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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

/ 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

6.788

H-Index

287

CiteScore

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Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

SNIP

2.737

Total Works

1,045

Total Citations

274,534

2yr Mean Citedness

9.56

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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.

⚡ Speed vs Prestige

How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?

SJR Rank

Top 25% in field

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

Review Time—

Acceptance Rate—

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

7/12 · 58%

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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

❌

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?

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

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.

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