Rethinking Ecology is an open access journal that aims at fostering forward thinking and the publication of novel ideas in ecology. The term ecology in this instance should be understood in the broadest sense, and contributions including (but not limited to) evolution, ecophysiology, environmental sciences, global change biology, human ecology and decision ecology are all welcome. The journal publishes perspectives, research papers, rapid communications, responses, software descriptions and horizon scanning papers with an emphasis on new hypotheses and bold ideas.
As opposed to other journals, perspectives and horizon scanning papers to Rethinking Ecology are not commissioned. We believe that novel ideas and innovative research do not arise from direct invitations and we are committed to enable authors to publish their best work, regardless of their seniority, gender, publication track record and country of origin. Other singularities of the journal include a percentage-based author contribution index that accurately reflects the contribution of each co-author and a double-blind review process where reviewers score manuscripts against well-defined criteria in relation to the type of paper.
There is an urgent need for new ideas, new hypotheses and horizon scanning in ecology, particularly with regards to finding solutions to address critical issues such as climate change and biodiversity loss. Such challenges require bold and potentially controversial thinking. Rethinking Ecology is an opportunity to publish novel ideas and hypotheses prior to fully testing them. Our aim is to encourage scientists to share and discuss their novel ideas with their peers without fear of being scooped. Publishing in Rethinking Ecology will also draw attention from the scientific community, help create research networks, and support grant proposals aiming at putting these novel ideas to the test. Join the conversation about this journal
Quartiles
The set of journals have been ranked according to their SJR and divided into four equal groups, four quartiles. Q1 (green) comprises the quarter of the journals with the highest values, Q2 (yellow) the second highest values, Q3 (orange) the third highest values and Q4 (red) the lowest values.
Category
Year
Quartile
Ecology
2020
Q4
Ecology
2021
Q2
Ecology
2022
Q3
Ecology
2023
Q3
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
2020
Q4
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
2021
Q3
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
2022
Q3
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
2023
Q3
SJR
The SJR is a size-independent prestige indicator that ranks journals by their 'average prestige per article'. It is based on the idea that 'all citations are not created equal'. SJR is a measure of scientific influence of journals that accounts for both the number of citations received by a journal and the importance or prestige of the journals where such citations come from
It measures the scientific influence of the average article in a journal, it expresses how central to the global scientific discussion an average article of the journal is.
Year
SJR
2020
0.202
2021
0.431
2022
0.352
2023
0.305
Total Documents
Evolution of the number of published documents. All types of documents are considered, including citable and non citable documents.
Year
Documents
2019
11
2020
1
2021
3
2022
0
2023
0
Citations per document
This indicator counts the number of citations received by documents from a journal and divides them by the total number of documents published in that journal. The chart shows the evolution of the average number of times documents published in a journal in the past two, three and four years have been cited in the current year. The two years line is equivalent to journal impact factor ™ (Thomson Reuters) metric.
Cites per document
Year
Value
Cites / Doc. (4 years)
2019
0.000
Cites / Doc. (4 years)
2020
1.818
Cites / Doc. (4 years)
2021
2.583
Cites / Doc. (4 years)
2022
1.667
Cites / Doc. (4 years)
2023
1.667
Cites / Doc. (3 years)
2019
0.000
Cites / Doc. (3 years)
2020
1.818
Cites / Doc. (3 years)
2021
2.583
Cites / Doc. (3 years)
2022
1.667
Cites / Doc. (3 years)
2023
2.000
Cites / Doc. (2 years)
2019
0.000
Cites / Doc. (2 years)
2020
1.818
Cites / Doc. (2 years)
2021
2.583
Cites / Doc. (2 years)
2022
1.250
Cites / Doc. (2 years)
2023
2.667
Total Cites Self-Cites
Evolution of the total number of citations and journal's self-citations received by a journal's published documents during the three previous years.
Journal Self-citation is defined as the number of citation from a journal citing article to articles published by the same journal.
Cites
Year
Value
Self Cites
2019
0
Self Cites
2020
0
Self Cites
2021
1
Self Cites
2022
0
Self Cites
2023
0
Total Cites
2019
0
Total Cites
2020
20
Total Cites
2021
31
Total Cites
2022
25
Total Cites
2023
8
External Cites per Doc Cites per Doc
Evolution of the number of total citation per document and external citation per document (i.e. journal self-citations removed) received by a journal's published documents during the three previous years.
External citations are calculated by subtracting the number of self-citations from the total number of citations received by the journal’s documents.
Cites
Year
Value
External Cites per document
2019
0
External Cites per document
2020
1.818
External Cites per document
2021
2.500
External Cites per document
2022
1.667
External Cites per document
2023
2.000
Cites per document
2019
0.000
Cites per document
2020
1.818
Cites per document
2021
2.583
Cites per document
2022
1.667
Cites per document
2023
2.000
% International Collaboration
International Collaboration accounts for the articles that have been produced by researchers from several countries. The chart shows the ratio of a journal's documents signed by researchers from more than one country; that is including more than one country address.
Year
International Collaboration
2019
45.45
2020
0.00
2021
33.33
2022
0
2023
0
Citable documents Non-citable documents
Not every article in a journal is considered primary research and therefore "citable", this chart shows the ratio of a journal's articles including substantial research (research articles, conference papers and reviews) in three year windows vs. those documents other than research articles, reviews and conference papers.
Documents
Year
Value
Non-citable documents
2019
0
Non-citable documents
2020
2
Non-citable documents
2021
2
Non-citable documents
2022
2
Non-citable documents
2023
0
Citable documents
2019
0
Citable documents
2020
9
Citable documents
2021
10
Citable documents
2022
13
Citable documents
2023
4
Cited documents Uncited documents
Ratio of a journal's items, grouped in three years windows, that have been cited at least once vs. those not cited during the following year.
Documents
Year
Value
Uncited documents
2019
0
Uncited documents
2020
7
Uncited documents
2021
5
Uncited documents
2022
7
Uncited documents
2023
1
Cited documents
2019
0
Cited documents
2020
4
Cited documents
2021
7
Cited documents
2022
8
Cited documents
2023
3
% Female Authors
Evolution of the percentage of female authors.
Year
Female Percent
2019
40.74
2020
0.00
2021
37.50
2022
0.00
2023
0.00
Documents cited by public policy (Overton)
Evolution of the number of documents cited by public policy documents according to Overton database.
Documents
Year
Value
Overton
2019
4
Overton
2020
0
Overton
2021
0
Overton
2022
0
Overton
2023
0
Documents related to SDGs (UN)
Evoution of the number of documents related to Sustainable Development Goals defined by United Nations. Available from 2018 onwards.
Documents
Year
Value
SDG
2019
5
SDG
2020
1
SDG
2021
1
SDG
2022
0
SDG
2023
0
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