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Current Topics in Developmental Biology

Academic Press Inc. · United States

ISSN0070-2153

SJR Q4✓ Scopus / SJR

Journal Impact Factor

Not on record at PubScope. The Journal Impact Factor is published by Clarivate for Web of Science (JCR)–indexed journals. If this journal has one, it appears on the journal’s page ↗

📊 Standing in its field

Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.

SJR · Scopus

Bottom 25%

Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ

SJR Scorei

0.471

H-Indexi

145

Total Worksi

2,719

Total Citationsi

96,419

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.60

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Cell Biology; Developmental Biology.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary Language—

1st Year Published—

Annual Volume~ 72 articles / year

StatusActive

Total Publications2,719

Publisher OrgElsevier BV

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Submission Info

Publishing ModelSubscription

Peer Review—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

5/11 · 45%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Academic Press Inc.

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

0070-2153

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Indexed in a trusted database?

Scopus

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Peer review process documented?

N/A

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Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

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Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

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Long-term digital preservation?

N/A

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Plagiarism detection in place?

N/A

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

N/A

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Primary language documented?

N/A

A twelfth criterion — whether APC fees are clearly disclosed — is not scored here; it is left out of the total rather than counted as a failure. Publication charges appear in the metrics card above.

Based on the Think.Check.Submit framework by DOAJ, COPE & OASPA. All data from verified open sources.

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

2019

1.4k

2020

1.6k

2021

104

1.2k

2022

1.2k

2023

306

2024

2025

2026

Source: OpenAlex · Each year’s green bar = citations earned by that year’s papers, counted to date — so recent years look lower simply because their papers haven’t had time to be cited yet.

SJR Quartile by Discipline

Scimago ranks this journal separately in each subject category — its quartile can differ by discipline.

Cell BiologyQ4

Developmental BiologyQ4

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

Developmental BiologyCell Biology

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Developmental Biology and Gene RegulationPluripotent Stem Cells ResearchCongenital heart defects researchAnimal Genetics and ReproductionDiverse Scientific and Economic Studies

Frequently asked questions about Current Topics in Developmental Biology

Is Current Topics in Developmental Biology a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Current Topics in Developmental Biology: it is indexed in Scopus, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Current Topics in Developmental Biology?

Current Topics in Developmental Biology is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 0.471.

Is Current Topics in Developmental Biology indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Current Topics in Developmental Biology is indexed in Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Current Topics in Developmental Biology?