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Special Sections & Collections
Editors’ Favorites of 2024
Look back on the past year of MBE published content with this collection featuring the Editors' personal favorites of articles published in MBE in 2024.
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Sex Chromosome Evolution
Continuing our celebration of 40 years of SMBE journals, this virtual issue contains a selection of papers published by MBE that are relevant to Sex Chromosome Evolution.
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Challenges in the Tree of Life
This virtual issue contains a selection of papers published by MBE that are relevant to Challenges in the Tree of Life.
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Epigenetics and Evolution
In another virtual issue in celebration of 40 years of SMBE journals, this virtual issue contains a selection of papers published by MBE that are relevant to Epigenetics and Evolution.
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SMBE 40th Anniversary
To celebrate the 40th anniversary of the first issue of Molecular Biology and Evolution, we are launching a series of virtual issues in 2024. Each virtual issue will be accompanied by a Perspective that highlights the historic and contemporary contributions of our journals to a specific topic in molecular evolution.
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MBE Metrics
Impact Factor: 11.0 (8 out of 191 in Genetics and Heredity)*
5 Year Impact Factor: 14.5
Google h5-index: 73 (3rd in Evolutionary Biology)
*Source: Journal Impact Factor™, from Clarivate, 2024
Latest Protocols Papers
Protocols provide step-by-step instructions to carry out a specific evolutionary analysis of molecular data using one or more research resources available freely to the community. Browse the latest protocols papers online now.
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Unmasking the Supergene Beneath the Ruff's Mating Strategies
In the colorful world of avian courtship, the ruff (Calidris pugnax) is in a league of its own. Breeding in marshes and wet meadows across Eurasia, the males of this medium-sized sandpiper species are well-known for their distinctive mating strategies, which range from flamboyant territorial displays to cunning mimicry.
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MBE is published by a not-for-profit organization, is ranked in the top quartile of all Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Evolutionary Biology, and Genetics & Heredity journals, and has an Editorial Board made up of established research scientists, reflecting the backing and global reach of a vast community of molecular and evolutionary biology experts.
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The Society for Molecular Biology and Evolution
2025 Annual Meeting
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Discover the SMBE journals’ website bringing GBE and MBE together for the first time on a unified platform.
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About SMBE
The Society for Molecular Biology and Evolution (SMBE) is an international organization whose goals are to provide facilities for association and communication among molecular evolutionists and to further the goals of molecular evolution, as well as its practitioners and teachers.
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SMBE IDEA
The SMBE IDEA task force aims to increase the participation of scientists from diverse backgrounds in the fields of molecular biology and evolution.
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Scientific Society Publisher Alliance
The Society for Molecular Biology and Evolution is a member of the Scientific Society Publisher Alliance (SSPA), an initiative focused on building awareness of and support for publication of scientific research by scientist-run scientific societies.
Genome Biology and Evolution (GBE)
GBE is the sister journal of MBE. It is fully open access and publishes leading original research at the interface between evolutionary biology and genomics.
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