Journal of Animal Ecology

*Journal of Animal Ecology*
Discipline	Animal ecology
Language	English
Edited by	Jean-Michel Gaillard
Publication details
History	1932–present
Publisher	Wiley-Blackwell on behalf of the British Ecological Society (United Kingdom)
Frequency	Bimonthly
Impact factor	5.600 (2021)
Standard abbreviations;
ISO 4	J. Anim. Ecol.
Indexing;
CODEN	JAECAP
ISSN	0021-8790 (print); 1365-2656 (web);
LCCN	agr35000273
OCLC no.	42799265
Links
	Journal homepage; Online access; Online archive;

The Journal of Animal Ecology is a bimonthly peer-reviewed scientific journal publishing research in all areas of animal ecology. It began publication in 1932, and as such is the second oldest journal of the British Ecological Society (after Journal of Ecology).

Types of papers published

The journal publishes the following types of papers:^[1]

Research Articles – a typical experimental, comparative or theoretical paper
Concepts – short essays on emerging ideas and research areas or novel perspectives on classic concepts
Reviews – syntheses of topics of broad ecological interest
Research Methods Guides – instructional papers that aim to serve as a practical guide for animal ecologists in using a specific experimental or theoretical model or system, or software package
Long-term Studies in Animal Ecology – balanced, comprehensive and concise syntheses of well-established field or laboratory study systems whilst providing future research directions and/or paradigm shifts
Forum articles – short contributions intended to stimulate debate
Research Highlights – short articles designed to highlight high-interest material

The journal is abstracted and indexed in Cambridge Scientific Abstracts, Elsevier Biobase/Current Awareness in Biological Sciences, Current Contents, GEOBASE, and the Science Citation Index Expanded. According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2021 impact factor of 5.600.^[2]