Journal profile

Ecology letters

Publisher: Blackwell Publishing
ISSN1461-023X | 1461-0248 FormatPrint StatusCurrently indexed

Journal Citation Impact

Estimated influence, citation density, publishing volume, and citation integrity from the analytics table.

Impact Factor
4.60
Citation rate 8.55 3,601 total citations
h5-index 83 h5 depth signal
Cited share 86.5% 392 of 453
Total citations 3,601 Citation footprint
Metric signal 8.24 External metric anchor
Self-citation 3.6% 130 self-citations

Citations Trend

Monthly Publications Cadence

Citing Geographic Demographics

United States 1,090
United Kingdom 406
Germany 310
Canada 273
France 260

Citing Fields of Research

Forestry 1,090
Animal Biology 599
Evolutionary Genomics 519
Ecological Monitoring 453
Entomology 273

Publishing Activity & Reach

Volume, recency, access pattern, and citing-community signals from the journal analytics record.

All-time article footprint 4,767 Articles tracked across the journal lifetime
Indexed publication set 453 392 cited publications
Last 12 months 239 19.9 publications/month
Open access share 61.5% 147 OA publications in the last year
Leading citing country United States 1,090 citing publications
Leading citing field Forestry 1,090 citing publications
Latest tracked publication 15 October 2026 10 recent records available

Coverage & Indexing History

MEDLINE
v9n1, Jan. 2006-
PubMed
v9n1, Jan. 2006-

Research Focus & Classification

Indexed Subjects

Forestry Animal Biology Evolutionary Genomics Marine Biology Ecological Monitoring

Issuing & Sponsoring Bodies

Contributor
Centre national de la recherche scientifique (France)

Broad Categories

Environmental Health Forestry Animal Biology Marine Biology Evolutionary Genomics Entomology

MeSH Descriptors

Ecology

Latest Publications

Recent article records with DOI-first linking and condensed abstracts.

01
Phillip J. Haubrock, Neil Angelo Abreo, Stelios Katsanevakis et al.
Invasion fronts are the advancing edges of non‐native species' ranges and represent dynamic, non‐equilibrium boundaries where colonization, biotic interactions and rapid evolutionary processes interact. Although biological invasions are ...
03
Rebecca C. Wilcox, Becky L. Estes, Brent D. Mishler et al.
Fire is a fundamental process that structures community assembly and biodiversity patterns; however, altered disturbance regimes associated with anthropogenic change present a major threat to fire‐adapted systems. Reintroducing fire to i...
05
Raul Costa‐Pereira, Robert R. Dunn
Understanding the overlooked ecology of our homes can provide ecologists with unprecedented data and fresh ideas while also informing broader societal concerns. By studying the biodiversity we interact with most often, ecologists can fos...
09
Carlos Martínez‐Núñez, Martin M. Gossner, Felix Neff et al.
Global change reshapes arthropod communities, yet long‐term effects on their functional diversity remain unclear. Using a long‐term dataset comprising > 1.3 million individuals of 728 carabid and spider species, we quantified temporal tr...

Bibliographical & Catalog Notes

Title from cover.

Imprint varies.

Latest issue consulted: Vol. 9, no. 4 (Apr. 2006).

Print issues ceased with v. 17 (2014).

Vol. 1 complete in 3 issues.

Also issued online.

v.8, no. 10 (Oct. 2005)20060630 Notice published Printed on acid-free paper that meets the full ANSI standard for Permanent Paper