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Annual Review of Cell and Developmental Biology

Annual Reviews Inc. · United States · Est. 1985

ISSN1530-8995

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

7.701

H-Indexi

287

SNIPi

2.737

Total Worksi

1,045

Total Citationsi

274,534

2yr Mean Citednessi

9.56

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

The Annual Review of Cell and Developmental Biology covers the most significant developments in the field of cell and developmental biology, including structure, function, and organization of the cell; development and evolution of the cell as it relates to single and multicellular organisms; and models and tools of molecular biology.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1985

FrequencyAnnual

StatusActive (last: 2025)

Total Publications1,045

Publisher OrgAnnual Reviews

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewReview

OA LicenseSubscribe to Open (S2O)

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

7/11 · 64%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Annual Reviews Inc.

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1530-8995

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus

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Peer review process documented?

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?

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?

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

4.1k

2019

2.4k

2020

2.1k

2021

1.3k

2022

854

2023

518

2024

156

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 BiologyQ1

Developmental BiologyQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Cell BiologyDevelopmental Biology

Scopus Categories

Developmental BiologyCell Biology

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Cellular transport and secretionMicrotubule and mitosis dynamicsCellular Mechanics and InteractionsRNA Research and SplicingLipid Membrane Structure and BehaviorPlant Molecular Biology ResearchPhotosynthetic Processes and MechanismsDevelopmental Biology and Gene RegulationGenomics and Chromatin DynamicsRNA and protein synthesis mechanisms

Frequently asked questions about Annual Review of Cell and Developmental Biology

Is Annual Review of Cell and Developmental Biology a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Annual Review of Cell and Developmental Biology: 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 Annual Review of Cell and Developmental Biology?

Annual Review of Cell and Developmental Biology 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 9.56.

Is Annual Review of Cell and Developmental Biology indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Annual Review of Cell and Developmental Biology is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.