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.Content of the journal ranges from the applied to the theoretical. In general, papers should cover topics relating to the ecological, political, and social foundations for sustainable social-ecological systems. Specifically, the journal publishes articles that present research findings on the following issues: (a) the management, stewardship and sustainable use of ecological systems, resources and biological diversity at all levels, (b) the role natural systems play in social and political systems and conversely, the effect of social, economic and political institutions on ecological systems and services, and (c) the means by which we can develop and sustain desired ecological, social and political states.

《生態學與社會》是一份電子的、同行評議的、多學科的期刊，致力于迅速傳播當前的研究成果。稿件的提交、同行評審和出版都是在互聯網上進行的。為該雜志開發的軟件可以自動完成同行評審過程中的所有文書工作，促進雙盲同行評審過程，并允許作者和編輯在互聯網上跟蹤同行評審的進展。當文章被接受時，就會在“進行中的問題”中發表。每隔4個月，正在進行的問題將被宣布為一個新問題，訂閱者將通過電子郵件收到該問題的目錄。我們的周轉時間(提交出版)平均約350天。我們鼓勵出版專題。特稿由一組處理單一主題的稿件組成，包括介紹性和摘要性稿件。個人投稿發表在普通期刊上，專題稿件通過目錄鏈接，并在期刊主頁上公布。小說《尋找文件,綜合和書面的方式訪問廣泛的觀眾,包括數組從自然科學學科,社會科學和人文學科關心社會和維持生命的生態系統之間的關系人類健康最終決定。期刊的內容從應用到理論都有。一般來說，論文應涵蓋與可持續社會生態系統的生態、政治和社會基礎相關的主題。具體來說，該雜志發表的文章介紹了關于下列問題的研究結果:(一)管理、管理和可持續利用生態系統中,各級資源和生物多樣性,(b)在社會和政治系統和自然系統發揮作用相反,社會的影響,生態系統和服務,經濟和政治機構和(c)的方式我們可以開發和維持所需的生態、社會和政治狀態。