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Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

Academic Press Inc. · United States · Est. 1968

ISSN1095-9513

SJR Q1✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (SCIE) — Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor and JCR quartile for this journal.

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📊 Standing in its field

Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.

SJR · Scopus

Top 25% in field

Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ

SJR Scorei

1.277

H-Indexi

214

SNIPi

1.839

Total Worksi

8,234

Total Citationsi

449,373

2yr Mean Citednessi

3.08

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Biochemistry & Molecular Biology; Evolutionary Biology; Genetics & Heredity; Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics; Genetics; Molecular Biology.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1968

FrequencySix No. A Year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications8,234

Publisher OrgElsevier BV

Submission Info

Peer Review—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

6/11 · 55%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Academic Press Inc.

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1095-9513

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus

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Peer review process documented?

N/A

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Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

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Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

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Long-term digital preservation?

N/A

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Plagiarism detection in place?

N/A

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

N/A

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Primary language documented?

English

A twelfth criterion — whether APC fees are clearly disclosed — is not scored here; it is left out of the total rather than counted as a failure. Publication charges appear in the metrics card above.

Based on the Think.Check.Submit framework by DOAJ, COPE & OASPA. All data from verified open sources.

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

304

10k

2019

243

6.3k

2020

234

5.2k

2021

232

3.4k

2022

220

2.5k

2023

193

1.4k

2024

162

362

2025

137

2026

Source: OpenAlex · Each year’s green bar = citations earned by that year’s papers, counted to date — so recent years look lower simply because their papers haven’t had time to be cited yet.

SJR Quartile by Discipline

Scimago ranks this journal separately in each subject category — its quartile can differ by discipline.

Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsQ1

GeneticsQ1

Molecular BiologyQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Biochemistry & Molecular BiologyEvolutionary BiologyGenetics & Heredity

Scopus Categories

GeneticsEcology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsMolecular Biology

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Genetic diversity and population structureGenomics and Phylogenetic StudiesPlant and animal studiesPlant Diversity and EvolutionAmphibian and Reptile BiologyEvolution and Paleontology StudiesPlant and Fungal Species DescriptionsIdentification and Quantification in FoodSpecies Distribution and Climate ChangeMarine Biology and Ecology Research

Frequently asked questions about Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

Is Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution?

Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution is indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection, so Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor for it (since the 2023 Journal Citation Reports, every Core Collection journal — including Arts & Humanities and Emerging Sources titles — receives one). PubScope links to Clarivate's official source rather than reprinting the number, which can be out of date. Its open 2-year mean citedness is 3.08.

Is Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution?