Molecular Ecology Resources

Aims & Scope

Molecular Ecology Resources encourages development of broad resources for the community including computer programs, statistical and molecular advances, and extensive molecular tools.

The journal is a vehicle for dissemination of these resources, targeting a wide audience of researchers in the fields of evolution, ecology, and conservation.

Articles in Molecular Ecology Resources are intended to facilitate studies addressing consequential questions in these fields.

In addition to novel resource articles, Molecular Ecology Resources publishes relevant Reviews, Opinions, and Comments.

The journal also publishes occasional Special Issues that emphasize development of resources in a particular area.

Papers that report on empirical research in ecology, evolution, behavior, and conservation, rather than new resources and tools, should be submitted to our companion journal, Molecular Ecology.

Papers that are primarily descriptive and relevant only to the taxon being studied without addressing a question more broadly applicable in ecology are not appropriate for Molecular Ecology and should instead be submitted to a more specialized journal or to Ecology & Evolution.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	5.5
2024	5.50

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	1127

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	4209

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	2.281

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q1

h-index

Year	Value
2024	172

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Abstracting & Indexing

Journal is indexed in leading academic databases, ensuring global visibility and accessibility of our peer-reviewed research.

• Scopus
• Google Scholar
• Web of Science

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Subjects & Keywords

Journal’s research areas, covering key disciplines and specialized sub-topics in Agricultural and Biological Sciences and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, designed to support cutting-edge academic discovery.

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Most Cited Articles

The Most Cited Articles section features the journal's most impactful research, based on citation counts. These articles have been referenced frequently by other researchers, indicating their significant contribution to their respective fields.

• Arlequin suite ver 3.5: a new series of programs to perform population genetics analyses under Linux and Windows

  Citation: 13531

  Authors: LAURENT, HEIDI E. L.

• <scp>genepop</scp>’007: a complete re‐implementation of the<scp>genepop</scp>software for Windows and Linux

  Citation: 7312

  Authors: FRANÇOIS

• <scp>Morpho</scp>J: an integrated software package for geometric morphometrics

  Citation: 3091

  Authors: CHRISTIAN PETER

• Inferring weak population structure with the assistance of sample group information

  Citation: 2837

  Authors: MELISSA J., DANIEL, MATTHEW, JONATHAN K.

• PhyloSuite: An integrated and scalable desktop platform for streamlined molecular sequence data management and evolutionary phylogenetics studies

  Citation: 2834

  Authors: Dong, Fangluan, Ivan, Hong, Jin, Wen X., Gui T.

• <scp>Clumpak</scp>: a program for identifying clustering modes and packaging population structure inferences across <i>K</i>

  Citation: 2707

  Authors: Naama M., Jonathan, Mattias, Noah A., Itay

• <scp>NeEstimator</scp> v2: re‐implementation of software for the estimation of contemporary effective population size (<i>N</i>_<i>e</i>) from genetic data

  Citation: 1728

  Authors: C., R. S., D., G. M., B. J., J. R.

• MitoFinder: Efficient automated large‐scale extraction of mitogenomic data in target enrichment phylogenomics

  Citation: 1724

  Authors: Rémi, Alex, Jonathan, Francisco, Benoit, Frédéric

• COLONY: a program for parentage and sibship inference from multilocus genotype data

  Citation: 1525

  Authors: OWEN R., JINLIANG

• ASAP: assemble species by automatic partitioning

  Citation: 1158

  Authors: Nicolas, Sophie, Guillaume

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