The Journal of Industrial Ecology addresses a series of related topics including, material and energy flows studies ('industrial metabolism'), technological change, dematerialization and decarbonization, life cycle planning, design and assessment, design for the environment, extended producer responsibility ('product stewardship'), eco-industrial parks ('industrial symbiosis'), product-oriented environmental, policy eco-efficiency.The Journal of Industrial Ecology is open to and encourages submissions that are interdisciplinary in approach. In addition to more formal academic papers, the journal seeks to provide a forum for continuing exchange of information and opinions through contributions from scholars, environmental managers, policymakers, advocates, and others involved in environmental science, management, and policy.

工業生態學雜志的地址等一系列相關主題,物質和能量流動的研究(“工業代謝”),技術變革,非物質化和脫碳,生命周期規劃、設計和評估,對環境設計,擴大生產者責任(“產品管理”),生態工業園(“工業共生”),面向產品的環境、政策環境效率。《工業生態學雜志》對跨學科的投稿持開放態度，并鼓勵投稿。除了更正式的學術論文，該雜志還尋求通過學者、環境管理者、政策制定者、倡導者和其他環境科學、管理和政策相關人士的貢獻，為持續交流信息和意見提供一個論壇。