Subject Area and Category
Publication type
Journals
Scope
BIORISK – Biodiversity and Ecosystem Risk Assessment is a peer-reviewed, open-access, rapid online journal launched to publish research in ecology and biodiversity science.
BIORISK shall accept manuscripts related to the following topics:
-Biodiversity: Species, Ecosystems & Conservation:
Populations and communities,
Behavioural ecology,
Habitats, ecosystems and natural spaces,
Biogeography and macroecology,
Evolutionary ecology,
Conservation biology,
Ecosystem and biodiversity services,
Biological invasions,
Biodiversity risk assessment.
-Environmental Ecology:
Climate change,
Landscape ecology, land use change,
Marine and freshwater ecology,
Agricultural ecology,
Urban ecology,
Restoration ecology,
Landscape planning and infrastructures,
Environmental pollution (ecotoxicology, eutrophication, nitrogen deposition, etc.),
Waste management and remediation
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Environmnetal risk asessments,
Environmental impact assessment (EIA),
Ecological expertise, expert systems and evidence based assessment.
-Ecological informatics.
The following categories of papers will be considered:
-Original research articles-
Reviews - longer articles, offering a comprehensive overview, historical analysis or/and future perspectives of a topic-
Monographs and collection of papers with no limit in size, published as 'special issues'-
Short communications-
Letters and forum papers-
Book reviews.
The journal is published as an online and a print version.