Ecology Letters

Aims & Scope

Ecology Letters is a forum for the very rapid publication of the most novel research in ecology.

Manuscripts relating to the ecology of all taxa, in any biome and geographic area will be considered, and priority will be given to those papers exploring or testing clearly stated hypotheses.

The journal publishes concise papers that merit urgent publication by virtue of their originality, general interest and their contribution to new developments in ecology.

We discourage purely descriptive papers and those merely confirming or extending results of previous work.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	7.9
2024	7.60

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	3.905

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q1

h-index

Year	Value
2024	330

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	446

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	5471

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Abstracting & Indexing

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

• Scopus
• Google Scholar
• Web of Science

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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.

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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.

• Predicting species distribution: offering more than simple habitat models

  Citation: 4891

  Authors: Antoine, Wilfried

• Quantifying biodiversity: procedures and pitfalls in the measurement and comparison of species richness

  Citation: 4750

  Authors: Nicholas J., Robert K.

• The metacommunity concept: a framework for multi‐scale community ecology

  Citation: 4175

  Authors: M. A., M., N., P., J. M., M. F., R. D., J. B., R., D., M., A.

• The unseen majority: soil microbes as drivers of plant diversity and productivity in terrestrial ecosystems

  Citation: 3846

  Authors: Marcel G. A., Richard D., Nico M.

• Global analysis of nitrogen and phosphorus limitation of primary producers in freshwater, marine and terrestrial ecosystems

  Citation: 3692

  Authors: James J., Matthew E.S., Elsa E., Daniel S., W. Stanley, Helmut, Jacqueline T., Eric W., Jonathan B., Jennifer E.

• Landscape perspectives on agricultural intensification and biodiversity – ecosystem service management

  Citation: 3310

  Authors: Teja, Alexandra M., Andreas, Ingolf, Carsten

• Impacts of climate change on the future of biodiversity

  Citation: 3139

  Authors: Céline, Cleo, Paul, Wilfried, Franck

• Conceptual issues in local adaptation

  Citation: 2984

  Authors: Tadeusz J., Dieter

• Towards a worldwide wood economics spectrum

  Citation: 2433

  Authors: Jerome, David, Steven, Simon L., Nathan G., Amy E.

• Ecological impacts of invasive alien plants: a meta-analysis of their effects on species, communities and ecosystems

  Citation: 2417

  Authors: Montserrat, José L, Martin, Philip E, Vojtěch, John L, Jan, Urs, Yan, Petr

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