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Journal of Molecular Evolution focuses on deciphering features of molecular evolution and the processes related to these features.

  • Publishes subfields such as new genome sequences, comparative genomics, population genetics, and the evolution of gene regulation and gene interaction networks.
  • Presents experimental, computational, and theoretical work.
  • Examines comparative structural and functional genomics, among other topics.
  • Covers the evolution of informational macromolecules and their relation to complex levels of biological organization.
  • Explores molecular basis for the evolution of ecological interactions of species and the use of molecular data to infer fundamental processes in evolutionary ecology.


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Editor-in-Chief
  • David Liberles PhD

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Journal Impact Factor
2.0 (2025)
5-year Journal Impact Factor
3.0 (2025)
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6 days
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443.8k (2025)

Journal information

Electronic ISSN
1432-1432
Print ISSN
0022-2844
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  4. BIOSIS
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  8. CLOCKSS
  9. CNKI
  10. CNPIEC
  11. Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS)
  12. Chinese Academy of Medical Science (CAMS)
  13. Current Contents/Agriculture, Biology & Environmental Sciences
  14. Current Contents/Life Sciences
  15. Dimensions
  16. EBSCO
  17. EMBiology
  18. Google Scholar
  19. Japanese Science and Technology Agency (JST)
  20. Medline
  21. Meta
  22. Naver
  23. Norwegian Register for Scientific Journals and Series
  24. OCLC WorldCat Discovery Service
  25. Ovid Discovery
  26. Pathway Studio
  27. Portico
  28. ProQuest
  29. SCImago
  30. SCOPUS
  31. Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE)
  32. TD Net Discovery Service
  33. Wanfang
  34. Zoological Record
  35. eLibrary.ru
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