Call for Papers

Journal of Industrial Ecology

 

EDITORS

David Allen
John Ehrenfeld
Reid Lifset · Editor in Chief


First Issue: Winter 1997
 
 

Journal of Industrial Ecology is an international, multi-disciplinary quarterly designed to foster both understanding and practice in the emerging field of industrial ecology. It is owned by Yale University, edited at the Yale University School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, and published by The MIT Press.
 
 

WHAT IS INDUSTRIAL ECOLOGY?

Industrial ecology is a rapidly growing field that systematically examines local, regional and global materials and energy uses and flows in products, processes, industrial sectors and economies. It focuses on the potential role of industry in reducing environmental burdens throughout the product life cycle from the extraction of raw materials, to the production of goods, to the use of those goods and to the management of the resulting wastes. Industrial ecology is ecological in that it (1) places human activity -- industry in the very broadest sense -- in the larger context of the biophysical environment from which we obtain resources and into which we place our wastes, and (2) looks to the natural world for models of highly efficient use of resources, energy and byproducts. By selectively applying these models, the environmental performance of industry can be improved. Industrial ecology sees corporate entities as key players in the protection of the environment, particularly where technological innovation is an avenue for environmental improvement. As repositories of technological expertise in our society, corporations provide crucial leverage in attacking environmental problems through product and process design.
 
 

ABOUT THE JOURNAL

Journal of Industrial Ecology will address a series of related topics: Premiering with its first issue in winter 1997, Journal of Industrial Ecology is open to and encourages submissions that are interdisciplinary in approach. In addition to more formal academic papers, the journal seeks to provide a forum for continuing exchange of information and opinions through contributions from scholars, environmental managers, policymakers, advocates and others involved in environmental science, management and policy. The journal welcomes submissions for any of the following editorial departments:
 
 

Forum

This section will publish papers related to the policy and strategic implications of industrial ecology as well as the conceptual development of the field. These papers are expected to be provocative and further the dialogue that will advance the development of this new field.

Within the Forum section there will be two regular, specialized features: "The State of the Debate" and "Policy Prescriptions". "The State of the Debate" will summarize and review research findings and arguments about currently contested environmental issues related to industrial ecology. "Policy Prescriptions" will provide a venue for leading policymakers to advocate specific positions or ideas on current topics. Those wishing to submit papers for these features should contact the editor beforehand.
 
 

Applications and Implementations

This section will contain articles describing practices springing from industrial ecological principles. Examples would include development of material or product loop-closing systems, introduction of industrial ecological principles or eco-efficiency into the product development cycle, competitive and financial opportunities arising out of industrial ecological practice, and the design and operation of eco-industrial parks. Articles describing government programs and policies that use industrial ecology as a basis for decisionmaking or that facilitate environmentally sound practices relevant to industrial ecology are also sought. Articles should be well-documented beyond mere description of a practice and should be explicitly related to current discussions in industrial ecology in order to provide grounding for others who are interested.
 
 

Research and Analysis

This section will include articles that report findings from primary research of a more traditional academic nature. Subjects can range from highly analytic to more policy-oriented. Topics would include analyses of materials flows, assessment of environmental improvement through technological change, development of eco-industrial parks, economic and institutional analysis, organizational studies related to the implementation of industrial ecology, and material choice determinants.
 
 

Reviews

Authors wishing to review current publications related to industrial ecology should contact the book review editor with their suggestions prior to submitting a manuscript.
 
 

Letters to the Editor

To facilitate timely and interactive debate, letters to the editors will be published on-line through the journal's page on the World Wide Web:

http://www.yale.edu/jie/

All authors are expected to participate in the on-line inquiries and discussions about their articles.
 
 

PEER-REVIEW

All articles, but not reviews, are peer-reviewed by two independent reviewers in a single-blind process. Accepted manuscripts are then assigned to a section and thoroughly edited to make them suitable for JIE's diverse readers.  The editorial boards will oversee the peer-review process and assure that the articles meet the highest quality standards appropriate to the type of article. Papers submitted to the Research and Analysis section will be required to meet the relevant academic standards. Forum articles will be reviewed to ensure the coherence and quality of the arguments advanced. Articles submitted to the Applications and Implementation section will be peer-reviewed to ensure that they relate directly to industrial ecology and that the cases that they describe are generalizable.
 
 

SUBMISSION GUIDELINES

Manuscripts should be sent in quadruplicate, double-sided, double-spaced to the editor:

Reid Lifset, Editor
Journal of Industrial Ecology
Yale University
School of Forestry & Environmental Studies
205 Prospect Street
New Haven, CT 06511-2106
email: indecol@yale.edu

Contact the editors at indecol@yale.edu for further information about FTP transmittal.

Inquiries regarding book reviews should be directed to:

Suren Erkman
Institute for Communication and Analysis of Science and Technology
Geneva, Switzerland
email: book@icast.org

Manuscripts should be original, previously unpublished, and in English. Submission implies that the manuscript has not been submitted for publication elsewhere. Detailed instructions for the preparation of the manuscript can be obtained from the JIE web site or from the Editor.
 
 

EDITORIAL BOARD

EDITORS
Reid Lifset, Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies (USA)   Editor-in-Chief
David Allen, University of Texas at Austin (USA)   Editor
John Ehrenfeld, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (USA)   Editor
Edward Gordon, Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies (USA) Assistant Editor
Suren Erkman, Institute for Communication and Analysis of Science and Technology (Switzerland) Editor, Book Reviews
Bruce Guile, Washington Advisory Group (USA) Editor, Policy Prescriptions
Michael Brown, M. Brown & Associates (USA) Editor, Case Studies

MANAGING BOARD
Braden Allenby, AT&T (USA)
Jesse Ausubel, Rockefeller University (USA)
Jack Azar, Xerox (USA)
Jared Cohon, Carnegie-Mellon University (USA)
Faye Duchin, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (USA)
Suren Erkman, Institute for Communication and Analysis of Science and Technology (Switzerland)
Robert Frosch, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University (USA)
Thomas Graedel, Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies (USA)
David Rejeski, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (USA)
Deanna Richards, U.S. National Academy of Engineering (USA)
Robert Socolow, Princeton University (USA)
Helias Udo de Haes, Leiden University (The Netherlands)

EDITORIAL BOARD
Matthew Arnold, World Resources Institute (USA)
Robert Ayres, INSEAD (France)
Darryl Banks, World Resources Institute (USA)
Garry Brewer, School of Natural Resources & the Environment, University of Michigan (USA)
Stefan Bringezu, Wuppertal Institute (Germany)
Leslie Carothers, United Technologies Corporation (USA)
Marian Chertow, Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies (USA)
William Cooper, Michigan State University (USA)
Robert Costanza, University of Maryland (USA)
Gary Davis, University of Tennessee (USA)
E. Donald Elliott, Yale Law School (USA)
Jurgen Ertel, Brandenburg Technical University of Cottbus (Germany)
Greg Eyring, Washington, D.C. (USA)
James Fava, Roy F. Weston, Inc. (USA)
Thomas Gladwin, Stern School of Business, New York University (USA)
John Gordon, Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies (USA)
Sukehiro Gotoh, National Institute for Environmental Studies (Japan)
Arnulf Gruebler, International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (Austria)
Gregory Keoleian, National Pollution Prevention Center for Higher Education, University of Michigan (USA)
Robert Laudise, Bell Labs, Lucent Technologies (USA)
Markus Lehni, World Business Council for Sustainable Development (Switzerland)
Thomas Lindhqvist, International Institute for Industrial Environmental Economics (Sweden)
Ezio Manzini, Politecnico di Milano (Italy)
David Marks, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (USA)
Scott Noesen, Dow Chemical Company, Inc. (USA)
Carlo Pesso, Organization for Economic Cooperation & Development (France)
Robert Pfahl, Motorola, Inc. (USA)
Charles Powers, Resources for Responsible Management (USA)
Nigel Roome, Tilburg University (The Netherlands)
Chris Ryan, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (Australia)
Richard Schuler, Cornell University (USA)
Walter Stahel, Product Life Institute (Switzerland)
Ulrich Steger, International Institute for Management Development (Switzerland)
Hardin Tibbs, Global Business Network (Australia)
Lloyd Timberlake, Avina Foundation (Switzerland)
Chihiro Watanabe, Tokyo Institute of Technology (Japan)
Walter Wehrmeyer, University of Kent at Canterbury (UK)
Sidney Winter, Wharton School of Finance (USA)
Jane Witheridge, Resource Efficiency Associates (USA)
Jiunn-rong Yeh, National Taiwan University (Taiwan)
Tom Zosel, 3M (USA)

INSTITUTIONAL AFFILIATES
International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (Laxenburg, Austria)
International Institute for Industrial Environmental Economics (Lund, Sweden)
Center for Sustainable Systems(Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA)
World Business Council for Sustainable Development (Geneva, Switzerland)
Wuppertal Institute for Climate, Energy and the Environment (Wuppertal, Germany)