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Overview
Theoretical Ecology is a comprehensive journal emphasizing innovative research that uses theoretical approaches to answer questions of ecological interest
- Topics include ecophysiology, population ecology, behavioral ecology, evolutionary ecology, ecosystem ecology, community ecology, and ecosystem and landscape ecology.
- Theoretical papers that focus on applied ecological questions are particularly welcome.
- Emphasizes work that bridges disciplinary boundaries, such as the intersection of quantitative social sciences and ecology, or physical influences on ecological processes.
- Publishes original articles, review papers, and rapid communications.
- Work that uses mathematical, statistical, computational, or conceptual approaches is welcome, provided that the goal is to increase ecological understanding.
- Editor-in-Chief
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- Alan Hastings
- Impact factor
- 1.6 (2022)
- 5 year impact factor
- 1.5 (2022)
- Submission to first decision (median)
- 23 days
- Downloads
- 121,531 (2023)
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Latest articles
Journal updates
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Journal information
- Electronic ISSN
- 1874-1746
- Abstracted and indexed in
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- AGRICOLA
- Astrophysics Data System (ADS)
- BFI List
- BIOSIS
- Baidu
- Biological Abstracts
- CAB Abstracts
- CLOCKSS
- CNKI
- CNPIEC
- Dimensions
- EBSCO
- EMBiology
- Engineering Village – GEOBASE
- Google Scholar
- Japanese Science and Technology Agency (JST)
- Meta
- Naver
- Norwegian Register for Scientific Journals and Series
- OCLC WorldCat Discovery Service
- Portico
- ProQuest
- SCImago
- SCOPUS
- Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE)
- TD Net Discovery Service
- UGC-CARE List (India)
- Wanfang
- Zoological Record
- Copyright information