Recently, Lu Chengpeng, young researcher of the institute, was awarded as "Excellent Reviewer" in the 2020 selection of outstanding reviewers hosted by Journal of Ecology and Rural Environment.

Journal of Ecology and Rural Environment is a national academic periodical, edited by the Nanjing Institute of Environmental Sciences, Ministry of Environment Protection of China, under the Ministry of Ecology and Environment of the People's Republic of China. It is a source journal for CSCD and CSSCI, and is honored as a national outstanding environmental science and technology journal and an outstanding journal of Jiangsu Province.