期刊名称：ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION
 期刊简介(About the journal)
投稿须知(Instructions to Authors)
编辑部信息(Editorial Board)
About the journal
Ecology and Evolution
© 2013 John Wiley & Sons Ltd
All articles accepted from 14 August 2012 are published under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License. All articles accepted before this date, were published under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License.
Editors-in-Chief: Allen Moore, University of Georgia, USA and Andrew Beckerman, University of Sheffield, UK
Impact Factor: 1.184
ISI Journal Citation Reports © Ranking: 2012: 99/136 (Ecology)
Online ISSN: 2045-7758
Society Information
Society partners and discounts
Ecology and Evolution is supported by other journals published by Wiley, including a number of society-owned journals. The societies listed below have journals that participate in the Manuscript Transfer Program by referring articles of suitable quality and recommending that authors transfer their article and peer review reports automatically to Ecology & Evolution.
Authors who are individual members of a listed society are eligible for the noted discount when they submit directly to Ecology and Evolution. The author responsible for payment of the article publication charge must be a member in good standing and must obtain further discount information through the relevant society website.
Ecology and Evolution- List of Supporting Societies and Discounts
Overview
Aims and Scope
Ecology and Evolution is the peer reviewed journal for rapid dissemination of research in all areas of ecology, evolution and conservation science. The journal gives priority to quality research reports, theoretical or empirical, that develop our understanding of organisms and their diversity, interactions between them, and the natural environment.
Ecology and Evolution gives prompt and equal consideration to papers reporting theoretical, experimental, applied and descriptive work in terrestrial and aquatic environments. The journal will consider submissions across taxa in areas including but not limited to micro and macro ecological and evolutionary processes, characteristics of and interactions between individuals, populations, communities and the environment, physiological responses to environmental change, population genetics and phylogenetics, relatedness and kin selection, life histories, systematics and taxonomy, conservation genetics, extinction, speciation, adaption, behaviour, biodiversity, species abundance, macroecology, population and ecosystem dynamics, and conservation policy.
Ecology and Evolution features original research articles, reviews, editorials, and hypotheses. Original research papers must report well-conducted research with conclusions supported by the data presented in the paper.
Ecology and Evolution publishes papers submitted directly to the journal and those referred from a select group of prestigious journals published by Wiley-Blackwell. List available here.
Ecology and Evolution is a Wiley Open Access journal, one of a new series of peer reviewed titles publishing quality research with speed and efficiency. For further information visit the Wiley Open Access website.
Open Access and Copyright
All articles published by Ecology and Evolution are fully open access: immediately freely available to read, download and share. All Ecology and Evolution articles are published under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited and is not used for commercial purposes.
Copyright on any research article in a journal published by Ecology and Evolution is retained by the author(s). Authors grant Wiley a license to publish the article and identify itself as the original publisher. Authors also grant any third party the right to use the article freely as long as its integrity is maintained and its original authors, citation details and publisher are identified. Further information about open access license and copyright can be found here.
Peer review policy
Ecology and Evolution maintains the highest standards of peer review while increasing the efficiency of the process. All research articles published in the journal will undergo full peer review, key characteristics of which are:
• All research articles submitted directly to the Journal are initially evaluated by the Editor-in-Chief; articles found appropriate for the Journal will be reviewed by at least two suitably qualified experts.
• All publication decisions are made by the Editor-in-Chief on the basis of the reviews provided.
• Members of the editorial board lend insight, advice and guidance to the Editor-in-Chief generally and assist in decision making on specific submissions.
• The managing editor and editorial assistant provide administrative support to ensure Ecology and Evolution maintains the integrity of peer review and delivers rapid and efficient publication to authors and reviewers.
Referred papers
In addition to papers submitted directly to the journal, Ecology and Evolution will also consider papers referred from other Wiley-Blackwell journals that are participating in the Manuscript Transfer Program.
Ecology and Evolution editors will make prompt accept, reject, or request revisions decisions, based on the original peer reviews. The Ecology and Evolution editors may seek additional reviews and authors will be advised in those cases.
Abstracting and Indexing Information
Ecology and Evolution will deposit all articles into PubMed Central upon publication of an online issue. Once your article is deposited in PubMed Central, they will make it searchable on PubMed as soon as possible. The journal will be pursuing application for other appropriate abstract and indexing services to ensure wide visibility of articles published in Ecology and Evolution.
Abstracting and Indexing Information
- Biological Abstracts (Thomson Reuters)
- BIOSIS Previews (Thomson Reuters)
- Current Contents: Agriculture, Biology & Environmental Sciences (Thomson Reuters)
- Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ)
- Science Citation Index Expanded (Thomson Reuters)
- SCOPUS (Elsevier)
- Web of Science (Thomson Reuters)
- Zoological Record (Thomson Reuters)
Instructions to Authors
Author Guidelines
Ecology and Evolution - steps to publication
1. Submit or confirm your submission at http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/ecologyandevolution.
2. We will send you an email confirmation of your submission details.
3. After review and acceptance, you will be prompted to sign the Open Access Agreement form at http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/ecologyandevolution. Payment of the article publication charge will be required. You can then track the progress of your article through Wiley Author Services.
4. You will receive notification that your proof is ready for review, and be able to make corrections to your article using e-annotation tools for electronic proof correction.
5. Your article will publish on Wiley Online Library. If you have previously signed up for alerts through Wiley’s Author Services, you will be sent an email when your article is published online.
PUBLICATION FORMS
You will be prompted to sign the Open Access Agreement electronically after manuscript review and acceptance.
EDITORS-IN-CHIEF
Allen Moore, allen.moore@ecolevol.org
Andrew Beckerman, andrew.beckerman@ecolevol.org
Address correspondence to the Editorial Office:
ecoevo@wiley.com
SUBMISSION
The Journal requires that authors submit electronically via the online submission site at http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/ecologyandevolution.
MANUSCRIPT TYPES
- Original research articles
- Reviews
- Editorials
- Hypotheses
GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS
Manuscripts must be submitted in grammatically correct English. Manuscripts that do not meet this standard cannot be reviewed. Authors for whom English is a second language may wish to consult an English-speaking colleague or consider having their manuscript professionally edited before submission to improve the English. A list of independent suppliers of editing services can be found at http://authorservices.wiley.com/bauthor/english_language.asp. All services are paid for and arranged by the author, and use of one of these services does not guarantee acceptance or preference for publication. A manuscript is considered for review and possible publication on the condition that it is submitted solely to Ecology and Evolution, and that the manuscript or a substantial portion of it is not under consideration elsewhere.
Manuscript preparation
We place very few restrictions on the way in which you prepare your article, and it is not necessary to try to replicate the layout of the journal in your submission. We ask only that you consider your reviewers by supplying your manuscript in a clear, generic and readable layout, and ensure that all relevant sections are included. Our production process will take care of all aspects of formatting and style. The list below can be used as a checklist to ensure that the manuscript has all the information necessary for successful publication.
- Title page, including title, authors’ names, authors’ affiliations, and contact information*
- Abstract and 4–6 keywords
- Text (introduction, materials and methods, results, discussion)
- Literature cited (see below for tips on references)
- Tables (may be sent as a separate file if necessary)
- Figure legends
- Acknowledgements, including details of funding bodies with grant numbers
*You will be asked to provide the full address information for the corresponding author. Please be sure to do this, as the processing of your manuscript may be delayed without complete address information for the corresponding author.
References
As with the main body of text, the completeness and content of your reference list is more important than the format chosen. A clear and consistent, generic style will assist the accuracy of our production processes and produce the highest quality published work, but it is not necessary to try to replicate the journal’s own style, which is applied during the production process. If you use bibliographic software to generate your reference list, select a standard output style, and check that it produces full and comprehensive reference listings. A guide to the minimum elements required for successful reference linking appears below. The final journal output will use the ‘Harvard’ style of reference citation. If your manuscript has already been prepared using the ‘Vancouver’ system, we are quite happy to receive it in this form. We will perform the conversion from one system to the other during the production process.
Minimum reference information
Journal Article
Author(s) in full
Year of publication
Article title
Journal title (preferably not abbreviated)
Volume number
Issue number
Page range
Book
Author(s) in full
Year of publication
Book title
Place of publication
Publisher
No. Pages
Book Chapter
Author(s) in full
Year of publication
Chapter title
Book Author/Editor
Book title
Place of publication
Publisher
Page range
Online resources
References to online research articles should always include a DOI, where available. When referring to other Web pages, it is useful to include a date on which the resource was accessed.
Tables
All tables must be cited in the text in the order that they should appear.
Figures
All figures must be cited in the text in the order that they should appear. Illustrations are an important medium through which to convey the meaning in your article, and there is no substitute for preparing these to the highest possible standard. Therefore, please create your illustrations carefully with reference to our graphics guidelines (see http://authorservices.wiley.com/bauthor/illustration.asp). It is very difficult to improve an image that has been saved or created in an inappropriate format. We realize that not everyone has access to high-end graphics software, so the following information may help if you are having difficulty in deciding how to get the best out of the tools at your disposal.
Cover Images: Ecology and Evolution encourages you to submit a picture of the organism(s) studied in your paper to be considered for our online journal cover and for potential publication on the official Wiley Open Access blog. Please designate this image as Figure 1 (if appropriate).
1. Check your software options to see if you can ‘save as’ or ‘export’ using one of the robust, industry-standard formats. These are:
- Encapsulated PostScript (EPS)
- Tagged Image File Format (TIFF)
- Portable Network Graphics (PNG)
- Portable Document Format (PDF)
2. As a general rule of thumb, images that contain text and line art (graphs, charts, maps, etc.) will reproduce best if saved as EPS or PDF. If you choose this option, it is important to remember to embed fonts. This ensures that any text reproduces exactly as you intend.
3. Images that contain photographic information are best saved as TIFF or PNG, as this ensures that all data are included in the file. JPEG (Joint Photographic Experts Group) should be avoided if possible, as information is lost during compression; however, it is acceptable for purely photographic subjects if the image was generated as a JPEG from the outset (many digital cameras, for example, output only in JPEG format).
4. If you are not sure which format would be the best option, it is always best to default to EPS or PDF as these are more likely to preserve the high-quality characteristics of the original.
5. Microsoft Office. If you have generated your images in Microsoft Office software (Word, Excel, PowerPoint), or similar, it is often best simply to send us the files in their native file formats.
6. Please ensure all images are a minimum of 600 dpi.
Metric system
The metric system should be used for all measurements, weights, etc. Temperatures should be expressed in degrees Celsius (centigrade).
Supporting Information and Appendices
Authors are encouraged to submit Supporting Information or Appendices that could aid readers in understanding the authors' findings. This may include (but is not limited to) additional figures, tables, video clips, movies and animations (QuickTime, mpeg, SWF), data sets, and program code. Supporting Information must be submitted at the time of peer review, although the reviewers and editors may also suggest that figures or tables be provided as Supporting Information during the review process. Supporting Information should be numbered in order, but independently of figures in the main article. Please note that supplementary material is not edited by the publisher after final acceptance by the editors, and is posted online in the format in which it is supplied. We would encourage you, where possible and appropriate, to include additional figures and tables in an Appendix in your main manuscript document instead of designating it as Supporting Information. To ensure that others will be able to view your supplementary material, it is best to supply the files in a popular format that most readers have the software to access.
CrossCheck
CrossCheck is a multi-publisher initiative to screen published and submitted content for originality. Ecology and Evolution uses iThenticate software to detect instances of overlapping and similar text in submitted manuscripts. To find out more about CrossCheck visit http://www.crossref.org/crosscheck.html.
Proofs
Soon after acceptance, you will receive an email alert containing a link to a web site to access your proofs for final content correction within our rapid production workflow. Further instructions will be sent with the proof. Once you have submitted your corrections, the production office will finalize the layout of your article for publication.
Reprints
As this is an open access journal, you have free, unlimited access to your article online. However, if you wish to obtain printed reprints, these may be ordered online: http://offprint.cosprinters.com (Email: offprint@cosprinters.com)
Production Questions
Please direct any questions regarding the production of your article to the Production Editor at ECE@wiley.com
Policy on data archiving
The Journal Ecology and Evolution requires, as a condition for publication, that data supporting the results in the paper should be archived in an appropriate public archive, such as GenBank, TreeBASE, Dryad, the Knowledge Network for Biocomplexity or other suitable long-term and stable public repositories. Data are important products of the scientific enterprise, and they should be preserved and usable for decades in the future. Authors may elect to have the data publicly available at time of publication, or, if the technology of the archive allows, may opt to embargo access to the data for a period of up to a year after publication. Exceptions may be granted at the discretion of the editor, especially for sensitive information such as a human subject data or the location of endangered species.
Informed consent
Ecology and Evolution requires that all appropriate steps be taken in obtaining informed consent of any and all human and/or experimental animal subjects participating in the research comprising the manuscript submitted for review and possible publication, and a statement to this effect must be included in the Methods section of the manuscript. Identifying information should not be included in the manuscript unless the information is essential for scientific purposes and the study participants or patients (or parents or guardians) give written informed consent for publication.
Protection of human subjects and animals in research
A statement indicating that the protocol and procedures employed were reviewed and approved by the appropriate institutional review committee must be included in the Methods section of the manuscript. When reporting experiments on human subjects, authors should indicate whether the procedures followed were in accordance with the ethical standards of the responsible committee on human experimentation (institutional and national) and with the Helsinki Declaration of 1975, as revised in 2008. When reporting experiments on animals, authors should indicate whether the institutional and national guide for the care and use of laboratory animals was followed. For research involving recombinant DNA, containment facilities and guidelines should conform to those of the National Institutes of Health or corresponding institutions. For those investigators who do not have formal ethics review committees, the principles outlined in the Helsinki Declaration should be followed. If doubt exists whether the research was conducted in accordance with the Helsinki Declaration, the authors must explain the rationale for their approach and demonstrate that the institutional review body explicitly approved the doubtful aspects of the study.
Disclosure statement
Ecology and Evolution requires that all authors disclose any potential sources of conflict of interest. Any interest or relationship, financial or otherwise, that might be perceived as influencing an author's objectivity is considered a potential source of conflict of interest. These must be disclosed when directly relevant or directly related to the work that the authors describe in their manuscript. Potential sources of conflict of interest include, but are not limited to, patent or stock ownership, membership of a company board of directors, membership of an advisory board or committee for a company, and consultancy for or receipt of speaker's fees from a company. The existence of a conflict of interest does not preclude publication in this journal.
If the authors have no conflict of interest to declare, they must also state this at submission. It is the responsibility of the corresponding author to review this policy with all authors and collectively to list on the cover letter to the Editor-in-Chief, in the manuscript (under the Acknowledgements section), and in the online submission system ALL pertinent commercial and other relationships.
The above policies are in accordance with the Uniform Requirements for Manuscripts Submitted to Biomedical Journals produced by the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (http://www.icmje.org/).
last updated 12/13/2011
Editorial Board
Editorial Board
Suzanne H. Alonzo, Yale University, USA
Bradley R. Anholt, University of Victoria, Canada
Leonardo Bacigalupe, Universidad Austral de Chile, Chile
Olga Barbosa, Universidad Austral de Chile, Chile
Camille Bonneaud, University of Exeter, United Kingdom
Mike Boots, University of Exeter, United Kingdom
Julia Blanchard, University of Sheffield, United Kingdom
Edmund D. Brodie III, University of Virginia, USA
Jarrett Byrnes, University of Massachucetts, USA
Daisy Dent, University of Stirling, United Kingdom
Jeremy Draghi, University of British Columbia, Canada
John Drake, University of Georgia, USA
Meghan Duffy, University of Michigan, USA
Scott V. Edwards, Harvard University, USA
Robert Ekblom, Uppsala University, Sweden
Charles B. Fenster, University of Maryland, USA
Colin Fontaine, Muséum de National d'Histoire Naturelle, France
Vincent Formica, Swarthmore College, USA
Charles W. Fox, University of Kentucky, USA
Rob Freckleton, University of Sheffield, United Kingdom
Brendan Godley, University of Exeter, United Kingdom
Patricia Adair Gowaty, University of California, Los Angeles, USA
Jessica Gurevitch, Stonybrook University, USA
Richard Harrison, Cornell University, USA
Stephen Hubbell, University of California, Los Angeles, USA
David Johnson, University of Aberdeen, United Kingdom
Paula X. Kover, University of Bath, United Kingdom
Mark Ledger, University of Birmingham, United Kingdom
Peter Manning, University of Bern, Switzerland
Travis Marsico, Arkansas State University, USA
Joel McGlothlin, Virginia Tech, USA
Mark McPeek, Dartmouth College, USA
Alison Nazareno, Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil
Roberto Nespolo, Universidad Austral de Chile, Chile
Lauren O'Connell, Harvard University, USA
Mary O'Connor, University of British Columbia, Canada
Arpat Ozgul, University of Zurich, Switzerland
Jeff Powell, University of Western Sydney, Sydney
Tom Price, University of Liverpool, United Kingdom
Catherine Pringle, University of Georgia, USA
Laura Reed, University of Alabama, USA
Thomas Richards, Natural History Museum, United Kingdom
David Shuker, University of St Andrews, United Kingdom
Chris Smith, Earlham College, USA
Michael Stat, The University of Western Australia, Australia
Amber Teacher, University of Exeter, United Kingdom
Gavin Thomas, University of Sheffield, United Kingdom
David Vasseur, Yale University, USA
Mike Whitlock, University of British Columbia, Canada
Shawn Wilder, University of Sydney, Australia
Sam Yeaman, University of British Columbia, Canada
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