Scimago Journal & Country Rank

Molecular Ecology

Country

United Kingdom

Universities and research institutions in United Kingdom
Media Ranking in United Kingdom

Subject Area and Category

Publisher

Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd

H-Index

255

Publication type

Journals

ISSN

09621083, 1365294X

Coverage

1992-2023

Information

Homepage

How to publish in this journal

lriesebe@interchange.ubc.ca

Scope

Molecular Ecology publishes papers that utilize molecular genetic techniques to address consequential questions in ecology, evolution, behaviour and conservation. Studies may employ neutral markers for inference about ecological and evolutionary processes or examine ecologically important genes and their products. We also publish articles on technical methods, computer programs and genomic resource development in our companion journal, Molecular Ecology Resources. However, papers that are primarily descriptive and relevant only to the taxon being studied should be submitted to a more specialized journal. Join the conversation about this journal
Quartiles

The set of journals have been ranked according to their SJR and divided into four equal groups, four quartiles. Q1 (green) comprises the quarter of the journals with the highest values, Q2 (yellow) the second highest values, Q3 (orange) the third highest values and Q4 (red) the lowest values.

CategoryYearQuartile
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics1999Q1
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics2000Q1
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics2001Q1
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics2002Q1
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics2003Q1
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics2004Q1
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics2005Q1
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics2006Q1
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics2007Q1
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics2008Q1
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics2009Q1
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics2010Q1
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics2011Q1
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics2012Q1
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics2013Q1
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics2014Q1
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics2015Q1
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics2016Q1
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics2017Q1
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics2018Q1
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics2019Q1
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics2020Q1
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics2021Q1
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics2022Q1
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics2023Q1
Genetics1999Q1
Genetics2000Q1
Genetics2001Q1
Genetics2002Q1
Genetics2003Q1
Genetics2004Q1
Genetics2005Q1
Genetics2006Q1
Genetics2007Q1
Genetics2008Q1
Genetics2009Q1
Genetics2010Q1
Genetics2011Q1
Genetics2012Q1
Genetics2013Q1
Genetics2014Q1
Genetics2015Q1
Genetics2016Q1
Genetics2017Q1
Genetics2018Q1
Genetics2019Q1
Genetics2020Q1
Genetics2021Q1
Genetics2022Q1
Genetics2023Q1
SJR

The SJR is a size-independent prestige indicator that ranks journals by their 'average prestige per article'. It is based on the idea that 'all citations are not created equal'. SJR is a measure of scientific influence of journals that accounts for both the number of citations received by a journal and the importance or prestige of the journals where such citations come from It measures the scientific influence of the average article in a journal, it expresses how central to the global scientific discussion an average article of the journal is.

YearSJR
19992.483
20002.010
20012.165
20022.262
20032.582
20042.799
20052.980
20062.978
20073.508
20083.363
20093.489
20103.564
20113.508
20123.068
20133.145
20143.430
20153.879
20163.572
20173.283
20183.057
20192.935
20202.619
20211.960
20221.937
20231.705
Total Documents

Evolution of the number of published documents. All types of documents are considered, including citable and non citable documents.

YearDocuments
1999298
2000341
2001245
2002235
2003311
2004329
2005360
2006351
2007426
2008432
2009422
2010465
2011424
2012474
2013454
2014463
2015442
2016438
2017492
2018374
2019371
2020371
2021463
2022443
2023517
Citations per document

This indicator counts the number of citations received by documents from a journal and divides them by the total number of documents published in that journal. The chart shows the evolution of the average number of times documents published in a journal in the past two, three and four years have been cited in the current year. The two years line is equivalent to journal impact factor ™ (Thomson Reuters) metric.

Cites per documentYearValue
Cites / Doc. (4 years)19993.650
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20003.318
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20013.459
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20023.610
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20033.744
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20044.549
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20055.412
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20065.480
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20076.051
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20086.054
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20096.283
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20106.296
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20116.191
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20126.570
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20135.872
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20146.020
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20156.026
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20166.229
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20176.271
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20185.845
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20195.530
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20205.614
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20215.945
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20225.431
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20234.950
Cites / Doc. (3 years)19993.650
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20003.180
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20013.339
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20023.227
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20033.843
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20044.780
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20055.216
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20065.128
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20075.977
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20085.779
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20096.018
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20106.213
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20116.103
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20125.969
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20135.946
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20145.917
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20156.211
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20165.940
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20176.051
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20185.671
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20195.411
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20205.323
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20215.740
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20225.368
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20234.649
Cites / Doc. (2 years)19993.417
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20002.862
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20012.685
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20023.113
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20033.981
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20044.463
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20054.583
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20064.929
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20075.350
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20085.223
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20095.801
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20106.103
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20115.246
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20125.864
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20135.453
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20146.059
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20155.793
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20165.469
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20175.699
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20185.383
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20194.870
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20205.034
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20215.501
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20224.871
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20234.661
Total Cites 
Self-Cites

Evolution of the total number of citations and journal's self-citations received by a journal's published documents during the three previous years.
Journal Self-citation is defined as the number of citation from a journal citing article to articles published by the same journal.

CitesYearValue
Self Cites1999416
Self Cites2000494
Self Cites2001580
Self Cites2002517
Self Cites2003749
Self Cites2004737
Self Cites2005922
Self Cites2006995
Self Cites20071302
Self Cites20081290
Self Cites20091274
Self Cites20101322
Self Cites20111206
Self Cites20121113
Self Cites20131114
Self Cites20141008
Self Cites20151088
Self Cites2016675
Self Cites2017976
Self Cites2018735
Self Cites2019603
Self Cites2020532
Self Cites2021551
Self Cites2022654
Self Cites2023581
Total Cites19991646
Total Cites20002099
Total Cites20012855
Total Cites20022853
Total Cites20033155
Total Cites20043781
Total Cites20054564
Total Cites20065128
Total Cites20076216
Total Cites20086571
Total Cites20097276
Total Cites20107952
Total Cites20118050
Total Cites20127826
Total Cites20138105
Total Cites20148000
Total Cites20158639
Total Cites20168073
Total Cites20178127
Total Cites20187780
Total Cites20197056
Total Cites20206584
Total Cites20216406
Total Cites20226468
Total Cites20235937
External Cites per Doc 
Cites per Doc

Evolution of the number of total citation per document and external citation per document (i.e. journal self-citations removed) received by a journal's published documents during the three previous years. External citations are calculated by subtracting the number of self-citations from the total number of citations received by the journal’s documents.

CitesYearValue
External Cites per document19992.727
External Cites per document20002.432
External Cites per document20012.661
External Cites per document20022.643
External Cites per document20032.931
External Cites per document20043.848
External Cites per document20054.162
External Cites per document20064.133
External Cites per document20074.725
External Cites per document20084.645
External Cites per document20094.964
External Cites per document20105.180
External Cites per document20115.189
External Cites per document20125.121
External Cites per document20135.129
External Cites per document20145.172
External Cites per document20155.428
External Cites per document20165.444
External Cites per document20175.325
External Cites per document20185.135
External Cites per document20194.949
External Cites per document20204.892
External Cites per document20215.246
External Cites per document20224.825
External Cites per document20234.194
Cites per document19993.650
Cites per document20003.180
Cites per document20013.339
Cites per document20023.227
Cites per document20033.843
Cites per document20044.780
Cites per document20055.216
Cites per document20065.128
Cites per document20075.977
Cites per document20085.779
Cites per document20096.018
Cites per document20106.213
Cites per document20116.103
Cites per document20125.969
Cites per document20135.946
Cites per document20145.917
Cites per document20156.211
Cites per document20165.940
Cites per document20176.051
Cites per document20185.671
Cites per document20195.411
Cites per document20205.323
Cites per document20215.740
Cites per document20225.368
Cites per document20234.649
% International Collaboration

International Collaboration accounts for the articles that have been produced by researchers from several countries. The chart shows the ratio of a journal's documents signed by researchers from more than one country; that is including more than one country address.

YearInternational Collaboration
199921.81
200031.67
200142.45
200242.13
200341.80
200448.63
200551.67
200648.15
200747.18
200843.06
200945.73
201041.08
201145.75
201253.16
201349.56
201455.94
201549.10
201654.11
201757.52
201854.81
201953.10
202053.64
202156.59
202262.08
202357.64
Citable documents 
Non-citable documents

Not every article in a journal is considered primary research and therefore "citable", this chart shows the ratio of a journal's articles including substantial research (research articles, conference papers and reviews) in three year windows vs. those documents other than research articles, reviews and conference papers.

DocumentsYearValue
Non-citable documents199913
Non-citable documents200056
Non-citable documents2001101
Non-citable documents200293
Non-citable documents200351
Non-citable documents20043
Non-citable documents20056
Non-citable documents20069
Non-citable documents200715
Non-citable documents200822
Non-citable documents200931
Non-citable documents201040
Non-citable documents201133
Non-citable documents201224
Non-citable documents20138
Non-citable documents20147
Non-citable documents20153
Non-citable documents20167
Non-citable documents201718
Non-citable documents201824
Non-citable documents201923
Non-citable documents202022
Non-citable documents202155
Non-citable documents202286
Non-citable documents202392
Citable documents1999438
Citable documents2000604
Citable documents2001754
Citable documents2002791
Citable documents2003770
Citable documents2004788
Citable documents2005869
Citable documents2006991
Citable documents20071025
Citable documents20081115
Citable documents20091178
Citable documents20101240
Citable documents20111286
Citable documents20121287
Citable documents20131355
Citable documents20141345
Citable documents20151388
Citable documents20161352
Citable documents20171325
Citable documents20181348
Citable documents20191281
Citable documents20201215
Citable documents20211061
Citable documents20221119
Citable documents20231185
Cited documents 
Uncited documents

Ratio of a journal's items, grouped in three years windows, that have been cited at least once vs. those not cited during the following year.

DocumentsYearValue
Uncited documents199969
Uncited documents2000130
Uncited documents2001155
Uncited documents2002150
Uncited documents2003125
Uncited documents200464
Uncited documents200561
Uncited documents200668
Uncited documents200750
Uncited documents200866
Uncited documents200981
Uncited documents201083
Uncited documents201190
Uncited documents201299
Uncited documents2013117
Uncited documents2014128
Uncited documents2015114
Uncited documents2016102
Uncited documents201798
Uncited documents2018119
Uncited documents2019109
Uncited documents2020100
Uncited documents2021117
Uncited documents2022111
Uncited documents2023140
Cited documents1999382
Cited documents2000530
Cited documents2001700
Cited documents2002734
Cited documents2003696
Cited documents2004727
Cited documents2005814
Cited documents2006932
Cited documents2007990
Cited documents20081071
Cited documents20091128
Cited documents20101197
Cited documents20111229
Cited documents20121212
Cited documents20131246
Cited documents20141224
Cited documents20151277
Cited documents20161257
Cited documents20171245
Cited documents20181253
Cited documents20191195
Cited documents20201137
Cited documents2021999
Cited documents20221094
Cited documents20231137
% Female Authors

Evolution of the percentage of female authors.

YearFemale Percent
199931.11
200028.24
200127.67
200226.75
200329.53
200428.39
200531.26
200629.07
200729.03
200831.25
200930.93
201030.10
201130.15
201233.21
201332.51
201434.62
201533.84
201636.36
201735.46
201835.07
201937.59
202037.01
202136.58
202238.28
202341.32
Documents cited by public policy (Overton)

Evolution of the number of documents cited by public policy documents according to Overton database.

DocumentsYearValue
Overton199914
Overton20003
Overton200126
Overton200215
Overton20030
Overton20040
Overton20055
Overton20060
Overton20070
Overton20080
Overton20090
Overton20100
Overton20110
Overton201218
Overton201392
Overton201479
Overton201584
Overton201674
Overton201754
Overton201827
Overton201945
Overton202021
Overton202137
Overton202211
Overton20237
Documents related to SDGs (UN)

Evoution of the number of documents related to Sustainable Development Goals defined by United Nations. Available from 2018 onwards.

DocumentsYearValue
SDG201886
SDG201996
SDG2020116
SDG2021149
SDG2022142
SDG2023169
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