Journals typically reject papers that do not fall within the scope of the journal. Ecology and Evolution is intentionally very broad. We accept descriptive studies. We accept work that is preliminary. We accept new opinions and ideas. Any research in ecology, evolution, or at the interface is acceptable. We do not distinguish between subfields of ecology or evolution – all are welcome.
The journal will consider submissions across taxa in areas including but not limited to micro and macro ecological and evolutionary processes, characteristics of and interactions between individuals, populations, communities and the environment, physiological responses to environmental change, population genetics and phylogenetics, relatedness and kin selection, life histories, systematics and taxonomy, conservation genetics, extinction, speciation, adaption, behaviour, biodiversity, species abundance, macroecology, population and ecosystem dynamics, and conservation policy.
Ecology and Evolution considers original research articles, reviews, hypotheses, Registered Reports, and our novel category Academic Practice in Ecology and Evolution (see editorial).

Editors-in-Chief
Allen Moore, University of Georgia, USA
Andrew Beckerman, University of Sheffield, UK
Jenn Firn, Queensland University of Technology, Australia
Chris Foote, John Wiley & Sons, Oxford, UK
Gareth Jenkins, John Wiley & Sons, Oxford, UK
 
Associate Editor for Academic Practice in Ecology and Evolution
Meghan Duffy, University of Michigan, USA
Associate Editors
William Allen, University of Swansea, UK
Jill Anderson, University of Georgia, USA
Brad Anholt, University of Victoria, Canada
Lindsay F. Banin, Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, UK
A. Márcia Barbosa, CICGE, Universidade de Porto, Portugal
Brandon Barton, Mississippi State University, USA
Andrew Bateman, Victoria University, Canada
Lori Biederman, Iowa State University, USA
Luciano Bosso, University of Naples Federico II, Italy
Simon Brandl, Simon Fraser University, Canada
Edmund D. Brodie III, University of Virginia, USA
Tom Cameron, Essex University, UK
Chris Cooney, University of Sheffield, UK
Shaun Coutts, Lincoln University, UK
Christopher Cunningham, Swansea University, UK
Martin Dallimer, University of Leeds, UK
Ben Dantzer, University of Michigan, USA
Philip Donkersley, Lancaster University, UK
Jeremy Draghi, Virginia Tech, USA
Anne Ebeling, University of Jena, Germany
Johan Eklöf, Stockholm University, Sweden
Simon Elliot, Federal University of Viçosa, Brazil
Xavier Fauvergue, INRA, France
Jason Fisher, University of Victoria, Canada
Thomas Flatt, Universite de Fribourg, Switzerland
Colin Fontaine, Muséum de National d'Histoire Naturelle, France
Ryan Garrick, University of Mississippi, USA
Dan Gibson, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, USA
Patricia Gowaty, University of California, Los Angeles, USA
Jaime Grace, Bradley University, USA
Wenyong Guo, Aarhus University, Denmark
Jessica Gurevitch, Stony Brook University, USA
AJ Harris, Oberlin College, USA
Adam Hayward, Moredun Research Institute, UK
Travis Ingram, University of Otago, New Zealand
Michelle Jackson, University of Oxford, UK
Jasmine Janes, Vancouver Island University, Canada
David Johnson, University of Manchester, UK
Owen Jones, University of Southern Denmark
Gunnar Keppel, University of South Australia
Erin Koen, Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry, Canada
Chuck Knapp, John G. Shedd Aquariuam, Chicago, USA
Adrienne Kovach, University of New Hampshire, USA
Paula X. Kover, University of Bath, UK
Pavel Kratina, Queen Mary University of London, UK
Kira Krumhansl, Fisheries and Oceans Canada
Simon Lailvaux, University of New Orleans, USA
Marcus Lashley, University of Florida, USA
Zenobia Lewis, University of Liverpool, UK
Daijiang Li, University of Florida, USA
Simon Linke, Griffiths University, Australia
Ramona Maggini, Queensland University of Technology, Australia
Oliver Manlik, United Arab Emirates University
Pierre Mariotte, Agroscope, Grazing Systems Group, Nyon, Switzerland
Rodrigo Massara, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Brazil
Luciano Matzkin, University of Arizona, USA
Joel McGlothlin, Virginia Tech, USA
Pietro Milanesi, Swiss Ornithological Institute
Nora Mitchell, University of Wisconsin - Eau Claire, USA
Patricia Moore, University of Georgia, USA
Mario Moura, Yale University, USA
Sharif Mukul, Independent University, Bangladesh
Alison Nazareno, Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil
Roberto Nespolo, Universidad Austral de Chile, Chile
Sam Nicol, CSIRO, Australia
Alejandro Ordonez, Aarhus University, Denmark
Elizabeth Ostrowski, Massey University, New Zealand
Jenny Ouyang, University of Nevada, Reno, USA
Arpat Ozgul, University of Zurich, Switzerland
Charlyn Partridge, Grand Valley State University, USA
Thomas Pendergast, University of Georgia, USA
Caterina Penone, University of Bern, Switzerland
Erin Peterson, Queensland University of Technology, Australia
Alex Pigot, University College London, UK
Peter Prentis, Queensland University of Technology, Australia
Tom Price, University of Liverpool, UK
Stefan Prost, LOEWE-Centre for Translational Biodiversity Genomics, Germany
Emily Puckett, University of Memphis, USA
Huijie Qiao, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Orly Razgour, University of Exeter, UK
Laura Reed, University of Alabama, USA
Anna Richards, CSIRO Land and Water, Australia
Anita Risch, Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research WSL, Switzerland
V. V. Robin, Indian Institute of Science Education & Research (IISER), Tirupat
Adam Rosenblatt, University of North Florida, USA
David Rowlings, Queensland University of Technology Institute for Future Environments, Australia
Claire Runge, University of Tromso, Norway
Pablo Saenz-Agudelo, Univesidad Austral de Chile
Maria Sagot, State University of New York at Oswego, USA
Mathieu Santonja, Aix-Marseille University, France
Oswald Schmitz, Yale University, USA
Luitgard Schwendenmann, University of Auckland, New Zealand
Catherine Searle, Purdue University, USA
Sebastian Seibold, Technische Universitat Munchen, Germany
Alison Shapcott, University of the Sunshine Coast, Australia
Chris Smith, Earlham College, USA
Rebecca Snell, Ohio University, USA
Ricardo Solar, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Brazil
Michael Stat, University of Newcastle, Australia
Frances Stewart, Natural Resources Canada
Martin-Hugues St-Laurent, Université du Québec à Rimouski, Canada
Yit Arn Teh, University of Newcastle, UK
Clement Tsui, Weill Cornell Medicine-Qatar
Steven Vamosi, University of Calgary, Canada
David Vasseur, Yale University, USA
Faming Wang, South China Botanical Garden, China
Bonnie Waring, Utah State University, USA
Mark Welch, Mississippi State University, USA
Shawn Wilder, Oklahoma State University, USA
Tana Wood, International Institute of Tropical Forestry, Puerto Rico
Yaowu Xing, Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Zhaogui Yan, Huazhong Agricultural University, China
Jane Younger, University of Bath, UK
Kai Zeng, University of Sheffield, UK
Xue-Xian Zhang, Massey University at Albany, New Zealand