Functional Ecology (journal)

Functional Ecology is a monthly peer-reviewed scientific journal covering physiological, behavioural, and evolutionary ecology, as well as ecosystems and community ecology, emphasizing an integrative approach.
The journal was established in 1987 and is published by Wiley-Blackwell on behalf of the British Ecological Society. The editors-in-chief are Lara Ferry, Charles Fox, Katie Field, Emma Sayer, and Enrico Rezende.

WWW functionalecology.org

Abstracting and indexing

The journal is abstracted and indexed in Aquatic Sciences and Fisheries Abstracts, BIOSIS Previews, Current Contents/Agriculture, Biology & Environmental Sciences, the Science Citation Index, Scopus. According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2021 impact factor of 6.28.

Types of papers

The journal publishes the following types of papers:

Standard Research Papers - a typical experimental, comparative or theoretical paper
Reviews - syntheses of topics of broad ecological interest
Perspectives - short articles presenting new ideas intended to stimulate scientific debate
Special Features - a collection of manuscripts, typically Reviews or Perspectives, on a single theme

The journal also produces podcasts on a semi-regular basis, usually focusing on a recent article and has a blog, which includes interviews with authors and articles relating to the ecological academic and research community.