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Birth Defects Research

John Wiley and Sons Ltd · United Kingdom · Est. 1965

ISSN2472-1727eISSN2472-1727

SJR Q2✓ 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q2. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

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

SJR · Scopus

Top 50% in field

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

SJR Scorei

0.56

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.769

Total Worksi

1,872

Total Citationsi

17,946

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.59

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Developmental Biology; Toxicology; Embryology; Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health; Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1965

FrequencyTwenty Issues Per Year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications1,872

Publisher OrgWiley

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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?

John Wiley and Sons Ltd

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2472-1727 / 2472-1727

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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

205

2019

224

2.7k

2020

139

866

2021

180

1.2k

2022

178

654

2023

148

566

2024

151

168

2025

105

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.

EmbryologyQ2

Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthQ2

Developmental BiologyQ3

Health, Toxicology and MutagenesisQ3

ToxicologyQ3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Developmental BiologyToxicology

Scopus Categories

Developmental BiologyPediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthEmbryologyToxicologyHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Folate and B Vitamins ResearchDiverse Scientific and Economic StudiesHuman auditory perception and evaluationEducational Robotics and EngineeringPrenatal Substance Exposure EffectsPregnancy and Medication ImpactCleft Lip and Palate ResearchPrenatal Screening and DiagnosticsCongenital Heart Disease StudiesCongenital Anomalies and Fetal Surgery

Frequently asked questions about Birth Defects Research

Is Birth Defects Research a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Birth Defects Research: 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 Birth Defects Research?

Birth Defects Research 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 1.59.

Is Birth Defects Research indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Birth Defects Research is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Birth Defects Research?