Insect Molecular Biology is a Royal Entomological Society journal publishing high-quality original research on insect and arthropod molecular biology. Focusing on insect genomics/genes and proteomics/proteins. Delving into topics like gene structure and regulation, protein localization and function, molecular population genetics, and insect interactions with microorganisms. We encourage papers with large datasets from experiments or genome analyses, as long as they contribute to hypothesis testing and advance understanding in the field.

Examples of appropriate topics include:

structure, function and regulation of genes;
localisation and function/activity of proteins;
interactions of proteins and their ligands or substrates;
effect of mutations on the function of genes and proteins;
evolution of insect genes or genomes, especially where principles relevant to insects in general are established;
molecular population genetics where data are used to identify genes or regions of genomes involved in specific adaptations;
gene mapping using genetic or molecular methods;
molecular interactions of insects with microorganisms including Wolbachia, symbionts and viruses or other pathogens transmitted by insects.

Editors
Jennifer Brisson
Department of Biology
University of Rochester
Rochester, New York
USA

Prof. Zhijian Tu
Department of Biochemistry
Virginia Tech
Blacksburg
USA

Mark J.I. Paine
Vector Biology Group
Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine
Liverpool
UK

Reviews Editor
George Dimopoulos
Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore
USA

Associate Editors
Sassan Asgari
School of Biological Sciences
University of Queensland
St. Lucia, Queensland, Australia

Simon Baxter
Genetics and Evolution
University of Adelaide
Adelaide, South Australia, Australia

Gaelen Burke
Biological Sciences
University of Georgia 
Athens, Georgia, United States

Peter Dearden
Biochemistry Department
Dunedin, New Zealand

Allison Hansen
University of California, Riverside 
Riverside, California, United States

Immo Hansen
Department of Biology 
New Mexico State University 
Las Cruces, New Mexico, United States

Brendan Hunt
Department of Entomology 
University of Georgia
Atlanta, Georgia, United States

Alain Kohl
Centre for Virus Research, University of Glasgow
Glasgow, Scotland, UK 

Gareth Lycett
Vector Group, LSTM
Liverpool, UK

Utpal Pal
Department of Veterinary Medicine 
University of Maryland 
College Park, United States

Reddy Palli
Department of Entomology
University of Kentucky 
Lexington, Kentucky, United States

Ronald Jason Pitts
Baylor University 
Waco, Texas, United States 

Zila Simoes
Department of Biology 
University of Sao Paulo 
Sao Paulo, Brazil

Steven Sinkins
Centre for Virus Research 
University of Glasgow 
Glasgow, UK 

Jing-Jiang Zhou
Biological Chemistry
Rothamsted Research 
Harpenden, Herts, UK

Jinsong Zhu
Department of Biochemistry 
Virginia Tech 
Blacksburg, Virginia, United States

Yoshi Tomoyasu
Department of Zoology 
Miami University of Ohio
Oxford, Ohio, United States