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Developmental Cell

Cell Press · United States · Est. 1937

ISSN1534-5807eISSN1878-1551

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

5.18

H-Index

359

CiteScore

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Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

SNIP

2.055

Total Works

6,383

Total Citations

682,714

2yr Mean Citedness

8.63

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Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope✦ Inferred from recent articles

This journal publishes research on cellular diversity and function across various tissues and developmental stages, including megakaryocytes in different organs, mitochondrial DNA dynamics during development, and cell states in peritoneal carcinomatosis and skeletal muscle.

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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 States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1937

FrequencyMonthly

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications6,383

Publisher OrgElsevier BV

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Submission Info

Peer Review—

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Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

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6/12 · 50%

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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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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.

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