Ecology and Society

期刊简介：Ecology and Society is an electronic, peer-reviewed, multi-disciplinary journal devoted to the rapid dissemination of current research. Manuscript submission, peer review, and publication are all handled on the Internet. Software developed for the journal automates all clerical steps during peer review, facilitates a double-blind peer review process, and allows authors and editors to follow the progress of peer review on the Internet. As articles are accepted, they are published in an "Issue in Progress." At four month intervals the Issue-in-Progress is declared a New Issue, and subscribers receive the Table of Contents of the issue via email. Our turn-around time (submission to publication) averages around 350 days.We encourage publication of special features. Special features are comprised of a set of manuscripts that address a single theme, and include an introductory and summary manuscript. The individual contributions are published in regular issues, and the special feature manuscripts are linked through a table of contents and announced on the journal's main page.The journal seeks papers that are novel, integrative and written in a way that is accessible to a wide audience that includes 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 wellbeing ultimately depends.

【译文】《生态与社会》是一本电子版、同行评审的多学科期刊，致力于快速传播当前的研究成果。手稿提交、同行评审和出版都在互联网上完成。为该期刊开发的软件自动化了同行评审过程中的所有文书步骤，简化了双盲同行评审流程，并允许作者和编辑在互联网上跟踪同行评审的进展。文章被接受后，将在“进行中的问题”中发表。每四个月，进行中的问题将被宣布为新的问题，并且订阅者将通过电子邮件收到该期目录。我们的周转时间（从提交到出版）平均约为350天。我们鼓励发表特别特色。特别特色由一系列针对单一主题的手稿组成，包括介绍和总结手稿。个别贡献在常规问题中发表，特别特色的手稿通过目录链接，并在期刊的主页上宣布。该期刊寻求新颖、综合且易于广泛受众（包括自然科学、社会科学和人文学科）理解的文章，这些学科关注社会与人类福祉最终依赖的生命维持生态系统之间的关系。