Molluscan Research

Aims & Scope

Molluscan Research is an international journal for the publication of authoritative papers and review articles on all aspects of molluscan research, including biology, systematics, morphology, physiology, ecology, conservation, biogeography, genetics, molecular biology and palaeontology.

While the scope of the journal is worldwide, there is emphasis on studies relating to Australasia and the Indo-west Pacific, including East and South East Asia.

The journal’s scope includes revisionary papers, monographs, reviews, theoretical papers and briefer communications.

Monographic studies of up to 73 printed pages may also be considered.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	0.6
2024	0.80

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.267

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q3

h-index

Year	Value
2024	28

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	17881

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	78

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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.

• Gastropod phylogeny based on six segments from four genes representing coding or non-coding and mitochondrial or nuclear DNA

  Citation: 107

  Authors: D. J., W. F., E., J. M.

• Citation: 96

  Authors: Rachel

• The effects of exposure to near-future levels of ocean acidification on shell characteristics of Pinctada fucata (Bivalvia: Pteriidae)

  Citation: 82

  Authors: HEATHER M., PAUL C., KIRSTEN

• Techniques for collecting, handling, preparing, storing and examining smallmolluscan specimens

  Citation: 64

  Authors: DANIEL L., BRUCE A., WINSTON F., TAKENORI, ANDERS

• Outbreak of<i>Mytilopsis sallei</i>(Récluz, 1849) (Bivalvia: Dreissenidae) in Australia

  Citation: 59

  Authors: Richard C., Barry C., Nicolas B., Kirrily L., Felicity R., Suzanne K., Chad L., Gavin M., Marnie L., Sean T.

• <i>Mytella strigata</i>(Bivalvia: Mytilidae): an alien mussel recently introduced to Singapore and spreading rapidly

  Citation: 44

  Authors: J. Y., T. S., C. S., S. S. C., S. L.-M., K. S.

• A morphological and molecular comparison between Elysia crispata and a new species of kleptoplastic sacoglossan sea slug (Gastropoda: Opisthobranchia) from the Florida Keys, USA

  Citation: 41

  Authors: SIDNEY K., NICHOLAS E., STEVEN E., ANNA L., STEPHEN A., COLIN M.

• Variable response from abalone larvae (Haliotis iris, H. virginea) to a range of settlement cues

  Citation: 41

  Authors: Rodney D., Christine M.

• Heleobia dobrogica (Grossu amp; Negrea, 1989)(Gastropoda: Rissooidea: Cochliopidae) and the estimated time of its isolation in a continental analogue of hydrothermal vents

  Citation: 38

  Authors: ANDRZEJ, MAGDALENA, IOAN, ALEXANDRA, MIHAI

• Colonization of Asian freshwaters by the Mytilidae (Bivalvia): a comparison of Sinomytilus harmandi from the Tonle-Sap River, Phnom Penh, Cambodia, with Limnoperna fortunei

  Citation: 36

  Authors: BRIAN, GRETE E.

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