Journal Title：Ecology And Society

Ecology and Society is an electronic, peer-reviewed, multi-disciplinary journal devoted to the rapid dissemination of current research. Manuscript submission, peer review, and publication are all handled on the Internet. Software developed for the journal automates all clerical steps during peer review, facilitates a double-blind peer review process, and allows authors and editors to follow the progress of peer review on the Internet. As articles are accepted, they are published in an "Issue in Progress." At four month intervals the Issue-in-Progress is declared a New Issue, and subscribers receive the Table of Contents of the issue via email. Our turn-around time (submission to publication) averages around 350 days.

We encourage publication of special features. Special features are comprised of a set of manuscripts that address a single theme, and include an introductory and summary manuscript. The individual contributions are published in regular issues, and the special feature manuscripts are linked through a table of contents and announced on the journal's main page.

The journal seeks papers that are novel, integrative and written in a way that is accessible to a wide audience that includes an array of disciplines from the natural sciences, social sciences, and the humanities concerned with the relationship between society and the life-supporting ecosystems on which human wellbeing ultimately depends.

Ecology and Society 是一份经过同行评审的多学科电子期刊，致力于快速传播当前的研究成果。稿件提交、同行评审和出版都在互联网上处理。为该期刊开发的软件可在同行评审期间自动执行所有文书步骤，促进双盲同行评审过程，并允许作者和编辑在互联网上跟踪同行评审的进度。当文章被接受时，它们会在“进行中的问题”中发表。每隔四个月，进行中的问题就会被宣布为新问题，订阅者会通过电子邮件收到问题的目录。我们的周转时间（提交出版）平均约为 350 天。

我们鼓励发布特殊功能。特殊功能由一组针对单个主题的手稿组成，包括介绍性手稿和摘要手稿。个人投稿在常规期刊上发表，特刊手稿通过目录链接并在期刊主页上公布。

该杂志寻求新颖、综合性强且写作方式适合广大读者阅读的论文，其中包括自然科学、社会科学和人文科学等一系列涉及社会与生活之间关系的学科- 支持人类福祉最终依赖的生态系统。