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 directly. We discourage papers that are primarily descriptive and are relevant only to the taxon being studied. Papers reporting on molecular marker development, molecular diagnostics, barcoding, or DNA taxonomy, or technical methods should be re-directed to our sister journal, Molecular Ecology Resources. Likewise, papers with a strongly applied focus should be submitted to Evolutionary Applications. Research areas of interest to Molecular Ecology include:

* population structure and phylogeography

* reproductive strategies

* relatedness and kin selection

* sex allocation

* population genetic theory

* analytical methods development

* conservation genetics

* speciation genetics

* microbial biodiversity

* evolutionary dynamics of QTLs

* ecological interactions

* molecular adaptation and environmental genomics

* impact of genetically modified organisms

《Molecular Ecology》是一本由WILEY出版商出版的专业生物期刊，该刊创刊于1992年，刊期Semimonthly，该刊已被国际权威数据库SCI、SCIE收录。在中科院最新升级版分区表中，该刊分区信息为大类学科：生物学 1区，小类学科：生化与分子生物学 1区；生态学 1区；进化生物学 1区；在JCR（Journal Citation Reports）分区等级为Q1。该刊发文范围涵盖生化与分子生物学等领域，旨在及时、准确、全面地报道国内外生化与分子生物学工作者在该领域取得的最新研究成果、工作进展及学术动态、技术革新等，促进学术交流，鼓励学术创新。2021年影响因子为6.622，平均审稿速度平均1.5月。