Nature Ecology and Evolution

{{short description|Online-only scientific journal}}

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| title = Nature Ecology and Evolution

| image = Nature Ecology and Evolution cover.png

| caption = Cover of Volume 5 Issue 9 from September 2021

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| abbreviation = Nat. Ecol. Evol.

| discipline = Ecology

| language = English

| editor = Simon Harold

| publisher = Nature Portfolio

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| history = 2017–present

| frequency = Monthly

| openaccess = Hybrid

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| impact = 15.46

| impact-year = 2020

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| eISSN = 2397-334X

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| LCCN = 2017243086

| OCLC = 969358709

| website = https://www.nature.com/natecolevol/

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Nature Ecology and Evolution is an online-only monthly peer-reviewed scientific journal published by Nature Portfolio covering all aspects of research on ecology and evolutionary biology. It was established in 2017. Its first editor-in-chief was Patrick Goymer.{{cite web |url=https://www.nature.com/natecolevol/editors |title=About the Editors |website=Nature |publisher=Springer Nature |access-date=2023-05-02 |quote=}} The current editor-in-chief is Simon Harold.{{cite web |url=https://www.nature.com/natecolevol/editors |title=About the Editors |website=Nature |publisher=Springer Nature |access-date=2025-05-09 |quote=}}

According to the Journal Citation Reports, Nature Ecology and Evolution has a 2020 impact factor of 15.46.{{cite book |year=2021 |chapter=Nature Ecology and Evolution |title=2020 Journal Citation Reports |publisher=Thomson Reuters |edition=Science |series=Web of Science |title-link=Journal Citation Reports }}