Aims & Scope

Scope of the Journal

JBCS is an international peer-reviewed journal dedicated to advancing research at the interface of biogeography, ecology, climatology, meteorology, and environmental change science. The journal provides a platform for studies investigating how atmospheric, climatic, hydrological, and environmental processes shape the spatial and temporal dynamics of biodiversity, ecosystems, species distributions, ecological interactions, and environmental risks across terrestrial, freshwater, coastal, and marine systems.

 

The journal particularly welcomes interdisciplinary studies integrating ecological theory with modern quantitative and computational approaches, including mechanistic and process-based models, statistical and hybrid ecological frameworks, climate attribution science, ecological forecasting, artificial intelligence, machine learning, geospatial analytics, remote sensing, Earth observation, environmental informatics, and spatial epidemiology. Contributions exploring the interaction between climate variability, extreme weather events, land-use change, environmental degradation, and biological systems are especially encouraged.

 

JBCS aims to bridge traditionally separated disciplines by promoting integrative approaches capable of improving understanding, prediction, and management of ecological and environmental systems under rapidly changing climatic conditions. The journal is interested in studies ranging from macroecology, conservation biogeography, hydroclimatic ecology, and ecological resilience to climate-sensitive infectious diseases, vector ecology, One Health systems, atmospheric-ecological interactions, and environmental risk intelligence.

 

Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

  • ecological and historical biogeography,
  • meteorological and climatic drivers of biodiversity,
  • climate change impacts on ecosystems and species distributions,
  • mechanistic and statistical ecological modelling,
  • climate attribution and counterfactual environmental analysis,
  • ecological forecasting and early warning systems,
  • environmental and climate-risk mapping,
  • vector-borne and climate-sensitive diseases,
  • hydroclimatic and freshwater ecology,
  • Ecosystem services and natural capital under climate change,
  • AI-driven environmental intelligence,
  • remote sensing and geospatial analytics,
  • Urban climate, urban ecology, and heat island effects,
  • Earth system feedbacks and global change dynamics,
  • Marine and coastal ecosystem dynamics under climate change,
  • Cryosphere–biosphere interactions (glaciers, permafrost, polar ecology),
  • ecological informatics and digital ecology,
  • environmental extremes and ecosystem responses,
  • land-atmosphere interactions,
  • conservation and adaptation science,
  • spatial epidemiology and One Health applications.

The journal strongly encourages reproducible, interpretable, and operational science that supports climate adaptation, ecosystem management, biodiversity conservation, public health preparedness, and environmental policy. In addition to original research articles, the journal welcomes reviews, perspectives, methodological papers, short communications, data papers, computational workflows, and interdisciplinary synthesis studies contributing to the advancement of next-generation environmental and biogeographical science.