Molecular Ecology Submission Guide
Evaluates manuscript fit, scientific framing, and submission readiness for targeting the flagship journal Molecular Ecology.
The Molecular Ecology skill assists researchers in assessing whether their manuscript meets the rigorous scientific and editorial standards of Wiley's Molecular Ecology journal. It evaluates whether molecular, genomic, eDNA, or phylogeographic datasets are paired with genuine, hypothesis-driven ecological and evolutionary questions. The skill highlights common desk-reject risks such as purely descriptive genotyping or insufficient sampling, provides structured pre-submission checklists covering bioinformatics reproducibility and data archiving policies, and suggests alternative venues when another journal is a better fit.