FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Journal Title

FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

FUNCT ECOL

ISSN / eISSN

0269-8463 / 1365-2435

Aims and Scope

Functional Ecology publishes high-impact papers that enable a mechanistic understanding of ecological pattern and process from the organismic to the ecosystem scale. Because of the multifaceted nature of this challenge, papers can be based on a wide range of approaches. Thus, manuscripts may vary from physiological, genetics, life-history, and behavioural perspectives for organismal studies to community and biogeochemical studies when the goal is to understand ecosystem and larger scale ecological phenomena. We believe that the diverse nature of our journal is a strength, not a weakness, and we are open-minded about the variety of data, research approaches and types of studies that we publish. Certain key areas will continue to be emphasized: studies that integrate genomics with ecology, studies that examine how key aspects of physiology (e.g., stress) impact the ecology of animals and plants, or vice versa, and how evolution shapes interactions among function and ecological traits. Ecology has increasingly moved towards the realization that organismal traits and activities are vital for understanding community dynamics and ecosystem processes, particularly in response to the rapid global changes occurring in earth’s environment, and Functional Ecology aims to publish such integrative papers.

Subject Area

ECOLOGY

CiteScore

9.60 View Trend

CiteScore Ranking

Category	Quartile	Rank
Agricultural and Biological Sciences - Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics	Q1	#38/687

Web of Science Core Collection

Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE)	Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI)
Indexed	-

Category (Journal Citation Reports 2023)	Quartile
ECOLOGY - SCIE	Q1

H-index

137

Country/Area of Publication

ENGLAND

Publisher

Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd

Publication Frequency

Bimonthly

Year Publication Started

1987

Annual Article Volume

240

Open Access

NO

Contact

WILEY-BLACKWELL PUBLISHING, INC, COMMERCE PLACE, 350 MAIN ST, MALDEN, USA, MA, 02148