Methods in Ecology and Evolution: Difference between revisions

Revision as of 23:01, 28 September 2021

Revision as of 12:32, 17 November 2022

Line 1:

{{Infobox journal

| title = Methods in Ecology and Evolution

| cover = Methods in ecologyEcology and evolutionEvolution 2-2cover.jpg

| discipline = [[Ecology]], [[evolution]]

| publisher = [[Wiley-Blackwell]] on behalf of the [[British Ecological Society]]

| country = United Kingdom

| licenseopenaccess = Yes

| license =

| editors = Robert Freckleton, Bob O'Hara and Jana Vamosi

| editors = Aaron M. Ellison

| frequency = Monthly

| history = 2010–present

| impact = 68.3633

| impact-year = 20172021

| website = http://www.methodsinecologyandevolution.org/

| link1 = httphttps://besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1111toc/%28ISSN%292041-210X2041210x/currentissuecurrent

| link1-name = Online access

| link2 = httphttps://besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1111/%28ISSN%292041-210Xloi/issues2041210x

| link2-name = Online archive

| ISSN = 2041-210X

| OCLC = 643796707

| abbreviation = Methods Ecol. Evol.

}}

'''''Methods in Ecology and Evolution''''' is a [[Peer review|peer-reviewed]] [[scientific journal]] focused on advancing new [[methodologies]] in [[ecology]] and [[evolution]]. It began publication in 2010, and is the second youngest5th journal of the [[British Ecological Society]]. ''Methods in Ecology and Evolution'' is only available online. According to the 20142021 ''[[Journal Citation Reports]]'', the journal was ranked 9th10th out of 149176 journals in the category "Ecology".<ref name=WoS>{{cite book |year=2012 |chapter=Journals Ranked by Impact: Ecology |title=2012 Journal Citation Reports |publisher=[[Thomson Reuters]] |edition=Science |work=Web of Science |title-link=Journal Citation Reports }}</ref> [[Aaron M. Ellison]], [https://www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/departments-and-staff/staff-directory/natalie-cooper.html Natalie Cooper] (Natural History Museum), [[Nicolas Lecomte]] ([[Université de Moncton]]) and [[Huijie Qiao]] ([[Chinese Academy of Sciences]]) are the current Editors on the journal.

''Methods in Ecology and Evolution'' publishes methodological papers from all areas of ecology and evolution, including statistical and theoretical methods, methods in [[phylogenetics]], and [[field work|fieldwork]] methodologies. These papers can be full-length research articles, shorter formal descriptions of hardware and tools or software applications, reviews, or perspectives on the state and development of methods used by ecologists and evolutionary biologists.  Methods are defined in the widest terms, and may be analytical, practical, or conceptual.<ref name="MEE-AAS">{{cite web| url=http://www.methodsinecologyandevolution.org/view/0/aimsAndScope.html| publisher=British Ecological Society| title=Methods in Ecology and Evolution &ndash; Aims and Scope| accessdate=2011-01-16}}</ref>

As well as publishing research papers, the journal encourages the publication of supplementary material such as computer code, methodological tutorials, and explanatory videos.<ref name="MEE-AAS" /> A regular podcast is produced by the editorial office, in which selected authors are asked to discuss their papers in greater depth.<ref name="MEE-POD">{{cite web| url=http://www.methodsinecologyandevolution.org/view/0/podcasts.html| publisher=British Ecological Society| title=Methods in Ecology and Evolution &ndash; Videos and Podcasts| accessdate=2011-01-17}}</ref>

In June 2022, Methods in Ecology and evolution announced that it would be going fully [[Open access|Open Access]]<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-06-08 |title=Methods in Ecology and Evolution to become a fully open access journal |url=https://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/methods-in-ecology-and-evolution-to-become-a-fully-open-access-journal/ |access-date=2022-11-17 |website=British Ecological Society |language=en-GB}}</ref> from January 2023, with all papers submitted to the journal from 6 July 2022 open access on publication. Through Wiley, the journal is part of the [[Research4Life]] programme, through which researchers from the most resource-poor nations receive a full or 50% [[Article processing charge|Article Processing Charge]] waiver. Any unfunded authors who are not eligible for Research4Life waivers can apply for a [[British Ecological Society|BES]]-funded waiver in advance of submission, with priority will be given to researchers without institutional employment, particularly early career and post-doctoral scientists, and to individual researchers who can document that national or institutional support for OA and APCs is unavailable.<ref>{{Cite web |date=17/11/2022 |title=APC Waivers and Discounts Policy |url=https://besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/hub/journal/2041210X/about/apc |url-status=live}}</ref>

==See also==

Line 31 ⟶ 34:

* ''[[Journal of Applied Ecology]]''

* ''[[Functional Ecology (journal)|Functional Ecology]]''

* [[People and Nature]]

==References==