{{Infobox journal | title = Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution, and Systematics | cover = Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution, and Systematics cover.png | discipline = Ecology, evolutionary biology, and systematics | formernames = Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics (1970–2002)' | editor = Douglas J. Futuyma | abbreviation = Annu. Rev. Ecol. Evol. Syst. | publisher = Annual Reviews | country = US | frequency = Annually | history = 1970–present, years old | impact = 14.340 | impact-year = 2021 | website = http://www.annualreviews.org/journal/ecolsys | ISSN = 1545-2069 | eISSN = 1545-2069 | LCCN = 2003213237 | OCLC = 51651460 | CODEN = ARECBC }} The Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution, and Systematics is an annual scientific journal published by Annual Reviews. The journal was established in 1970 as the Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics and changed its name beginning in 2003. It publishes invited review articles on topics considered to be timely and important in the fields of ecology, evolutionary biology, and systematics. As of 2022, Journal Citation Reports gave the journal a 2021 impact factor of 14.340, ranking it third of 173 journals in the "Ecology" category and third of 51 journals in "Evolutionary Biology". History The Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics was first published in 1970, with Richard F. Johnston as its first editor. In 1975 it began publishing biographies of notable ecologists in the prefatory chapter. In 2003, its name was changed to its current form, the Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution, and Systematics. It defines its scope as covering significant developments in the field of ecology, evolution, and systematics of all life on earth. This includes reviews about molecular evolution, phylogeny, speciation, population dynamics, conservation biology, environmental resource management, and the study of invasive species. As of 2022, Journal Citation Reports gave the journal a 2021 impact factor of 14.340, ranking it third of 173 journals in the "Ecology" category and third of 51 journals in "Evolutionary Biology". It is abstracted and indexed in Scopus, Science Citation Index Expanded, Aquatic Sciences and Fisheries Abstracts, BIOSIS, and Academic Search, among others. Editorial processes The Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution, and Systematics'' is helmed by the editor or the co-editors. The editor is assisted by the editorial committee, which includes associate editors, regular members, and occasionally guest editors. Guest members participate at the invitation of the editor, and serve terms of one year.