Ambio 50th Anniversary Collection- See Journal Updates for details
- Explores the link between anthropogenic activities and the environment
- Encourages multi- or interdisciplinary submissions with explicit management or policy recommendations
- International readership with very wide interests in environmental sciences
- Broad readership, including not only researchers but also decision-makers and laymen
- A journal of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
- Founded in 1972, after the UN conference on the human environment held in Stockholm
Ambio addresses the scientific, social, economic, and cultural factors that influence the condition of the human environment. Ambio particularly encourages multi- or inter-disciplinary submissions with explicit management or policy recommendations.
For 50 years Ambio has brought international perspective to important developments in environmental research, policy and related activities for an international readership of specialists, generalists, students, decision-makers and interested laypersons.
Papers published in Ambio fall into four main categories:
- Research article
- Review
- Perspective
- Comment
Regardless of article category, your submission should have a clear link between anthropogenic activities and the environment, or vice versa.
Authors are advised to check our latest instructions for authors (see: Submission guidelines in the right menu) as these are updated regularly.
Presubmission enquiries welcome, please send an abstract to Editor-in-Chief Bo Söderström.(bo.soderstrom@kva.se)
Links for article download sites:
SpringerLink
years 2010– (vols. 39–)
http://www.springer.com/environment/journal/13280
PubMedCentral
years 2010– (vols. 39–)
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/journals/1790
(open access after a 12-month embargo period)
BioOne
years 2000–2011 (vols. 29–40)
http://www.bioone.org/loi/ambi
JSTOR
years 1972–2013 (vols. 1–42)
http://www.jstor.org/action/showPublication?journalCode=ambio
Requests for permission to reproduce material with the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences as copyright-holder should be directed to Editor-in-Chief Bo Söderström (bo.soderstrom@kva.se).
Why publish with us
- We are the official publication of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, and we are focused in highlighting key developments in environmental research, policy and related activities.
- Founded in 1972, our journal is international in scope, and addresses the link between anthropogenic activities and the environment.
- We encourage multi- or inter-disciplinary submissions with explicit management or policy recommendations.
Journal information
- Editor-in-Chief
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- Bo Söderström
- Publishing model
- Hybrid (Transformative Journal). Learn about publishing Open Access with us
Journal metrics
- 4.778 (2019)
- Impact factor
- 5.285 (2019)
- Five year impact factor
- 48 days
- Submission to first decision
- 192 days
- Submission to acceptance
- 542,722 (2019)
- Downloads
Latest issue

Volume 50
50th Anniversary Collection: Acidification
Latest articles
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Balancing ecological conservation with socioeconomic development
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Long-term changes in microbial water quality indicators in a hydro-power plant reservoir: The role of natural factors and socio-economic changes
Authors (first, second and last of 7)
Journal updates
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Ambio - 50 Years
Ambio will commemorate 50 years of publication all through 2021. Find out more.
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50th Anniversary Collection of Thematic Articles
Find out about all the thematic articles for the anniversary collection on these themes: Ozone layer, Acidification, Environmental contaminants, Eutrophication, Agricultural land-use, Biodiversity conservation, Climate change impacts, Urbanization, Anthropocene, and Solutions-oriented research.
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Read and share influential articles published during the 2010s
We will also celebrate the diversity of influential articles published over the past 10 years, i.e. from the time of Ambio's transition to Springer Nature. Find out more.
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New subtitle: A Journal of Environment and Society
Read more about the reasons for this change.
Societies, partners and affiliations
About this journal
- Electronic ISSN
- 1654-7209
- Print ISSN
- 0044-7447
- Co-Publisher information
- Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, Lilla Frescativägen 4a, SE-114 18 Stockholm, Sweden
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- AGRICOLA
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