生態(tài)圈的范圍和生態(tài)學(xué)本身一樣廣泛。該雜志歡迎來(lái)自生態(tài)科學(xué)各個(gè)子學(xué)科的投稿，以及與生態(tài)學(xué)相關(guān)的跨學(xué)科研究。該雜志的目標(biāo)是提供一種快速出版的、在線的、開(kāi)放獲取的歐空局其他期刊的替代品，同時(shí)保持歐空局出版物所享有的嚴(yán)格的同行評(píng)審標(biāo)準(zhǔn)。

The scope of Ecosphere is as broad as the science of ecology itself. The journal welcomes submissions from all sub-disciplines of ecological science, as well as interdisciplinary studies relating to ecology. The journal's goal is to provide a rapid-publication, online-only, open-access alternative to ESA's other journals, while maintaining the rigorous standards of peer review for which ESA publications are renowned.