Chemoecology

Journal Title：Chemoecology

It is the aim of Chemoecology to promote and stimulate basic science in the field of chemical ecology by publishing research papers that integrate evolution and/or ecology and chemistry in an attempt to increase our understanding of the biological significance of natural products. Its scopes cover the evolutionary biology, mechanisms and chemistry of biotic interactions and the evolution and synthesis of the underlying natural products. Manuscripts on the evolution and ecology of trophic relationships, intra- and interspecific communication, competition, and other kinds of chemical communication in all types of organismic interactions will be considered suitable for publication. Ecological studies of trophic interactions will be considered also if they are based on the information of the transmission of natural products (e.g. fatty acids) through the food-chain. Chemoecology further publishes papers that relate to the evolution and ecology of interactions mediated by non-volatile compounds (e.g. adhesive secretions). Mechanistic approaches may include the identification, biosynthesis and metabolism of substances that carry information and the elucidation of receptor- and transduction systems using physiological, biochemical and molecular techniques. Papers describing the structure and functional morphology of organs involved in chemical communication will also be considered.

化学生态学的目的是通过发表将进化和/或生态学与化学相结合的研究论文来促进和刺激化学生态学领域的基础科学，以期提高我们对天然产物生物学意义的理解。其范围涵盖生物相互作用的进化生物学、机制和化学以及潜在天然产物的进化和合成。有关营养关系的进化和生态学、种内和种间通讯、竞争以及所有类型的生物相互作用中的其他类型的化学通讯的手稿将被视为适合出版。如果营养相互作用的生态学研究基于天然产物（例如脂肪酸）通过食物链传播的信息，也将予以考虑。化学生态学还发表与非挥发性化合物（例如粘性分泌物）介导的相互作用的进化和生态学相关的论文。机械方法可能包括携带信息的物质的识别、生物合成和代谢以及使用生理、生物化学和分子技术阐明受体和转导系统。描述参与化学通讯的器官的结构和功能形态的论文也将被考虑。

Chemoecology创刊于1990年，由Springer International Publishing出版商出版，收稿方向涵盖环境科学 - 生化与分子生物学全领域，此刊是中等级别的SCI期刊，所以过审相对来讲不是特别难，但是该刊专业认可度不错，仍然是一本值得选择的SCI期刊 。平均审稿速度 36周，或约稿 ，影响因子指数1.6，该期刊近期没有被列入国际期刊预警名单，广大学者值得一试。