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Publications<\/h1>\n

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Communicating Research<\/h2>\n

Scientists around the world publish their research in ecology and environmental science in ESA\u2019s scientific, peer-reviewed journals: Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, Ecology, Ecological Monographs, Ecological Applications, Ecosphere,<\/em> and Ecosystem Health and Sustainability<\/em>.<\/span> ESA\u2019s publication The Bulletin <\/span><\/em>continues to provide interesting items and updates about ecological science for members.<\/p>\n

This year, ESA and the Ecological Society of China (ESC) launched ESA\u2019s newest journal, Ecosystem Health and Sustainability<\/em> which seeks to highlight ecological research taking place in regions of rapid economic growth and industrialization around the world. Frontiers<\/em> debuted the series Natural History Notes <\/em>in 2015. <\/em>Each open access article showcases the natural history of particular organisms \u2013 their\u00a0morphology or behavior, their habitats, or\u00a0their\u00a0roles in food webs and ecosystems.<\/p>\n

Recognizing the importance of strengthening its publishing program, in 2015, ESA selected John Wiley & Sons as a publishing partner for its family of journals. This partnership provides additional capabilities and expertise to ESA\u2019s publications strategy, processes, and global reach, along with greater ease of use and discovery by authors, editors, and readers.<\/p>\n

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ESA’s Family of Journals<\/h2>\n

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ESA Hub Home Page – Wiley Online Library<\/a><\/span><\/h4>\n

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ESA Journal Ranking and Impact Factors<\/h2>\n

\u201cEcology\u201d category (out of 145 journal titles)<\/h3>\n

6\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment (7.441)
\n8\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Ecological Monographs\u00a0\u00a0(6.980)
\n<\/span>17\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Ecology\u00a0(4.656)
\n<\/span>23\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Ecological Applications (4.093)
\n<\/span>64\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Ecosphere (2.255)<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cEnvironmental Science\u201d category (out of 223 journals)<\/h3>\n

5\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment (7.441)
\n19 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Ecological Applications (4.093)\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Centennial Publications<\/h2>\n

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\"Frontiers\"<\/a>In honor of the Centennial, ESA journals undertook two major efforts\u2014one forward-looking and the other an historical look back at some of the most notable papers published in ESA journals, since Ecology<\/em> first rolled out the presses in 1920. (Ecology<\/a>, Ecological Applications<\/a>, Ecological Monographs<\/a> <\/em>and Ecosphere and <\/a>Frontiers)<\/a><\/em> Metrics of citations and downloads were gathered to highlight some of the articles of the past from each journal that had the greatest impact. Commentaries reflecting on various papers, by present and past editors, as well as some other ESA members, were published alongside the listed articles.<\/p>\n

In November, Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment<\/a><\/em> published a Special Issue looking at the big infrastructural and other innovations currently being built and tested to mitigate the future effects of climate change, including sea level rise, drought, urban heat island effects, and more. The Bulletin<\/a><\/em> published a series of articles reflecting back on the developments and people in the science of ecology over the past 100 years.<\/p>\n

Our other journals (Ecology, Ecological Applications, Ecological Monographs <\/em>and Ecosphere and Frontiers<\/em>) published several ESA Centennial Papers<\/a> during 2015, which had been invited by the Editors-in-Chief. These papers addressed areas of study expected to have exceptional interest in the coming\u00a0years, and were subject to ESA’s usual peer-reviewed standards.<\/p>\n

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In the News and Social<\/h2>\n

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“The risk of getting attacked by a shark off California has plummeted sharply since 1950, study says<\/strong>.” Chelsey Harvey, The Washington Post<\/a><\/em> 9 July 2015.\"washington<\/p>\n

A new study, scheduled to publish Friday in the journal Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment<\/span>, delivers this surprising news: A human\u2019s individual risk of being attacked by a great white shark \u2014 the same species made famous by Jaws \u2014 off the coast of California has actually decreased by more than 90 percent since the 1950s.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Ferretti et al.’s ESA\u00a0Frontiers<\/em> article<\/a>, released to journalists ahead of press\u00a0for Shark Week, garnered attention in many news outlets including the New York Times<\/em>, the LA Times<\/em>, and (a rather excellent story in) Surfing Magazine<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n

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\u201c40% decline in polar bears in Alaska, western Canada heightens concern<\/strong>.\u201d Michael Muskal, LA Times<\/a><\/em>, 21 November 2014.<\/p>\n

\u201cLand-based foods won’t float polar bears through ice declines<\/strong>.\u201d Sarah Gilman, High Country News<\/a><\/em>, 1 April 2015.<\/p>\n

\"Ecological \"Frontiers<\/p>\n

Both Ecological Applications<\/a><\/em> and ESA Frontiers<\/a><\/em> featured polar bear cover stories by Steven Armstrup in April 2015 (The Applications<\/em> paper was released as a preprint on 17 Nov 2014) that drew coverage from\u00a0a broad selection of news outlets. “Polar bear population dynamics in the southern Beaufort Sea during a period of sea ice decline,” in Ecological Applications<\/em>, was picked up by the AP’s wire service and reprinted in newspapers across the country.<\/p>\n

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In March 2015, the ESA and the Ecological Society of China launched <\/a>a new, interdisciplinary, open access journal focused on Ecosystem Health and Sustainability<\/a><\/em>. An NCEAS-funded paper on ocean tipping points has been one of the new journal’s most accessed and talked about articles.<\/p>\n

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Principles for managing marine ecosystems prone to tipping points. Selko, @TimEssington<\/a> Esteshttp:\/\/t.co\/FeqLxBNcTS<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/sKfzbZWALp<\/a><\/p>\n

— Trevor A. Branch (@TrevorABranch) July 21, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n