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| frequency = Monthly
| history = 2010–present
| impact = 8.33330
| impact-year = 2021
| website = http://www.methodsinecologyandevolution.org/
| abbreviation = Methods Ecol. Evol.
}}
'''''Methods in Ecology and Evolution''''' is a monthly [[Peer review|peer-reviewed]] [[scientific journal]] focused on advancing newcovering [[methodologies]] in [[ecology]] and [[evolution]]. It beganwas publicationestablished in 2010, and is the 5th journal of the [[British Ecological Society]]. ''Methods in Ecology and Evolution''It is onlypublished availableby online. According to the 2021 ''[[Journal Citation ReportsWiley-Blackwell]]'', theon journal was ranked 10th outbehalf of 176 journals in the category[[British "Ecology".<refEcological name=WoS>{{citeSociety]] bookand |year=2012the |chapter=Journals Ranked by Impact: Ecology |title=2012 Journal Citation Reports |publisher=[[Thomson Reuterseditors-in-chief]] |edition=Science |work=Web of Science |title-link=Journal Citation Reports }}</ref>are [[Aaron M. Ellison]] ([[Harvard University]]), [https://www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/departments-and-staff/staff-directory/natalie-cooper.html [Natalie Cooper]] (Natural History Museum), [[Nicolas Lecomte]] ([[Université de Moncton]]), and [[Huijie Qiao]] ([[Chinese Academy of Sciences]]) are the current Editors on the journal.
In June 2022 it was announced that the journal would switch to a full [[open access]] publishing model from January 2023, with all papers submitted to the journal from 6 July 2022 open access on publication.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-06-08 |title=Methods in Ecology and Evolution to become a fully open access journal |url=https://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/methods-in-ecology-and-evolution-to-become-a-fully-open-access-journal/ |access-date=2022-11-17 |website=British Ecological Society}}</ref>
==Abstracting and indexing==
''Methods in Ecology and Evolution'' publishes methodological papers from all areas of ecology and evolution, including statistical and theoretical methods, methods in [[phylogenetics]], and [[field work|fieldwork]] methodologies. These papers can be full-length research articles, shorter formal descriptions of hardware and tools or software applications, reviews, or perspectives on the state and development of methods used by ecologists and evolutionary biologists. Methods are defined in the widest terms, and may be analytical, practical, or conceptual.<ref name="MEE-AAS">{{cite web| url=http://www.methodsinecologyandevolution.org/view/0/aimsAndScope.html| publisher=British Ecological Society| title=Methods in Ecology and Evolution – Aims and Scope| accessdate=2011-01-16}}</ref>
According to the ''[[Journal Citation Reports]]'', the journal has a 2021 [[impact factor]] of 8.330.<ref name=WoS>{{cite book |year=2022 |chapter=Methods in Ecology and Evolution |title=2021 Journal Citation Reports |publisher=[[Clarivate]] |edition=Science |series=[[Web of Science]] |title-link=Journal Citation Reports}}</ref>
As well as publishing research papers, the journal encourages the publication of supplementary material such as computer code, methodological tutorials, and explanatory videos.<ref name="MEE-AAS" /> A regular podcast is produced by the editorial office, in which selected authors are asked to discuss their papers in greater depth.<ref name="MEE-POD">{{cite web| url=http://www.methodsinecologyandevolution.org/view/0/podcasts.html| publisher=British Ecological Society| title=Methods in Ecology and Evolution – Videos and Podcasts| accessdate=2011-01-17}}</ref>
In June 2022, Methods in Ecology and evolution announced that it would be going fully [[Open access|Open Access]]<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-06-08 |title=Methods in Ecology and Evolution to become a fully open access journal |url=https://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/methods-in-ecology-and-evolution-to-become-a-fully-open-access-journal/ |access-date=2022-11-17 |website=British Ecological Society |language=en-GB}}</ref> from January 2023, with all papers submitted to the journal from 6 July 2022 open access on publication. Through Wiley, the journal is part of the [[Research4Life]] programme, through which researchers from the most resource-poor nations receive a full or 50% [[Article processing charge|Article Processing Charge]] waiver. Any unfunded authors who are not eligible for Research4Life waivers can apply for a [[British Ecological Society|BES]]-funded waiver in advance of submission, with priority will be given to researchers without institutional employment, particularly early career and post-doctoral scientists, and to individual researchers who can document that national or institutional support for OA and APCs is unavailable.<ref>{{Cite web |date=17/11/2022 |title=APC Waivers and Discounts Policy |url=https://besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/hub/journal/2041210X/about/apc |url-status=live}}</ref>
==See also==
* ''[[Journal of Ecology]]''
* ''[[Journal of Animal Ecology]]''
* ''[[Journal of Applied Ecology]]''
* ''[[Functional Ecology (journal)|Functional Ecology]]''
* [[People and Nature]]
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