Basic and Applied Ecology

Aims & Scope

Basic and Applied Ecology provides a forum in which ecological advances and ideas can be rapidly communicated to a wide audience.

Basic and Applied Ecology publishes Reviews, Perspectives and Original Contributions from all areas of ecology, complemented by Invited Views, Comments and Special Issues.

Ecologists from all countries are invited to publish ecological research of general ecological and international interest on its pages, as there is no bias with regard to taxon or geographical area.

Metrics & Ranking

Abstracting & Indexing

Journal is indexed in leading academic databases, ensuring global visibility and accessibility of our peer-reviewed research.

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Subjects & Keywords

Journal’s research areas, covering key disciplines and specialized sub-topics in Agricultural and Biological Sciences, designed to support cutting-edge academic discovery.

Licensing & Copyright

This journal operates under an Open Access model. Articles are freely accessible to the public immediately upon publication. The content is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0), allowing users to share and adapt the work with proper attribution.

Copyright remains with the author(s), and no permission is required for non-commercial use, provided the original source is cited.

Policy Links

This section provides access to essential policy documents, guidelines, and resources related to the journal’s publication and submission processes.

• Aims scope
• Homepage
• Oa statement
• Author instructions
• License terms
• Review url
• Board url
• Copyright url
• Plagiarism url
• Preservation url
• Apc url
• License

Plagiarism Policy

This journal follows a plagiarism policy. All submitted manuscripts are screened using reliable plagiarism detection software to ensure originality and academic integrity. Authors are responsible for proper citation and acknowledgment of all sources, and any form of plagiarism, including self-plagiarism, will not be tolerated.

For more details, please refer to our official: Plagiarism Policy.

APC Details

The journal’s Article Processing Charge (APC) policies support open access publishing in Agricultural and Biological Sciences, ensuring accessibility and quality in research dissemination.

This journal requires an Article Processing Charge (APC) to support open access publishing, covering peer review, editing, and distribution. The current APC is 1,800.00 USD. Learn more.

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Most Cited Articles

The Most Cited Articles section features the journal's most impactful research, based on citation counts. These articles have been referenced frequently by other researchers, indicating their significant contribution to their respective fields.

• Persistent negative effects of pesticides on biodiversity and biological control potential on European farmland

  Citation: 1158

  Authors: Flavia, Jan, Frank, Wolfgang W., Mark, Manuel B., Piotr, Jaan, Teja, Camilla, Sönke, Riccardo, Tomas, Vincent, Manuel, Lars W., Christopher, Catherine, Juan J., Irene, Violetta, Tsipe, Carsten, Andreas, Sebastian, Christina, Paul W., Pablo

• A first assessment of the impact of the extreme 2018 summer drought on Central European forests

  Citation: 753

  Authors: Bernhard, Allan, Matthias, Yann, Carl, Alexander, Mana, Thorsten E.E., Markus, Peter, Henrik, Erika, Günter, Meisha, Christian, Elena, Torben, Daniel B., Anja, Andreas, Laura, Nadine K., Katja, Frank, Christiane, Thomas, Christian S., Ansgar

• Implementing large-scale and long-term functional biodiversity research: The Biodiversity Exploratories

  Citation: 716

  Authors: Markus, Oliver, Sonja, Falk, Andreas, Dominik, Gunnar, Jens, Simone, Daniel, Swen, Ingo, Uta, Konstans, François, Elisabeth K.V., Karl Eduard, Ernst-Detlef, Wolfgang W.

• Species indicator values as an important tool in applied plant ecology – a review

  Citation: 616

  Authors: Martin

• Designing agricultural landscapes for biodiversity-based ecosystem services

  Citation: 523

  Authors: Douglas A.

• The role of biodiversity for element cycling and trophic interactions: an experimental approach in a grassland community

  Citation: 484

  Authors: Christiane, Jens, Jussi, Wolfgang, Gerd, Wolfgang W., Bernhard, Ernst-Detlef

• Functional complementarity and specialisation: The role of biodiversity in plant–pollinator interactions

  Citation: 466

  Authors: Nico, Alexandra-Maria

• A quantitative index of land-use intensity in grasslands: Integrating mowing, grazing and fertilization

  Citation: 390

  Authors: Nico, Carsten F., Daniel, Valentin H., Till, Norbert, Fabian, Steffen, Sonja, Andreas, Jörg, Jens, Swen C., Ingo, Uta, Stephanie A., Konstans, Klaus, François, Yvonne, Christoph, Christoph, Teja, Christiane N., Markus, Elisabeth K.V., Karl Eduard, Ernst-Detlef, Wolfgang W.

• Species introduction in restoration projects – Evaluation of different techniques for the establishment of semi-natural grasslands in Central and Northwestern Europe

  Citation: 382

  Authors: Kathrin, Anita, Tobias W., Leonid, Norbert

• Multi-function agricultural biodiversity: pest management and other benefits

  Citation: 373

  Authors: Geoff M., Stephen D., John Michael