Functional Ecology (journal)

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Functional Ecology
DisciplineFunctional ecology
LanguageEnglish
Edited byCharles Fox
Publication details
History1987-present
Publisher
Wiley-Blackwell on behalf of the British Ecological Society (United Kingdom)
FrequencyMonthly
5.21 (2015)
Standard abbreviations
ISO 4Funct. Ecol.
Indexing
CODENFECOE5
ISSN0269-8463 (print)
1365-2435 (web)
LCCN91656038
OCLC no.15596280
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Functional Ecology is a bimonthly peer-reviewed scientific journal on organismal ecology publishing papers on physiological, behavioural, and evolutionary ecology, emphasising an integrative approach. The scope of the journal has changed over time. A recent editorial stated that the journal is increasing its coverage of community, evolutionary, and ecosystem ecology.[1] The journal was established in 1987 and is published by Wiley-Blackwell on behalf of the British Ecological Society. The editor-in-chief is Charles Fox (University of Kentucky).

Abstracting and indexing

The journal is abstracted and indexed in Cambridge Scientific Abstracts, Elsevier BIOBASE/Current Awareness in Biological Sciences, Current Contents/Agriculture, Biology & Environmental Sciences, the Science Citation Index, The Zoological Record, and BIOSIS Previews. According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2015 impact factor of 5.210, ranking it 15th among 150 journals in the category "Ecology".[2]

Types of papers

The journal publishes the following types of papers:

  • Standard Papers - a typical experimental, comparative or theoretical paper
  • Reviews - syntheses of topics of broad ecological interest
  • Perspectives - short articles presenting new ideas (without data) intended to stimulate scientific debate
  • Special Features - a collection of manuscripts, typically Reviews or Perspectives, on a single theme

The journal also produces podcasts on a semi-regular basis, usually focussing on a recent article.

References

  1. ^ Irschick, Duncan; Charles Fox; Ken Thompson; Alan Knapp; Liz Baker; Jennifer Meyer (28 January 2013). "Functional ecology: integrative research in the modern age of ecology". Functional Ecology. 27 (1): 1–4. doi:10.1111/1365-2435.12037.
  2. ^ "Journals Ranked by Impact: Ecology". 2015 Journal Citation Reports. Web of Science (Science ed.). Thomson Reuters. 2017.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: postscript (link)

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