About this journal
Aims and scope
Chemistry and Ecology publishes original articles, short notes, registered reports and occasional reviews on the relationship between chemistry and ecological processes. This journal reflects how chemical form and state, as well as other basic properties, are critical in their influence on biological systems and that understanding of the routes and dynamics of the transfer of materials through atmospheric, terrestrial and aquatic systems, and the associated effects, calls for an integrated treatment. Chemistry and Ecology will help promote the ecological assessment of a changing chemical environment and in the development of a better understanding of ecological functions.
Chemistry and Ecology encourages multi-disciplinary approaches dealing with:
- Environmental pollution: distribution and ecological implications of pollutants including nutrients and key elements, in the atmospheric, soil and aquatic environments.
- Ecotoxicology: responses to toxic agents at community, species, tissue, cellular and sub-cellular level, including aspects of uptake, metabolism and excretion of toxicants in marine and terrestrial systems from tropical systems to the poles.
- Environmental bioremediation and biotechnology: laboratory and field research on the identification, evaluation and use of biological/biotechnological items and supporting physical treatments for the restoration of contaminated soil and aquatic environments; laboratory and field research on microbial, plant or animal fouling and its monitoring and their treatment.
- Biogeochemical cycles: biogeochemical cycles in terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems with special emphasis on the potential effects of pollutants.
The papers published in Chemistry and Ecology are important references for all environmental science researchers.
Peer Review Policy
All manuscript submissions are subject to initial appraisal by the Editor, and, if found suitable for further consideration, to peer review by independent, anonymous expert referees. All peer review is single anonymized.
Publishing Ethics
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Journal metrics
Usage
- 38K annual downloads/views
Citation metrics
- 1.3 (2023) Impact Factor
- 1.6 (2023) 5 year IF
- 4.2 (2023) CiteScore (Scopus)
- Q2 CiteScore Best Quartile
- 0.440 (2023) SNIP
- 0.457 (2023) SJR
Speed/acceptance
- 42 days avg. from submission to first decision
- 89 days avg. from submission to first post-review decision
- 12 days avg. from acceptance to online publication
- 24% acceptance rate
Understanding and using journal metrics
Journal metrics can be a useful tool for readers, as well as for authors who are deciding where to submit their next manuscript for publication. However, any one metric only tells a part of the story of a journal’s quality and impact. Each metric has its limitations which means that it should never be considered in isolation, and metrics should be used to support and not replace qualitative review.
We strongly recommend that you always use a number of metrics, alongside other qualitative factors such as a journal’s aims & scope, its readership, and a review of past content published in the journal. In addition, a single article should always be assessed on its own merits and never based on the metrics of the journal it was published in.
For more details, please read the Author Services guide to understanding journal metrics.
Journal metrics in brief
Usage and acceptance rate data above are for the last full calendar year and are updated annually in February. Speed data is updated every six months, based on the prior six months. Citation metrics are updated annually mid-year. Please note that some journals do not display all of the following metrics (find out why).
- Usage: the total number of times articles in the journal were viewed by users of Taylor & Francis Online in the previous calendar year, rounded to the nearest thousand.
Citation Metrics
- Impact Factor*: the average number of citations received by articles published in the journal within a two-year window. Only journals in the Clarivate Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE), Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Arts and Humanities Citation Index (AHCI) and the Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI) have an Impact Factor.
- Impact Factor Best Quartile*: the journal’s highest subject category ranking in the Journal Citation Reports. Q1 = 25% of journals with the highest Impact Factors.
- 5 Year Impact Factor*: the average number of citations received by articles in the journal within a five-year window.
- CiteScore (Scopus)†: the average number of citations received by articles in the journal over a four-year period.
- CiteScore Best Quartile†: the journal’s highest CiteScore ranking in a Scopus subject category. Q1 = 25% of journals with the highest CiteScores.
- SNIP (Source Normalized Impact per Paper): the number of citations per paper in the journal, divided by citation potential in the field.
- SJR (Scimago Journal Rank): Average number of (weighted) citations in one year, divided by the number of articles published in the journal in the previous three years.
Speed/acceptance
- From submission to first decision: the average (median) number of days for a manuscript submitted to the journal to receive a first decision. Based on manuscripts receiving a first decision in the last six months.
- From submission to first post-review decision: the average (median) number of days for a manuscript submitted to the journal to receive a first decision if it is sent out for peer review. Based on manuscripts receiving a post-review first decision in the last six months.
- From acceptance to online publication: the average (median) number of days from acceptance of a manuscript to online publication of the Version of Record. Based on articles published in the last six months.
- Acceptance rate: articles accepted for publication by the journal in the previous calendar year as percentage of all papers receiving a final decision.
For more details on the data above, please read the Author Services guide to understanding journal metrics.
*Copyright: Journal Citation Reports®, Clarivate Analytics
†Copyright: CiteScore™, Scopus
Editorial board
Editor in Chief
Roberto Danovaro - Department of Life and Environmental Sciences, Polytechnic University of Marche, Via Brecce Bianche 60131, Ancona, Italy. Email: [email protected]
Editorial Assistants
Antonio Dell'Anno - Department of Life and Environmental Sciences, Polytechnic University of Marche, Via Brecce Bianche 60131, Ancona, Italy. Email: [email protected]
Cinzia Corinaldesi - Department of Science and Engineering of Materials, Environment and Urbanistic, Polytechnic University of Marche, Via Brecce Bianche 60131, Ancona, Italy.
Email: [email protected]
Managing Editor
Cristina Gambi - Department of Life and Environmental Sciences, Polytechnic University of Marche, Via Brecce Bianche 60131, Ancona, Italy, Email: [email protected]
Editorial Board
Ibrahim Banat - University of Ulster, Coleraine, BT52 1SA, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom.
Expertise: environmental biotechnology, wastewater and soil bioremediation.
Lionel Camus - Akvaplan-niva & University Center on Svalbard.
Expertise: oil pollution and Arctic aquatic ecotoxicology.
Malcolm S. Cresser - University of York, York, UK.
Expertise: soil chemistry and biology and environmental quality assessment.
Reinhard Dallinger - University of Innsbruck, Austria.
Expertise: environmental toxicology and biomarkers for biomonitoring of pollution.
Chris Hauton - University of Southampton, UK.
Expertise: natural and anthropogenic stress impact the physiology and performance of marine species.
Marianne Holmer - University of Southern Denmark - Odense, Denmark.
Expertise: biogeochemical cycling in the marine environment.
Yonglong Lu - Chinese Academy of Sciences, China.
Expertise: ecological impacts of persistent toxic substances.
Jorge E. Marcovecchio - Instituto Argentino de Oceanografia (IADO), Argentina.
Expertise: heavy metals pollution and nutrients biogeochemical cycles.
José Maria Monserrat - Universidade Federal do Rio Grande, Brazil.
Expertise: oxidative stress responses in aquatic organisms and pollution.
Luigi Naselli-Flores - Universit degli Studi di Palermo, Italy.
Expertise: limnology and ecology of freshwater phytoplankton.
Carlos Neira - Scripps Institution of Oceanography, USA.
Expertise: effects of pollutants on marine benthic community structure and biodiversity.
Antonio Pusceddu - University of Cagliari, Italy.
Expertise: relationship between sediment biogeochemistry and benthic fauna in marine ecosystems.
Maurizio D'Alcala Ribera - Stazione Zoologica Anto Dohrn, Italy.
Expertise: biogeochemical cycles in marine ecosystems.
Joan-Albert Sanchez-Cabeza - Unidad Académica Mazatlan, Mexico.
Expertise: isotopes chemistry in marine environments.
Michael H. Schleyer - Oceanographic Research Institute, South Africa.
Expertise: marine pollution and invertebrate ecology.
Kunwar P. Singh - Indian Institute of Toxicology Research, India.
Expertise: water quality assessment and chemical contaminants.
David T. Welsh - Griffith University, Queensland, Australia.
Expertise: biogeochemistry of marine sediments and sediment-water column nutrient exchanges.
Abstracting and indexing
Chemistry and Ecology is indexed in: BIOSIS Previews; ISI Current Contents - Agriculture, Biology and Environmental Sciences; Geobase; Google Scholar; Microsoft Academic; PASCAL; ProQuest; Science Citation Index Expanded and Thomson Zoological Record.
Open access
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- Increase the discoverability and readership of your article
- Make an impact and reach new readers, not just those with easy access to a research library
- Freely share your work with anyone, anywhere
- Comply with funding mandates and meet the requirements of your institution, employer or funder
- Rigorous peer review for every open access article
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