Aims & Scope
The journal is concerned with extending and integrating the understanding of the interfaces and interplay between "nature's household" (ecosystems) and "humanity's household" (the economy).
Ecological economics is an interdisciplinary field defined by a set of concrete problems or challenges related to governing economic activity in a way that promotes human well-being, sustainability, and justice.
The journal thus emphasizes critical work that draws on and integrates elements of ecological science, economics, and the analysis of values, behaviors, cultural practices, institutional structures, and societal dynamics.
The journal is transdisciplinary in spirit and methodologically open, drawing on the insights offered by a variety of intellectual traditions, and appealing to a diverse readership.
Specific research areas covered include: valuation of natural resources, sustainable agriculture and development, ecologically integrated technology, integrated ecologic-economic modelling at scales from local to regional to global, implications of thermodynamics for economics and ecology, renewable resource management and conservation, critical assessments of the basic assumptions underlying current economic and ecological paradigms and the implications of alternative assumptions, economic and ecological consequences of genetically engineered organisms, and gene pool inventory and management, alternative principles for valuing natural wealth, integrating natural resources and environmental services into national income and wealth accounts, methods of implementing efficient environmental policies, case studies of economic-ecologic conflict or harmony, etc.
New issues in this area are rapidly emerging and will find a ready forum in Ecological Economics.
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Impact Factor
| Year | Value |
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| 2025 | 6.3 |
SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)
| Year | Value |
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| 2024 | 2.088 |
Quartile
| Year | Value |
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| 2024 | Q1 |
h-index
| Year | Value |
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| 2024 | 262 |
Impact Factor Trend
Abstracting & Indexing
Journal is indexed in leading academic databases, ensuring global visibility and accessibility of our peer-reviewed research.
Subjects & Keywords
Journal’s research areas, covering key disciplines and specialized sub-topics in Economics, Econometrics and Finance and Environmental Science, designed to support cutting-edge academic discovery.
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.
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Update on the environmental and economic costs associated with alien-invasive species in the United States
Citation: 3266
Authors: David, Rodolfo, Doug
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A typology for the classification, description and valuation of ecosystem functions, goods and services
Citation: 3186
Authors: Rudolf S, Matthew A, Roelof M.J
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Defining and classifying ecosystem services for decision making
Citation: 2294
Authors: Brendan, R. Kerry, Paul
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Redefining innovation — eco-innovation research and the contribution from ecological economics
Citation: 2172
Authors: Klaus
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Economic valuation of the vulnerability of world agriculture confronted with pollinator decline
Citation: 2028
Authors: Nicola, Jean-Michel, Josef, Bernard E.
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STIRPAT, IPAT and ImPACT: analytic tools for unpacking the driving forces of environmental impacts
Citation: 1873
Authors: Richard, Eugene A, Thomas
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Designing payments for environmental services in theory and practice: An overview of the issues
Citation: 1594
Authors: Stefanie, Stefano, Sven