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{{Infobox journal
| title = Molecular Biology and Evolution
| cover = MBE Cover Jan 2024.pdf
| editors = Claudia Russo & Brandon Gaut
| discipline = [[Biology:Evolutionary biology|Evolutionary biology]]
| formernames = 
| abbreviation = Mol. Biol. Evol.
| publisher = [[Organization:Oxford University Press|Oxford University Press]] on behalf of the [[Organization:Society for Molecular Biology and Evolution|Society for Molecular Biology and Evolution]]
| country = 
| frequency = Monthly
| history = 1983&ndash;present
| openaccess = Full open-access
| license = 
| impact = 10.700
| impact-year = 2022
| website = https://academic.oup.com/mbe
| link1 = https://academic.oup.com/mbe/issue
| link1-name = Online access
| JSTOR = 
| OCLC = 439813139
| LCCN = 90648368
| CODEN = MBEVEO
| ISSN = 0737-4038
| eISSN = 1537-1719
}}

'''''Molecular Biology and Evolution''''' ('''''MBE''''') is a monthly peer-reviewed [[Scientific journal|scientific journal]] published by [[Organization:Oxford University Press|Oxford University Press]] on behalf of the [[Organization:Society for Molecular Biology and Evolution|Society for Molecular Biology and Evolution]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.smbe.org/smbe/JOURNALS/MolecularBiologyandEvolution.aspx|title=Molecular Biology and Evolution|last=Evolution|first=The Society for Molecular Biology &|website=smbe.org|language=en-US|access-date=2017-10-20}}</ref> It publishes work in the intersection of [[Biology:Molecular biology|molecular biology]] and [[Biology:Evolutionary biology|evolutionary biology]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://academic.oup.com/mbe/pages/About|title=About {{!}} Molecular Biology and Evolution {{!}} Oxford Academic|website=academic.oup.com|language=en|access-date=2017-10-20}}</ref> The founding editors were [[Biography:Walter M. Fitch|Walter Fitch]] and [[Biography:Masatoshi Nei|Masatoshi Nei]]; the present editors-in-chief are Brandon Gaut and Claudia Russo.
==Subject matter==
Evolution is the most fundamental of biological processes. MBE publishes patterns and processes that impact the evolution of life at molecular levels, across a full breadth of taxonomy, genomic organization, and functions, forms, and phenotypes. MBE's Methods, Resource, and Protocol sections include research tools that enable discoveries, while the Reviews and Perspectives synthesize different aspects of the evolutionary thought. 
==Editorial process==
All MBE manuscripts are peer-reviewed. Decisions to publish are made by the Board of Editors, led by the Editors-in-Chief (EiCs) that oversee processing and set the direction of the journal. The board also includes Associate Editors (AEs) who solicit peer reviews and make an initial recommendation and the Senior Editors (SEs) who make the final recommendation that lead to the decision for each manuscript.  
==Management==
MBE is entirely owned by The Society for Molecular Biology and Evolution (SMBE). The SMBE Council appoints the Editor-in-Chief. The Journal is published by Oxford University Press. MBE has transitioned to full Open Access, with all papers free to access from 1 January 2021. All articles accepted for publication from 1 August 2020 have been published as Open Access. 
==Impact==
According to the ''[[Journal Citation Reports]]'', the journal has a 2017 [[Impact factor|Impact Factor]] of 10.217, a 2018 [[Impact factor|Impact Factor]] of 14.797, a 2019 [[Impact factor|Impact Factor]] of 11.062, and a 2022 [[Impact factor|Impact Factor]] of 10.700 <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://academic.oup.com/mbe/pages/About|title=Molecular Biology and Evolution|website=Molecular Biology and Evolution (About)|access-date=6 July 2022}}</ref>

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== External links ==

[[Category:Molecular and cellular biology journals]]

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