Functional Ecology (journal)

Functional Ecology is a monthly peer-reviewed scientific journal covering physiological, behavioural, and evolutionary ecology, as well as ecosystems and community ecology, emphasizing an integrative approach.[1]

Functional Ecology
DisciplineFunctional ecology
LanguageEnglish
Edited byCharles Fox, Ken Thompson, Alan Knapp, Lara Ferry, Enrico Rezende
Publication details
History1987-present
Publisher
Wiley-Blackwell on behalf of the British Ecological Society (United Kingdom)
FrequencyMonthly
5.037 (2018)
Standard abbreviations
ISO 4Funct. Ecol.
Indexing
CODENFECOE5
ISSN0269-8463 (print)
1365-2435 (web)
LCCN91656038
OCLC no.15596280
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The journal was established in 1987 and is published by Wiley-Blackwell on behalf of the British Ecological Society. The editors-in-chief are Charles Fox (University of Kentucky), Ken Thompson (University of Sheffield), Alan Knapp (Colorado State University), Lara Ferry (Arizona State University), and Enrico Rezende (Pontifical Catholic University of Chile).

Abstracting and indexing

The journal is abstracted and indexed in Aquatic Sciences and Fisheries Abstracts, BIOSIS Previews, Current Contents/Agriculture, Biology & Environmental Sciences, the Science Citation Index, Scopus.[2] According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2018 impact factor of 5.037.[3]

Types of papers

The journal publishes the following types of papers:

  • Standard Research 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 focusing on a recent article and has a blog, which includes interviews with authors and articles relating to the ecological academic and research community.

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. "Functional Ecology". MIAR: Information Matrix for the Analysis of Journals. University of Barcelona. Retrieved 2019-08-21.
  3. "Functional Ecology". 2018 Journal Citation Reports. Web of Science (Science OR Social Sciences ed.). Clarivate Analytics. 2019.
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