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Cells and Development

Elsevier B.V. · Netherlands · Est. 2021

ISSN2667-2901eISSN2667-2901

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

1.06

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.721

Total Worksi

294

Total Citationsi

2,059

2yr Mean Citednessi

4.38

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

Cells and Development publishes original reports, review articles, and commentaries exploring key issues in development. The journal accepts reports describing the results of basic research, technical advances, and clinical studies.

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General Information

Country / RegionNetherlands

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2021

Annual Volume~ 58 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications294

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

thinkchecksubmit.org

6/11 · 55%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Elsevier B.V.

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2667-2901 / 2667-2901

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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

1.1k

2021

178

2022

359

2023

509

2024

128

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.

Developmental BiologyQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Developmental Biology

Scopus Categories

Developmental Biology

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Developmental Biology and Gene RegulationCellular Mechanics and InteractionsPluripotent Stem Cells ResearchCongenital heart defects researchDiverse Scientific and Economic StudiesHuman auditory perception and evaluationEducational Robotics and EngineeringMicrotubule and mitosis dynamicsAxon Guidance and Neuronal SignalingEpigenetics and DNA Methylation

Frequently asked questions about Cells and Development

Is Cells and Development a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Cells and Development: 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 Cells and Development?

Cells and Development 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 4.38.

Is Cells and Development indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Cells and Development is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.