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Developmental Cell

Cell Press · United States · Est. 1937

ISSN1534-5807eISSN1878-1551

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

5.494

H-Indexi

359

SNIPi

2.055

Total Worksi

6,383

Total Citationsi

682,714

2yr Mean Citednessi

8.63

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Cell Biology; Developmental Biology; Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (miscellaneous); Molecular Biology.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1937

FrequencyMonthly

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications6,383

Publisher OrgElsevier BV

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Submission Info

Peer Review—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

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6/11 · 55%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Cell Press

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1534-5807 / 1878-1551

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, 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?

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

324

26k

2019

315

23k

2020

292

16k

2021

214

9.8k

2022

233

6.9k

2023

286

5.2k

2024

260

1.9k

2025

125

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.

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (miscellaneous)Q1

Cell BiologyQ1

Developmental BiologyQ1

Molecular BiologyQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Cell BiologyDevelopmental Biology

Scopus Categories

Developmental BiologyBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (miscellaneous)Molecular BiologyCell Biology

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Microtubule and mitosis dynamicsDevelopmental Biology and Gene RegulationCellular Mechanics and InteractionsCellular transport and secretionPlant Molecular Biology ResearchGenomics and Chromatin DynamicsRNA Research and SplicingHippo pathway signaling and YAP/TAZEpigenetics and DNA MethylationCongenital heart defects research

Frequently asked questions about Developmental Cell

Is Developmental Cell a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Developmental Cell: 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 Developmental Cell?

Developmental Cell 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 8.63.

Is Developmental Cell indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Developmental Cell is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Developmental Cell?