Ecology and Evolution

生态学和进化的目的是要有所不同。我们的首要理念是“对作者友好”。我们打算为作者提供一个论坛，让他们表达基于证据的观点，只要他们不存在事实上的错误(或者，你知道，古怪)。在实践中，这意味着我们允许作者不同意审稿人的观点，但我们希望他们在稿件中承认并处理不同意见。我们认为这将导致研究领域内的对话。影响有多种形式。我们不是在追求影响因素;我们期待有研究阅读和评论。

Ecology and Evolution is intended to be a bit different. Our overriding philosophy is to be “author friendly”. We intend to provide a forum for authors to present their evidence-based views, as long as they are not factually incorrect (or, you know, wacky). In practice, this means that we allow authors to disagree with reviewers but we expect them to acknowledge and address disagreements in the manuscript. We think this will lead to dialogues within the research community. Impact comes in many forms. We are not chasing an Impact Factor; we are looking to have research read and commented upon.