Focus and Scope

Eco Cities (EC) is an Open Access journal, which provides a forum for studies in the field of urban ecology and sustainability. The submitted manuscript will go through a rigorous double blind peer-reviewed process. Eco-city is a social, economic, cultural and natural composite ecosystem with high level of synergy and harmony, which has the function of material recycling, social harmony and synergy between human and nature. Eco Cities aims to respond and adapt to the newest developments in scholarly publishing and at the same time, addresses highly relevant scientific and societal topics. This journal makes research outputs publicly available and allows for different types of articles including original research articles, review articles, book reviews, editorials, commentaries, letters, perspectives, case reports, etc.

The journal will specifically address the following topics but not limited to:

l  Ecosystem services

l  sustainability ecology

l  urban ecology and urban development

Editor-in-Chief

Prof. Ali Jahani

Assessment and Environment Risks Department, Research Center of Environment and Sustainable Development
Iran, Islamic Republic of

Article Processing Charges

Eco Cities(EC)receives financial support from Beijing Chuncheng Education Publications Research Center, hence the APC is free for authors for the time being. The editorial office of EC expresses its sincere thanks to the sponsor.

Waiver Policy

EC is committed to promoting the academic development in the world without any financial barrier to knowledge sharing and learning. There has developed a waiver policy especially for authors from low-income countries. Authors who are interested in applying for a waiver could contact editorial-ec@apacsci.com. EC reserves the right to approve or reject a waiver application.

How to submit

l  Submission Preparation Checklist

As part of the submission process, authors are required to check off their submission's compliance with all of the following items, and submissions may be returned to authors that do not adhere to these guidelines.

1. The submission has not been previously published, nor is it before another journal for consideration (or an explanation has been provided in Comments to the Editor).
2. The submission file is in OpenOffice, Microsoft Word, RTF, or WordPerfect document file format.
3. Where available, URLs for the references have been provided.
4. The text is single-spaced; uses a 12-point font; employs italics, rather than underlining (except with URL addresses); and all illustrations, figures, and tables are placed within the text at the appropriate points, rather than at the end.
5. The text adheres to the stylistic and bibliographic requirements outlined in the Author Guidelines, which is found in About the Journal.
6. If submitting to a peer-reviewed section of the journal, the instructions in Ensuring a Blind Review have been followed.

l  Author guidelines:

https://aber.apacsci.com/index.php/ec/about/submissions#authorGuidelines

l  Submit online:

https://aber.apacsci.com/index.php/ec/about/submissions#onlineSubmissions Or send directly to editorial-ec@apacsci.com.

The journal is striving to be indexed in first-class databases for maximum exposure of its publishing. Any queries or questions are welcomed.

Editorial Office of Eco Cities(EC)

Email: editorial-ec@apacsci.com

URL:https://aber.apacsci.com/index.php/ec/index