Nature Ecology & Evolution

Nature Ecology & Evolution
Title	Nature Ecology & Evolution
Discipline	Ecology; Evolutionary Biology; Conservation Biology
Abbreviation	Nat. Ecol. Evol.
Publisher	Springer Nature
Country	United Kingdom
History	2017–present
Frequency	Monthly

Nature Ecology & Evolution

Nature Ecology & Evolution is a monthly peer-reviewed scientific journal covering Charles Darwin-era Alfred Russel Wallace topics in Evolutionary biology and ecology with affinities to Conservation International, World Wildlife Fund, United Nations Environment Programme, Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services, and International Union for Conservation of Nature agendas. The journal is published by Springer Nature and interacts with institutions such as Royal Society, National Academy of Sciences, European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Smithsonian Institution, and Natural History Museum, London through editorial collaborations. Editorial offices relate to publishing hubs in London, New York City, and Berlin while contributing authors often hail from universities like Harvard University, University of Oxford, Stanford University, University of Cambridge, and University of California, Berkeley.

Overview

Nature Ecology & Evolution addresses research at the intersection of Alfred Russel Wallace's biogeography, Gregor Mendel-inspired genetics, Ernst Mayr's systematics, Stephen Jay Gould's paleontology-linked evolution, and Rachel Carson's conservation concerns, publishing original research, Reviews, Perspectives, and Comments. Its remit spans work relevant to organizations such as International Union of Biological Sciences, Convention on Biological Diversity, Biodiversity Heritage Library, Zoological Society of London, and Botanical Society of America, engaging researchers from Massachusetts Institute of Technology, California Institute of Technology, Max Planck Society, Chinese Academy of Sciences, and Australian National University.

History and Development

Launched in 2017 by Nature Publishing Group under the umbrella of Springer Nature during a period of expansion that included titles such as Nature Communications and Nature Climate Change, the journal emerged amid debates involving stakeholders like Royal Society of London, Wellcome Trust, Gates Foundation, European Research Council, and National Institutes of Health. Its establishment paralleled initiatives by PLOS and Public Library of Science to broaden open-access discourse and intersected with policy developments from European Commission, UK Research and Innovation, Horizon 2020, and Plan S advocates. Founding editorial leadership featured editors drawn from networks linked to Nature Reviews Genetics, Science (journal), Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Cell (journal), and The Lancet editorial boards.

Scope and Editorial Policy

The journal accepts submissions addressing empirical and theoretical studies with relevance to taxa studied by Linnaeus-derived classification systems and involving methods from groups such as Society for Conservation Biology, Society for Behavioral Neuroendocrinology, European Society for Evolutionary Biology, American Society of Naturalists, and British Ecological Society. Editorial policies reflect standards promoted by Committee on Publication Ethics, International Committee of Medical Journal Editors, Crossref, ORCID, and DataCite for data availability, reproducibility, ethical compliance, and peer review transparency. The peer review process engages reviewers affiliated with institutions like Yale University, Princeton University, University of Toronto, ETH Zurich, and Seoul National University and adapts guidelines resonant with COPE and funding mandates from bodies such as National Science Foundation, Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council, and Japan Society for the Promotion of Science.

Publication and Access

Published monthly by Springer Nature with online-first release strategies similar to Nature Communications and subscription and open-access hybrid models debated in forums including Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition, Association of Research Libraries, Jisc, ResearchGate, and arXiv. Institutional subscriptions often channel through consortia like STM (international association), European University Association, Big Ten Academic Alliance, OCLC, and country negotiations involving China National Knowledge Infrastructure and National Diet Library (Japan). The journal uses manuscript submission platforms employed by Manuscript Central-type systems and interoperates with identifiers from CrossMark, Digital Object Identifier System, and PubMed Central archives when applicable.

Abstracting and Indexing

The journal is indexed in bibliographic services and citation databases including Web of Science, Scopus, PubMed, BIOSIS Previews, Zoological Record, CAB Abstracts, Chemical Abstracts Service, EBSCOhost, ProQuest, Dimensions (database), and Google Scholar. It participates in metrics aggregation by Clarivate Analytics, Altmetric, SCImago Institutions Rankings, Journal Citation Reports, Eigenfactor Research, and CrossRef Event Data for impact assessment used by funding agencies including Wellcome Trust and Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

Reception and Impact

Since inception the journal has been cited alongside landmark venues such as Nature, Science (journal), Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Ecology Letters, and Trends in Ecology & Evolution, influencing policy discussions at Convention on Biological Diversity meetings and conservation planning by IUCN Red List assessors. Its editorial choices and controversial publications have prompted commentary from commentators associated with The Guardian (news) science desk, New York Times science reporters, Scientific American, and science policy analysts at Brookings Institution and Chatham House.

Notable Papers and Special Issues

Notable papers published in the journal have addressed topics connected to historical figures and institutions like Charles Darwin, Alexander von Humboldt, Louis Agassiz, Wallace Line, Galápagos Islands, and Great Barrier Reef ecosystems, and have featured datasets deposited with Global Biodiversity Information Facility, Dryad, GenBank, European Nucleotide Archive, and Biodiversity Heritage Library. Special issues and collections have been produced in collaboration with conferences such as International Congress of Entomology, Society for Conservation Biology North America, Evolution (society) Annual Meeting, Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting, and regional initiatives including Amazon Cooperation Treaty Organization and African Union biodiversity programs.

Category:Academic journals