''Developmental Biology'' is a

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. It was established in 1959 and is the official journal of the

Society for Developmental Biology The Society for Developmental Biology (SDB), originally the Society for the Study of Development and Growth, is a professional society for scientists and professionals around the world whose research is focused on the study of the developmental b ...

. It publishes research on the mechanisms of development, differentiation, and growth in animals and plants at the molecular, cellular, and genetic levels. The journal is published twice a month by

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Abstracting and indexing

The journal is abstracted an indexed in: According to the ''

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'', the journal has a 2020

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of 3.582. Looking at

Scimago Journal & Country Rank The SCImago Journal Rank (SJR) indicator is a measure of the prestige of scholarly journals that accounts for both the number of citations received by a journal and the prestige of the journals where the citations come from. Rationale Cita ...

data trends, citations per document declined substantially between 1999 and 2020, while the number of uncited documents increased over the same period. The number of citable documents per year published has decreased from a high of around 1,650 in 2008 to 661 in 2021.

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* {{Official website, http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/journaldescription.cws_home/622816/description#description Developmental biology journals English-language journals Elsevier academic journals Delayed open access journals Publications established in 1959 Biweekly journals