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Urban Ecosystems is an international journal dedicated to scientific investigations of the relationships between socioeconomic and ecological structures and processes in urban environments.

  • Focuses on interactions between urban ecosystems and associated suburban and rural environments.
  • Multidisciplinary, touching on various fields as they apply to urban environments.
  • Relevant topics include: biodiversity, biogeochemistry, conservation biology, wildlife and fisheries management, ecosystem ecology, ecosystem services, environmental chemistry, hydrology, landscape architecture, meteorology and climate, policy, population biology, social and human ecology, soil science, and urban planning.
  • Publishes various topical collections, including Ecology with Cities.

Co-Editor-in-Chief
  • Chi Yung Jim,
  • Michael McKinney
Impact factor
2.9 (2022)
5 year impact factor
3.4 (2022)
Submission to first decision (median)
35 days
Downloads
513,553 (2023)

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  • Ecology with Cities Collection

    Urban Ecosystems is launching a new type of manuscript and associated topical collection using the theme Ecology with Cities.

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Electronic ISSN
1573-1642
Print ISSN
1083-8155
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  29. Zoological Record
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