Ambio - Special Issues
Each year Ambio publishes between two and four special issues on topical research themes. Articles published in special issues are widely appreciated by our readership and belong to the most highly cited papers in Ambio. The highest level of editorial support will be given to these high-priority articles throughout the review and publication processes.
We strongly encourage research groups to submit thematic proposals for future special issues in Ambio. Proposals are welcome at any time, but twice a year – 1 April and 1 October – the editors will evaluate all proposals based on scientific soundness and interest to our readership. If you are interested in publishing a special issue in Ambio, please submit:
• a general introduction to the topic and why it is important,
• clearly stated research questions,
• a description of the implementation,
• specific outcomes/benefits to the readership and potential spin-offs,
• a tentative list of article titles including author names (also include abstracts if available),
• project group members,
• name or names of potential independent guest editor(s)
• time table including your desired month of publication,
• statement of risk/backup if things do not go as planned.
This proposal should be sent to the editor-in-chief Bo Söderström (bo.soderstrom@kva.se). Please plan 12–18 months ahead due to the intense competition for publication space in Ambio. The guest editor must be approved by the Editor-in-Chief, who also takes all final publication decisions.
All manuscripts will be peer reviewed as usual and following the journal's policies, with final decisions made by the Editor-in-Chief.
Forthcoming Special Issues
Special Issue: Trajectories and resilience of social-ecological systems in the Global South
Guest Editors: Driss Ezzine de Blas, CIRAD, University Montpellier, France; Tanya Hayes, Seattle University, USA; Esteve Corbera, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain
Closed for submissions
Special Issue: Climate adaptation of inland waters: Increasing resilience, developing novel management strategies, and sustaining ecosystem services
Guest Editors: Karsten Rinke, Helmholtz-Centre for Environmental Research, Magdeburg, Germany; Cayelan Carey, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, USA; Madeline Magee, Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, Madison, WI, USA; Chenxi Mi, Helmholtz-Centre for Environmental Research, Magdeburg, Germany
Forthcoming 2024. Open for Submissions Deadline: 1 June 2024
Shifts in Urban Ecology: From Science to Social Project
Guest Editors: Niki Frantzeskaki, Steward Picket
Forthcoming 2024. Submissions are by invitation only.
Published in 2023
Special Section: Ecological Civilization
Special Issue: Carbon sequestration and biodiversity impacts in forested ecosystems
Special Section: Getting to solutions: Moving beyond theory to practical methods for change
Special Section: Frozen infrastructures
Special Section: Global mercury impact synthesis: Processes in the Southern Hemisphere
Special Section: Tackling risks through the Sustainable Development Goals
Published in 2022
Special Section: Oceania: A Sea of Connections
Special issue: Changing Arctic Ocean
Published in 2021
Special Issue: Global forest environmental frontiers
Special Issue: Siberian environmental change
Planning and governing nature-based solutions in river landscapes
Published in 2020
Social dimensions of a forest-based bioeconomy
Environmental effects of a green bio-economy
Terrestrial biodiversity in a rapidly changing Arctic
Published in 2019
Sustainable ecosystem governance under changing climate and land use
Urban transformative capacity: From concept to practice
Lead in Hunting Ammunition: Persistent Problems and Solutions
Published in 2018
Integrating Mercury Research and Policy in a Changing World
The North Water: Interdisciplinary studies of a High Arctic polynya under transformation
Published in 2017
Synthesis of the Greenland Ecosystem Monitoring Programme
Goose management: From local to flyway scale
Arctic Climate Change, Economy and Society (ACCESS)