Sixty years of ecology with impact 💭
In our new Editorial to celebrate our anniversary, we delve into whether articles published in the journal have achieved real-world impact 🌍
We undertook an author survey and searches of online policy mentions to determine this 🧪
🔗 https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2664.14831
In our new Editorial to celebrate our anniversary, we delve into whether articles published in the journal have achieved real-world impact 🌍
We undertook an author survey and searches of online policy mentions to determine this 🧪
🔗 https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2664.14831
Comments
👉 44% of authors surveyed said that their article generated real-world impact
👉We've been cited over 2800 times in online policy documents
👉From 2025, we're giving authors the chance to publish accompanying plain language summaries and connect further with practitioners
Virtual Issue: https://besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/toc/10.1111/(ISSN)1365-2664.applied-ecology-with-impact
My first @jappliedecology.bsky.social paper was back in 1982 - 50 citations according to @googlescholar.bsky.social; several are policy related.
https://doi.org/10.2307/2403479