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SCImago
Q3
SJR
0.706
Categories
Developmental Biology
Areas
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
Years of issue
2001-2021
journal names
BMC Developmental Biology
Publications
1 005
Citations
42 594
h-index
90
Publications
42
Citations
14 803
Top-3 citing journals
PLoS ONE
PLoS ONE (1347 citations)
Development (Cambridge)
Development (Cambridge) (1159 citations)
Developmental Biology
Developmental Biology (981 citations)
Top-3 organizations
Top-3 countries
USA (455 publications)
United Kingdom (155 publications)
Germany (133 publications)
China (8 publications)
USA (6 publications)
United Kingdom (3 publications)

Most cited in 5 years

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Citing journals

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PLoS ONE
1347 citations, 3.16%
Development (Cambridge)
1159 citations, 2.72%
Developmental Biology
981 citations, 2.3%
Scientific Reports
760 citations, 1.78%
International Journal of Molecular Sciences
544 citations, 1.28%
Developmental Dynamics
490 citations, 1.15%
Nature Communications
468 citations, 1.1%
eLife
397 citations, 0.93%
Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology
392 citations, 0.92%
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
367 citations, 0.86%
BMC Genomics
291 citations, 0.68%
Methods in Molecular Biology
288 citations, 0.68%
Cell Reports
282 citations, 0.66%
Developmental Cell
275 citations, 0.65%
Journal of Biological Chemistry
267 citations, 0.63%
PLoS Genetics
260 citations, 0.61%
BMC Developmental Biology
239 citations, 0.56%
Biology of Reproduction
220 citations, 0.52%
Cells
204 citations, 0.48%
Current Topics in Developmental Biology
193 citations, 0.45%
Seminars in Cell and Developmental Biology
192 citations, 0.45%
Theriogenology
188 citations, 0.44%
Stem Cells
183 citations, 0.43%
Journal of Neuroscience
181 citations, 0.42%
Reproduction
172 citations, 0.4%
bioRxiv
164 citations, 0.39%
Stem Cells and Development
163 citations, 0.38%
Genesis
159 citations, 0.37%
Reproduction, Fertility and Development
158 citations, 0.37%
Nature
156 citations, 0.37%
Molecular Reproduction and Development
145 citations, 0.34%
Journal of Cell Science
141 citations, 0.33%
Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences
140 citations, 0.33%
Genes
135 citations, 0.32%
Frontiers in Physiology
135 citations, 0.32%
Gene
133 citations, 0.31%
DMM Disease Models and Mechanisms
126 citations, 0.3%
Current Biology
122 citations, 0.29%
Journal of Clinical Investigation
112 citations, 0.26%
Frontiers in Genetics
112 citations, 0.26%
Cell
109 citations, 0.26%
Experimental Eye Research
108 citations, 0.25%
Cell Stem Cell
108 citations, 0.25%
Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology
107 citations, 0.25%
Endocrinology
104 citations, 0.24%
Genetics
103 citations, 0.24%
Genes and Development
97 citations, 0.23%
Stem Cell Reports
97 citations, 0.23%
Human Molecular Genetics
96 citations, 0.23%
Biology Open
96 citations, 0.23%
Cell and Tissue Research
95 citations, 0.22%
Journal of Immunology
92 citations, 0.22%
Blood
86 citations, 0.2%
BMC Biology
86 citations, 0.2%
Neuron
86 citations, 0.2%
G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics
83 citations, 0.19%
Animals
81 citations, 0.19%
Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications
81 citations, 0.19%
PLoS Biology
81 citations, 0.19%
Journal of Anatomy
78 citations, 0.18%
iScience
76 citations, 0.18%
Zebrafish
75 citations, 0.18%
Frontiers in Immunology
75 citations, 0.18%
Mechanisms of Development
74 citations, 0.17%
General and Comparative Endocrinology
73 citations, 0.17%
Molecular Human Reproduction
73 citations, 0.17%
Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
72 citations, 0.17%
Journal of Experimental Zoology Part B: Molecular and Developmental Evolution
71 citations, 0.17%
Oncotarget
71 citations, 0.17%
Journal of Comparative Neurology
71 citations, 0.17%
Journal of Experimental Biology
70 citations, 0.16%
Stem Cell Research and Therapy
69 citations, 0.16%
EvoDevo
69 citations, 0.16%
Frontiers in Endocrinology
69 citations, 0.16%
Oncogene
69 citations, 0.16%
Journal of Developmental Biology
68 citations, 0.16%
Sexual Development
68 citations, 0.16%
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
67 citations, 0.16%
Zygote
67 citations, 0.16%
Development Growth and Differentiation
66 citations, 0.15%
Cancers
66 citations, 0.15%
Current Opinion in Genetics and Development
65 citations, 0.15%
Stem Cell Reviews and Reports
65 citations, 0.15%
Nature Cell Biology
65 citations, 0.15%
Experimental Cell Research
64 citations, 0.15%
Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Developmental Biology
64 citations, 0.15%
Placenta
64 citations, 0.15%
Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology
63 citations, 0.15%
Developmental Neurobiology
62 citations, 0.15%
Science
62 citations, 0.15%
Journal of Insect Physiology
62 citations, 0.15%
Human Reproduction
62 citations, 0.15%
Reproduction in Domestic Animals
61 citations, 0.14%
Journal of Cellular Physiology
61 citations, 0.14%
Methods in Cell Biology
60 citations, 0.14%
Nucleic Acids Research
60 citations, 0.14%
Journal of Cell Biology
59 citations, 0.14%
GLIA
59 citations, 0.14%
FASEB Journal
59 citations, 0.14%
Insect Molecular Biology
58 citations, 0.14%
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Elsevier
9723 citations, 22.83%
Springer Nature
7402 citations, 17.38%
Wiley
4563 citations, 10.71%
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
2561 citations, 6.01%
Public Library of Science (PLoS)
1877 citations, 4.41%
MDPI
1855 citations, 4.36%
The Company of Biologists
1658 citations, 3.89%
Frontiers Media S.A.
1451 citations, 3.41%
Oxford University Press
1427 citations, 3.35%
Taylor & Francis
717 citations, 1.68%
Mary Ann Liebert
484 citations, 1.14%
eLife Sciences Publications
455 citations, 1.07%
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS)
439 citations, 1.03%
American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
339 citations, 0.8%
Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health)
285 citations, 0.67%
Hindawi Limited
274 citations, 0.64%
SAGE
271 citations, 0.64%
American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
264 citations, 0.62%
American Physiological Society
250 citations, 0.59%
American Chemical Society (ACS)
242 citations, 0.57%
Society for Neuroscience
224 citations, 0.53%
Bioscientifica
219 citations, 0.51%
The Royal Society
217 citations, 0.51%
Society for the Study of Reproduction
216 citations, 0.51%
Cambridge University Press
208 citations, 0.49%
CSIRO Publishing
170 citations, 0.4%
S. Karger AG
169 citations, 0.4%
Rockefeller University Press
166 citations, 0.39%
The Endocrine Society
166 citations, 0.39%
American Society for Clinical Investigation
151 citations, 0.35%
American Society for Microbiology
148 citations, 0.35%
Spandidos Publications
133 citations, 0.31%
European Molecular Biology Organization
133 citations, 0.31%
Annual Reviews
132 citations, 0.31%
Portland Press
108 citations, 0.25%
American Society of Hematology
105 citations, 0.25%
Pleiades Publishing
103 citations, 0.24%
Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)
100 citations, 0.23%
American Association for Cancer Research (AACR)
96 citations, 0.23%
Impact Journals
95 citations, 0.22%
The American Association of Immunologists
95 citations, 0.22%
Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology (FASEB)
92 citations, 0.22%
American Society for Cell Biology (ASCB)
65 citations, 0.15%
Bentham Science Publishers Ltd.
45 citations, 0.11%
PeerJ
45 citations, 0.11%
F1000 Research
45 citations, 0.11%
Japanese Society of Animal Reproduction
45 citations, 0.11%
Georg Thieme Verlag KG
44 citations, 0.1%
Walter de Gruyter
41 citations, 0.1%
IMR Press
40 citations, 0.09%
Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO)
40 citations, 0.09%
Baishideng Publishing Group
40 citations, 0.09%
American Society of Animal Science
38 citations, 0.09%
American Diabetes Association
36 citations, 0.08%
Canadian Science Publishing
35 citations, 0.08%
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
35 citations, 0.08%
IntechOpen
33 citations, 0.08%
BMJ
32 citations, 0.08%
American Society of Nephrology
31 citations, 0.07%
IOP Publishing
30 citations, 0.07%
28 citations, 0.07%
University of Chicago Press
24 citations, 0.06%
American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics
24 citations, 0.06%
American Thoracic Society
24 citations, 0.06%
Korean Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology - BMB Reports
17 citations, 0.04%
Zoological Society of Japan
16 citations, 0.04%
Social Science Electronic Publishing
16 citations, 0.04%
Research Square Platform LLC
16 citations, 0.04%
IOS Press
14 citations, 0.03%
EDP Sciences
13 citations, 0.03%
AME Publishing Company
12 citations, 0.03%
Higher Education Press
11 citations, 0.03%
American Physical Society (APS)
11 citations, 0.03%
Inter-Research Science Center
11 citations, 0.03%
AIP Publishing
10 citations, 0.02%
Editions E D K
10 citations, 0.02%
Optica Publishing Group
9 citations, 0.02%
The Korean Society of Genetics
9 citations, 0.02%
Portico
9 citations, 0.02%
SciELO
9 citations, 0.02%
SPIE-Intl Soc Optical Eng
9 citations, 0.02%
World Scientific
8 citations, 0.02%
Sociedade Brasileira de Genetica
8 citations, 0.02%
Microbiology Society
7 citations, 0.02%
Asian-Australasian Association of Animal Production Societies
7 citations, 0.02%
Copernicus
7 citations, 0.02%
Entomological Society of America
7 citations, 0.02%
Brieflands
7 citations, 0.02%
Eco-Vector LLC
6 citations, 0.01%
Korean Association of Anatomists
6 citations, 0.01%
ASME International
6 citations, 0.01%
OAE Publishing Inc.
6 citations, 0.01%
Scientific Societies
6 citations, 0.01%
American Dairy Science Association
6 citations, 0.01%
Pharmaceutical Society of Japan
5 citations, 0.01%
King Saud University
5 citations, 0.01%
Czech Academy of Agricultural Sciences
5 citations, 0.01%
Fundacao Oswaldo Cruz
5 citations, 0.01%
Pensoft Publishers
5 citations, 0.01%
Japanese Association for Oral Biology
5 citations, 0.01%
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Howard Hughes Medical Institute
27 publications, 2.69%
University of Cambridge
25 publications, 2.49%
Harvard University
25 publications, 2.49%
University of Edinburgh
24 publications, 2.39%
French Institute of Health and Medical Research
24 publications, 2.39%
Stanford University
18 publications, 1.79%
Medical College of Wisconsin
17 publications, 1.69%
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
16 publications, 1.59%
Johns Hopkins University
15 publications, 1.49%
King's College London
14 publications, 1.39%
University of Melbourne
14 publications, 1.39%
University of Washington
14 publications, 1.39%
Ghent University
12 publications, 1.19%
University of Oxford
12 publications, 1.19%
University of Southern California
12 publications, 1.19%
University College London
11 publications, 1.09%
National University of Singapore
11 publications, 1.09%
Cornell University
11 publications, 1.09%
Yale University
11 publications, 1.09%
Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics
11 publications, 1.09%
University of Wisconsin–Madison
11 publications, 1.09%
University of Manchester
10 publications, 1%
Kyoto University
10 publications, 1%
Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich
10 publications, 1%
Rhenish Friedrich Wilhelm University of Bonn
10 publications, 1%
University of Göttingen
10 publications, 1%
University of Tokyo
10 publications, 1%
Université Laval
10 publications, 1%
Karolinska Institute
9 publications, 0.9%
University of California, San Francisco
9 publications, 0.9%
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
9 publications, 0.9%
Japan Science and Technology Agency
9 publications, 0.9%
University of Pennsylvania
9 publications, 0.9%
University of Toronto
9 publications, 0.9%
University of Guelph
9 publications, 0.9%
University of Pittsburgh
9 publications, 0.9%
University of Gothenburg
8 publications, 0.8%
University of Dundee
8 publications, 0.8%
University of Queensland
8 publications, 0.8%
Case Western Reserve University
8 publications, 0.8%
RIKEN-Institute of Physical and Chemical Research
8 publications, 0.8%
Kumamoto University
8 publications, 0.8%
University of Calgary
8 publications, 0.8%
Shanghai Jiao Tong University
7 publications, 0.7%
University of Lisbon
7 publications, 0.7%
ETH Zurich
7 publications, 0.7%
University of Zurich
7 publications, 0.7%
California Institute of Technology
7 publications, 0.7%
Columbia University
7 publications, 0.7%
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
7 publications, 0.7%
New York University
7 publications, 0.7%
Massachusetts General Hospital
7 publications, 0.7%
Shandong University
7 publications, 0.7%
Max Planck Institute for Multidisciplinary Sciences
7 publications, 0.7%
Paris Cité University
7 publications, 0.7%
McGill University
7 publications, 0.7%
RWTH Aachen University
7 publications, 0.7%
University of Minnesota
7 publications, 0.7%
Albert Ludwig University of Freiburg
7 publications, 0.7%
National Institute on Aging
7 publications, 0.7%
Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
7 publications, 0.7%
University of Cincinnati
7 publications, 0.7%
National Human Genome Research Institute
7 publications, 0.7%
Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
7 publications, 0.7%
University of Connecticut
7 publications, 0.7%
University College Dublin
7 publications, 0.7%
University of Georgia
7 publications, 0.7%
University of Tübingen
6 publications, 0.6%
Uppsala University
6 publications, 0.6%
University of Helsinki
6 publications, 0.6%
Sorbonne University
6 publications, 0.6%
Michigan State University
6 publications, 0.6%
Northwestern University
6 publications, 0.6%
Virginia Tech
6 publications, 0.6%
University of California, San Diego
6 publications, 0.6%
University of California, Irvine
6 publications, 0.6%
University of Michigan
6 publications, 0.6%
Kobe University
6 publications, 0.6%
University of British Columbia
6 publications, 0.6%
Jackson Laboratory
6 publications, 0.6%
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
6 publications, 0.6%
University of Erlangen–Nuremberg
6 publications, 0.6%
Utrecht University
6 publications, 0.6%
University of Konstanz
6 publications, 0.6%
University of Utah
6 publications, 0.6%
University of Algarve
6 publications, 0.6%
University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School
6 publications, 0.6%
University of Oregon
6 publications, 0.6%
Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research
5 publications, 0.5%
Tongji University
5 publications, 0.5%
Heidelberg University
5 publications, 0.5%
University of Copenhagen
5 publications, 0.5%
Pennsylvania State University
5 publications, 0.5%
Washington University in St. Louis
5 publications, 0.5%
Tufts University
5 publications, 0.5%
University of California, Los Angeles
5 publications, 0.5%
Vanderbilt University
5 publications, 0.5%
Max Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics
5 publications, 0.5%
University of Cologne
5 publications, 0.5%
Helmholtz Zentrum München
5 publications, 0.5%
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Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College
2 publications, 4.76%
Francis Crick Institute
2 publications, 4.76%
Newcastle University
2 publications, 4.76%
Zhejiang University
1 publication, 2.38%
Aix-Marseille University
1 publication, 2.38%
Yarmouk University
1 publication, 2.38%
Huazhong Agricultural University
1 publication, 2.38%
Imperial College London
1 publication, 2.38%
Linyi University
1 publication, 2.38%
Chinese University of Hong Kong
1 publication, 2.38%
Clemson University
1 publication, 2.38%
Virginia Tech
1 publication, 2.38%
Shandong University
1 publication, 2.38%
Changsha University of Science and Technology
1 publication, 2.38%
Qinghai University
1 publication, 2.38%
Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich
1 publication, 2.38%
University of Leeds
1 publication, 2.38%
Temple University
1 publication, 2.38%
University of Texas at El Paso
1 publication, 2.38%
University of Guelph
1 publication, 2.38%
University of Miami
1 publication, 2.38%
NIHR Newcastle Biomedical Research Centre
1 publication, 2.38%
French Institute of Health and Medical Research
1 publication, 2.38%
Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública
1 publication, 2.38%
Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados del Instituto Politécnico Nacional
1 publication, 2.38%
University of Pittsburgh
1 publication, 2.38%
Fujian Medical University
1 publication, 2.38%
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USA, 455, 45.27%
USA
455 publications, 45.27%
United Kingdom, 155, 15.42%
United Kingdom
155 publications, 15.42%
Germany, 133, 13.23%
Germany
133 publications, 13.23%
China, 103, 10.25%
China
103 publications, 10.25%
Canada, 80, 7.96%
Canada
80 publications, 7.96%
Japan, 69, 6.87%
Japan
69 publications, 6.87%
France, 53, 5.27%
France
53 publications, 5.27%
Australia, 46, 4.58%
Australia
46 publications, 4.58%
Netherlands, 35, 3.48%
Netherlands
35 publications, 3.48%
Switzerland, 29, 2.89%
Switzerland
29 publications, 2.89%
Belgium, 26, 2.59%
Belgium
26 publications, 2.59%
Spain, 26, 2.59%
Spain
26 publications, 2.59%
Sweden, 26, 2.59%
Sweden
26 publications, 2.59%
Italy, 24, 2.39%
Italy
24 publications, 2.39%
Austria, 19, 1.89%
Austria
19 publications, 1.89%
India, 16, 1.59%
India
16 publications, 1.59%
Singapore, 15, 1.49%
Singapore
15 publications, 1.49%
Portugal, 13, 1.29%
Portugal
13 publications, 1.29%
Brazil, 13, 1.29%
Brazil
13 publications, 1.29%
Republic of Korea, 11, 1.09%
Republic of Korea
11 publications, 1.09%
Hungary, 10, 1%
Hungary
10 publications, 1%
Ireland, 10, 1%
Ireland
10 publications, 1%
Denmark, 9, 0.9%
Denmark
9 publications, 0.9%
Norway, 9, 0.9%
Norway
9 publications, 0.9%
Israel, 8, 0.8%
Israel
8 publications, 0.8%
New Zealand, 8, 0.8%
New Zealand
8 publications, 0.8%
Poland, 8, 0.8%
Poland
8 publications, 0.8%
Finland, 8, 0.8%
Finland
8 publications, 0.8%
Russia, 7, 0.7%
Russia
7 publications, 0.7%
Mexico, 6, 0.6%
Mexico
6 publications, 0.6%
Argentina, 4, 0.4%
Argentina
4 publications, 0.4%
Greece, 4, 0.4%
Greece
4 publications, 0.4%
Czech Republic, 4, 0.4%
Czech Republic
4 publications, 0.4%
Pakistan, 3, 0.3%
Pakistan
3 publications, 0.3%
Puerto Rico, 3, 0.3%
Puerto Rico
3 publications, 0.3%
Chile, 3, 0.3%
Chile
3 publications, 0.3%
Ukraine, 2, 0.2%
Ukraine
2 publications, 0.2%
Indonesia, 2, 0.2%
Indonesia
2 publications, 0.2%
Iran, 2, 0.2%
Iran
2 publications, 0.2%
Peru, 2, 0.2%
Peru
2 publications, 0.2%
Saudi Arabia, 2, 0.2%
Saudi Arabia
2 publications, 0.2%
Kazakhstan, 1, 0.1%
Kazakhstan
1 publication, 0.1%
Estonia, 1, 0.1%
Estonia
1 publication, 0.1%
Bulgaria, 1, 0.1%
Bulgaria
1 publication, 0.1%
Jordan, 1, 0.1%
Jordan
1 publication, 0.1%
Iceland, 1, 0.1%
Iceland
1 publication, 0.1%
Cyprus, 1, 0.1%
Cyprus
1 publication, 0.1%
Latvia, 1, 0.1%
Latvia
1 publication, 0.1%
Lithuania, 1, 0.1%
Lithuania
1 publication, 0.1%
Slovakia, 1, 0.1%
Slovakia
1 publication, 0.1%
Thailand, 1, 0.1%
Thailand
1 publication, 0.1%
Turkey, 1, 0.1%
Turkey
1 publication, 0.1%
Uruguay, 1, 0.1%
Uruguay
1 publication, 0.1%
South Africa, 1, 0.1%
South Africa
1 publication, 0.1%
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China
8 publications, 19.05%
USA, 6, 14.29%
USA
6 publications, 14.29%
United Kingdom, 3, 7.14%
United Kingdom
3 publications, 7.14%
Germany, 1, 2.38%
Germany
1 publication, 2.38%
France, 1, 2.38%
France
1 publication, 2.38%
India, 1, 2.38%
India
1 publication, 2.38%
Jordan, 1, 2.38%
Jordan
1 publication, 2.38%
Canada, 1, 2.38%
Canada
1 publication, 2.38%
Mexico, 1, 2.38%
Mexico
1 publication, 2.38%
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