Ecological Indicators

Aims & Scope

The ultimate aim of Ecological Indicators is to integrate the monitoring and assessment of ecological and environmental indicators with management practices.

The journal provides a forum for the discussion of the applied scientific development and review of traditional indicator applications as well as for theoretical, modelling and quantitative approaches such as index development.

Research into the following areas will be published.

All aspects of ecological and environmental indicators and indices.

New indicators, and new approaches and methods for indicator development, testing and use.

Development and modelling of indices, e.g. application of indicator suites across multiple scales and resources.

Analysis and research of resource, system- and scale-specific indicators.

Methods for integration of social and other valuation metrics for the production of scientifically rigorous and politically-relevant assessments using indicator-based monitoring and assessment programs.

Approaches on how research indicators can be transformed into direct application for management purposes.

Broader assessment objectives and methods, e.g. biodiversity, biological integrity, and sustainability, through the use of indicators.

Resource-specific indicators such as landscape, agroecosystems, forests ecosystems, aquatic ecosystems, wetlands, etc.

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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• Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ)
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Subjects & Keywords

Journal’s research areas, covering key disciplines and specialized sub-topics in Agricultural and Biological Sciences, Decision Sciences and Environmental Science, 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, Decision Sciences and Environmental Science, 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 2,920.00 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.

• Mapping ecosystem service supply, demand and budgets

  Citation: 1716

  Authors: Benjamin, Franziska, Stoyan, Felix

• A measure of spatial stratified heterogeneity

  Citation: 1569

  Authors: Jin-Feng, Tong-Lin, Bo-Jie

• Sustainable Development Goals: A need for relevant indicators

  Citation: 1198

  Authors: Tomáš, Svatava, Bedřich

• Heavy metal pollution in surface water and sediment: A preliminary assessment of an urban river in a developing country

  Citation: 1143

  Authors: Md Saiful, Md Kawser, Mohammad, Md, Muhammad Kamrul

• Veterinary antibiotics in the aquatic and terrestrial environment

  Citation: 1114

  Authors: Nicole

• An overview of sustainability assessment methodologies

  Citation: 981

  Authors: Rajesh Kumar, H.R., S.K., A.K.

• Challenges in the development and use of ecological indicators

  Citation: 958

  Authors: Virginia H., Suzanne C.

• An overview of sustainability assessment methodologies

  Citation: 955

  Authors: Rajesh Kumar, H.R., S.K., A.K.

• Three hundred ways to assess Europe's surface waters: An almost complete overview of biological methods to implement the Water Framework Directive

  Citation: 869

  Authors: Sebastian, Wendy, Angel, Sandra, Anne, Sandra, Angelo, Wouter, Nikolaos, Daniel

• Testing Environmental Kuznets Curve hypothesis in Asian countries

  Citation: 856

  Authors: Nicholas, Ilhan