Ecology and Society


Ecology and Society is a quarterly open access interdisciplinary scientific journal published by the Resilience Alliance. It covers an array of disciplines from the natural sciences, social sciences, and the humanities concerned with the relationship between society and the life-supporting ecosystems on which human well-being ultimately depends. The journal's editors are Marco Janssen and Lance Gunderson. C. S. Holling was the founding editor.
Issues are available online as "in progress" as soon as articles are published. Special features are published separately throughout the year. Many of the articles in Ecology and Society are published as part of special features. Much of the research from a social-ecological systems perspective is published in Ecology and Society. Recent special features include "Understanding Human Resilience in the Context of Interconnected Health and Social Systems", "Advancing the Understanding of Behavior in Social-Ecological Systems: Results from Lab and Field Experiments", and "A Framework for Analyzing, Comparing, and Diagnosing Social-Ecological Systems."
According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2018 impact factor of 4.14, and it ranks 18 of 116 journals in the field of Environmental Studies and 29 of 164 in the field of Ecology.
As of June 2019, the three most cited articles from Ecology and Society were: