Urban Ecosystems

Aims & Scope

Urban Ecosystems is an international journal devoted to scientific investigations of urban environments and the relationships between socioeconomic and ecological structures and processes in urban environments.

The scope of the journal is broad, including interactions between urban ecosystems and associated suburban and rural environments.

Contributions may span a range of specific subject areas as they may apply to urban environments: biodiversity, biogeochemistry, conservation biology, wildlife and fisheries management, ecosystem ecology, ecosystem services, environmental chemistry, hydrology, landscape architecture, meteorology and climate, policy, population biology, social and human ecology, soil science, and urban planning.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	2.4
2024	2.50

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.831

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q1

h-index

Year	Value
2024	85

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	6421

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	1237

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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 Environmental Science and Social 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.

• Effects of urbanization on species richness: A review of plants and animals

  Citation: 1878

  Authors: Michael L.

• Ecosystem processes along an urban-to-rural gradient

  Citation: 470

  Authors: Mark J., Steward T. A., Peter, Patrick, Richard V., Wayne C., Robert W., Margaret M., Kimberly

• Ecological resilience in urban ecosystems: Linking urban patterns to human and ecological functions

  Citation: 455

  Authors: Marina, John M.

• Species richness in urban parks and its drivers: A review of empirical evidence

  Citation: 432

  Authors: Anders Busse, Matilda, Sreetheran, Cecil Konijnendijk

• Quantifying urban forest structure, function, and value: the Chicago Urban Forest Climate Project

  Citation: 423

  Authors: E. Gregory, David, Gordon, Sue, Catherine, Rich, Rowan

• Animal behavior in urban ecosystems: Modifications due to human-induced stress

  Citation: 422

  Authors: Stephen S., Sarah T., Charles J.

• The urban watershed continuum: evolving spatial and temporal dimensions

  Citation: 368

  Authors: Sujay S., Kenneth T.

• Residential landscapes as social-ecological systems: a synthesis of multi-scalar interactions between people and their home environment

  Citation: 323

  Authors: Elizabeth M., Sharon J., Kelli L.

• Green facades—a view back and some visions

  Citation: 274

  Authors: Manfred

• Coupling ecosystem services supply and human ecological demand to identify landscape ecological security pattern: A case study in Beijing–Tianjin–Hebei region, China

  Citation: 271

  Authors: Liqing, Jian, Yanxu, Jiansheng

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