Editors-in-Chief: Shawn Narum and Ben Sibbett
Molecular Ecology Resources is a broad scope journal publishing resources including computer programs, statistical and molecular advances, and extensive molecular tools that facilitate studies in evolution, ecology, and conservation.
Papers reporting on empirical research in ecology, rather than new resources and tools, should be submitted to our companion journal, Molecular Ecology.
Journal Metrics
- 15.2CiteScore
- 5.5Journal Impact Factor
- 27%Acceptance rate
- 33 days Submission to first decision
Announcement
We are pleased to announce that Molecular Ecology Resources will join Wiley’s Open Access portfolio as of January 1, 2026. All submissions received from August 27, 2025, will be subject to an article publication charge (APC) if accepted and published in the journal (unless a waiver is applied). For more information on current open access publishing options, please visit this page.
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Articles
An Optimised Method to Identify Reintroduced Swift Foxes (Vulpes velox) Through SNP Genotyping of Non-Invasively Collected Scat Samples Using In-Solution Hybridisation Capture
- 30 July 2025
Effects of Vacuum‐Heat‐Assisted Sample Desiccation on Microbiome Surveys
- 28 July 2025
Linkage Mapping vs. Association: A Comparison of Two RADseq-Based Approaches to Identify Markers for Homomorphic Sex Chromosomes in Large Genomes
- 24 July 2025
Comparative Analyses of Four Reference Genomes Reveal Exceptional Diversity and Weak Linked Selection in the Yellow Monkeyflower (Mimulus guttatus) Complex
- 22 July 2025
The following is a list of the most cited articles based on citations published in the last three years, according to CrossRef.
Arlequin suite ver 3.5: a new series of programs to perform population genetics analyses under Linux and Windows
- 564-567
- 6 April 2010
PhyloSuite: An integrated and scalable desktop platform for streamlined molecular sequence data management and evolutionary phylogenetics studies
- 348-355
- 9 October 2019
bold: The Barcode of Life Data System (http://www.barcodinglife.org)
- 355-364
- 24 January 2007
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