工业生态学杂志的地址等一系列相关主题,物质和能量流动的研究(“工业代谢”),技术变革,非物质化和脱碳,生命周期规划、设计和评估,对环境设计,扩大生产者责任(“产品管理”),生态工业园(“工业共生”),面向产品的环境、政策环境效率。《工业生态学杂志》对跨学科的投稿持开放态度，并鼓励投稿。除了更正式的学术论文，该杂志还寻求通过学者、环境管理者、政策制定者、倡导者和其他环境科学、管理和政策相关人士的贡献，为持续交流信息和意见提供一个论坛。
The Journal of Industrial Ecology addresses a series of related topics including, material and energy flows studies ('industrial metabolism'), technological change, dematerialization and decarbonization, life cycle planning, design and assessment, design for the environment, extended producer responsibility ('product stewardship'), eco-industrial parks ('industrial symbiosis'), product-oriented environmental, policy eco-efficiency.The 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.