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Development (Cambridge)

Company of Biologists Ltd · United Kingdom · Est. 1953

ISSN1477-9129

SJR Q1✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR

/ 100

Medium Risk

Score Breakdown

✓ WoS SCIE/SSCI+25

✓ Scopus Q1+25

Total60

Journal Impact Factor

This journal is indexed in Web of Science (JCR) and has an official Journal Impact Factor. View the current value on the journal’s page ↗

SJR Score

1.715

H-Index

469

CiteScore

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Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

SNIP

0.978

Total Works

20,547

Total Citations

1,933,589

2yr Mean Citedness

3.15

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⚡ Speed vs Prestige

How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?

SJR Rank

Top 25% in field

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1953

FrequencyTwenty Four No. A Year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications20,547

Publisher OrgThe Company of Biologists

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Submission Info

Peer Reviewsingle-blind peer review

Review Time—

Acceptance Rate—

OA LicenseCC BY 4.0

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

📦 Long-term Preservation

CLOCKSSPortico

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

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9/12 · 75%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Company of Biologists Ltd

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1477-9129

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus

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Peer review process documented?

single-blind peer review

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Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

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APC fees clearly disclosed?

N/A

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Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

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Long-term digital preservation?

CLOCKSS, Portico

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Plagiarism detection in place?

Yes

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

N/A

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Primary language documented?

English

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

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Times cited

2019

2020

2021

2022

2023

2024

2025

2026

Source: OpenAlex · Note: citations accumulate over time so older years appear higher

SJR Quartile by Discipline

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

Developmental BiologyQ1

Molecular BiologyQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Developmental Biology

Scopus Categories

Developmental BiologyMolecular Biology

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Developmental Biology and Gene RegulationCongenital heart defects researchPluripotent Stem Cells ResearchNeurobiology and Insect Physiology ResearchPlant Molecular Biology ResearchWnt/β-catenin signaling in development and cancerEpigenetics and DNA MethylationReproductive Biology and FertilityNeurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanismsAnimal Genetics and Reproduction