Wiley · ISSN 1461-023X · 1461-0248
Ecology Letters impact factor, and the open numbers behind it.
Short answer
The Journal Impact Factor is a licensed Clarivate metric, so we do not reproduce it. The closest open equivalent is OpenAlex's two-year mean citedness: 7.60 citations per paper for Ecology Letters, retrieved 23 Oct 2026.
Key metrics
- Two-year mean citedness
- 7.60Citations per paper, papers from the two prior yearsSource: OpenAlex
- h-index
- 391Across all yearsSource: OpenAlex
- Papers in 2025
- 2845,163 in totalSource: OpenAlex
- Access
- SubscriptionAPC about $5,300Source: OpenAlex
Papers per year.
How many works Ecology Letters published in each complete year, as indexed by OpenAlex.
Fig. 1Works per year from OpenAlex. Retrieved 23 Oct 2026.
What Ecology Letters publishes.
Mostly Nature and Landscape Conservation, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Public Health and Environmental and Occupational Health, within Environmental Science.
- Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
- Animal Behavior and Reproduction
- Mathematical and Theoretical Epidemiology and Ecology Models
- Evolution and Genetic Dynamics
- Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies
- Ecosystem dynamics and resilience
Most frequent research topics in OpenAlex.
Journals with a similar citation profile.
| Journal | Two-year mean citedness | h-index | Access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ecology Letters | 7.60 | 391 | Subscription |
| J Ecol | 5.29 | 364 | Subscription |
| ISME J | 10.80 | 306 | Open |
| Proc R Soc B | 4.24 | 398 | Subscription |
| Global Change Biology | 11.39 | 401 | Subscription |
About Ecology Letters.
Comment 1What is the Ecology Letters impact factor?
The Journal Impact Factor is a licensed Clarivate metric, so we do not reproduce it. The closest open equivalent is OpenAlex's two-year mean citedness: 7.60 citations per paper for Ecology Letters, retrieved 23 Oct 2026.
Comment 2Is Ecology Letters open access?
Ecology Letters is not a fully open-access journal; check its author guidelines for open-access options and charges.
Comment 3How many papers does Ecology Letters publish a year?
OpenAlex records 284 works in 2025, and 5,163 in total.
Sources
- 1. OpenAlex source record · retrieved 23 Oct 2026
The Journal Impact Factor is a Clarivate metric and is not reproduced here.