。

• Papers are released under a CC BY 4.0 licence, which allows reuse once the source is credited.论文以 CC BY 4.0 许可发布，标明出处之后即可再利用。

• Current Contents/Agriculture, Biology and Environmental Sciences, BIOSIS Previews, Zoological Record and the Science Citation Index Expanded all list the journal.Current Contents/Agriculture, Biology and Environmental Sciences、BIOSIS Previews、Zoological Record 与 Science Citation Index Expanded 都收录了该刊。

• Scopus, CAB Abstracts, DOAJ, EBSCO, GeoBase, ProQuest, J-Gate, Gale and CNKI sit on the abstracting list beside it, with CLOCKSS and Portico handling long-term preservation.Scopus、CAB Abstracts、DOAJ、EBSCO、GeoBase、ProQuest、J-Gate、Gale 与 CNKI 同在这份摘录名单上，长期保存交给 CLOCKSS 与 Portico。

• The 2025 Journal Impact Factor is 2.4 and the five-year value 3.4, with the Journal Citation Reports placing the title 106th of 205 in Ecology and 276th of 395 in Environmental Sciences, both in the third quartile.2025 年期刊影响因子为 2.4，五年值为 3.4，Journal Citation Reports 把该刊排在生态学 205 种中的第 106 位、环境科学 395 种中的第 276 位，均属第三四分位。

• The Journal Citation Indicator sits at 0.54 and the percentile at 48.5, on an annual output of 16 articles and 330 citations, with a cited half-life of 6 years.期刊引文指标为 0.54，百分位为 48.5，年发文 16 篇，总被引 330 次，被引半衰期为 6 年。

• The journal metrics page adds a CiteScore of 3.2 for 2025, an SJR of 0.77, an h-index of 26, a SNIP of 0.99 and a self-citation rate of nil for 2023.刊站指标页另记 2025 年 CiteScore 为 3.2，SJR 为 0.77，h 指数 26，SNIP 为 0.99，2023 年自引率为零。

Editors

• Daniel Montesinos, who works at the Australian Tropical Herbarium of James Cook University in Australia, is editor-in-chief.主编为（Daniel Montesinos），在澳大利亚 James Cook University 的 Australian Tropical Herbarium 任职。

• Jutta Stadler, at the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research in Germany, is managing editor and keeps manuscripts moving.编务由常务编辑（Jutta Stadler）主持，她在德国 Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research 的 UFZ 任职。

• Thirteen subject editors handle the discipline-level work, and the editor-in-chief also appears on that roster.十三位学科编辑分担分科审理，主编本人也出现在这份名单上。

• An advisory panel of four includes Alberto Basset of LifeWatch ERIC in Italy and Helena Freitas of the University of Coimbra in Portugal.顾问小组共 4 人，其中有意大利 LifeWatch ERIC 的（Alberto Basset）与葡萄牙 University of Coimbra 的（Helena Freitas）。

• Stefan Klotz, at the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research in Germany, and Francisco Pugnaire, at the Estación Experimental de Zonas Áridas of the CSIC in Spain, complete the panel.另两位是德国 Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research 的（Stefan Klotz）与西班牙 Estación Experimental de Zonas Áridas 的（Francisco Pugnaire），后者隶属 CSIC。

• German representation among the subject editors runs to four, with Roland Brandl at the University of Marburg, Hermann Heilmeier at TU Bergakademie Freiberg, Sonja Knapp at the UFZ and Merin Reji Chacko at TU Darmstadt.德国在学科编辑中占四位，（Roland Brandl）在 Universität Marburg，（Hermann Heilmeier）在 TU Bergakademie Freiberg，（Sonja Knapp）在 UFZ，（Merin Reji Chacko）在 TU Darmstadt。

• Sara Gamboa at the University of Vigo, Alexandra Rodríguez at the Misión Biológica de Galicia of the CSIC, Vanessa A. Mata at CIBIO-BIOPOLIS and Sérgio Timóteo at the University of Coimbra cover Spain and Portugal.西班牙与葡萄牙由（Sara Gamboa）在 Universidade de Vigo、（Alexandra Rodríguez）在 Misión Biológica de Galicia 的 CSIC、（Vanessa A. Mata）在 CIBIO-BIOPOLIS、（Sérgio Timóteo）在 University of Coimbra 出面承担。

• Adrian Brennan of Durham University, Ricardo Rocha of the University of Oxford and Erinne Stirling of CSIRO represent Britain and Australia.英国与澳大利亚的席位由 Durham University 的（Adrian Brennan）、University of Oxford 的（Ricardo Rocha）与 CSIRO 的（Erinne Stirling）担任。

• Sergio Navarrete at ECIM in Chile and Matthias Foellmer at Adelphi University in the United States round out the roster.智利的（Sergio Navarrete）在 ECIM，美国的（Matthias Foellmer）在 Adelphi University，两人补齐名单。

• Nineteen people from eight countries make up the board, and the journal states that editors work on a voluntary basis without remuneration.编委会共 19 人，来自 8 个国家，刊站写明编辑工作纯属义务，不付报酬。

• Peer review is single-blind, though referees are free to reveal their identity to authors.评审采用单盲方式，审稿人可以选择向作者公开自己的身份。

• A Copernicus Office Editor first checks each submission for completeness and overlap, the managing editor then routes it to a subject editor, and that editor invites at least two independent referees before deciding on technical corrections, minor revision or major revision, with the managing editor reviewing the outcome.来稿先由 Copernicus Office Editor 检查完整性与重复度，常务编辑随后把它转给学科编辑，学科编辑至少约请两位独立审稿人，收到两份报告后作出技术性修正、小修或大修的决定，最后交常务编辑复核。