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Development (Cambridge)

Company of Biologists Ltd · United Kingdom · Est. 1953

ISSN1477-9129

SJR Q1✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (SCIE) — Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor and JCR quartile for this journal.

See the official Impact Factor & quartile on the journal’s page ↗

The Impact Factor & JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date. Open metrics below: SCImago Q1. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

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

SJR · Scopus

Top 25% in field

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

SJR Scorei

1.6

H-Indexi

469

SNIPi

0.978

Total Worksi

20,547

Total Citationsi

1,933,589

2yr Mean Citednessi

3.15

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Developmental Biology; Molecular Biology.

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

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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9/11 · 82%

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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, PubMed

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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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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

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

440

24k

2019

444

15k

2020

416

10k

2021

464

7.9k

2022

416

5.1k

2023

446

2.9k

2024

409

878

2025

253

128

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.

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

Frequently asked questions about Development (Cambridge)

Is Development (Cambridge) a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Development (Cambridge): it is indexed in Web of Science, 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 Development (Cambridge)?

Development (Cambridge) is indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection, so Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor for it (since the 2023 Journal Citation Reports, every Core Collection journal — including Arts & Humanities and Emerging Sources titles — receives one). PubScope links to Clarivate's official source rather than reprinting the number, which can be out of date. Its open 2-year mean citedness is 3.15.

Is Development (Cambridge) indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Development (Cambridge) is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Development (Cambridge)?