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Editorial Board

Editor-in-Chief

Jiquan Chen, Michigan State University, USA
Jiaojun Zhu, Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China

Managing Editor

De-Hui Zeng, Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China

Editorial Advisors

Jerry Franklin, University of Washington, USA
Xingguo Han, Institute of Botany, CAS, China
Michael Hochberg, Université Montpellier II, France
Zhibiao Nan, Lanzhou University, China
William Schlesinger, Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies, USA
Herman H. Shugart, University of Virginia, USA
Jiabao Zhang, Institute of Soil Science, CAS, China

Subject Editors

Andrew Burton, Michigan Technological University, USA
Xiaotao Lü, Institute of Applied Ecology, CAS, China
Guillermo Martínez Pastur, CADIC-CONICET, Argentina
Raffaele Lafortezza, University of Bari, Italy
Jianyang Xia, East China Normal University, China

Associate Editors

Purushothaman C. Abhilash, Banaras Hindu University, India
Jana Albrechtová, Charles University in Prague, Czech Republic
Ginger Allington, Cornell University, USA
James Anderson, Clemson University, USA
Altaf Arain, McMaster University, Canada
Dolors Armenteras, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Colombia
João Azevedo, Polytechnic Institute of Bragança, Portugal
Ajay Kumar Bhardwaj, ICAR-Central Soil Salinity Research Institute, India
Gudrun Bornette, University of Franche-Comte, France 
Gang Chen, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, USA
Wendy Chen, University of Hong Kong, China
Yushun Chen, Institute of Hydrobiology, CAS, China
Matteo Convertino, Hokkaido University, Japan
Debajit Datta, Jadavpur University, India
Hans de Boeck, University of Antwerp, Belgium
Mario Elia, University of Bari, Italy
Andres A. Etter R., Javeriana University, Colombia
Yunting Fang, Institute of Applied Ecology, CAS, China
Xiaojuan Feng, IBCAS, China
Mauro Fois, University of Cagliari, Italy
Christine Fürst, Martin Luther University, Germany
Ilya Gelfand, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel
Riccardo Guarino, University of Palermo, Italy
Dennis W. Hallema, Desert Research Institute, USA
Heidi-Jayne Hawkins, University of Cape Town, South Africa
Falk Huettmann, University of Alaska Fairbanks, USA
Poonam Jasrotia, Indian Institute of Wheat and Barley Research, India
Martin Kappas, University of Goettingen, Germany
Colt W. Knight, University of Maine, USA
Elena Kukavskaya, V.N. Sukachev Institute of Forest, Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia
P. Senthil Kumar, SSN-CREST, India
Yuanbo Liu, CAS, China
Rafael Poyatos López, CREAF, Spain
Chaoqun (Chrystal) Lu, Iowa State University, USA
James Lutz, Utah State University, USA
Ender Makineci, Istanbul University-Cerrahpasa, Turkey
Corrado Marcenò, University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU, Spain
Soe Myint, Texas State University, USA
Shuli Niu, IGSNRR-CAS, China
Alexander Olchev, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Russia
Vimal Chandra Pandey, Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University, India
Dario Papale, University of Tuscia, Italy
Humberto L. Perotto, Texas A&M University, USA
Thomas B. Randrup, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Sweden
Beyza Sat, Ozyegin University, Turkey
Sari C. Saunders, British Columbia Ministry of Forests, Canada
Changliang Shao, CAAS, China
Daniel P. Soto, University of Aysen, Chile
Carol Stepien, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian, USA
Masahito Ueyama, Osaka Metropolitan University, Japan
Mariana Vallejo, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico
Xugao Wang, Institute of Applied Ecology, CAS, China
Eric Ward, Wetland and Aquatic Research Center, USGS, USA
X. Ben Wu, Texas A&M University, USA
Jingfeng Xiao, University of New Hampshire, USA
Qiaoling Yan, Institute of Applied Ecology, CAS, China
Yunjun Yao, Beijing Normal University, China
Wenping Yuan, Sun Yat-Sen University, China
Terenzio Zenone, National Research Council CNR, Italy
Weiqi Zhou, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, CAS, China
Yuyu Zhou, Iowa State University, USA

Annual Journal Metrics

  • 2022 Citation Impact
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    4.6 - 5-year Impact Factor
    1.760 - SNIP (Source Normalized Impact per Paper)
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    2022 Speed
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