Development (journal)

For the journal published on behalf of the Society for International Development, see Society for International Development § SID Journal Development.

Development

Discipline	Developmental biology
Language	English
Edited  by	James Briscoe
Publication details
Former names	Journal of Embryology and Experimental Morphology
History	1953–present
Publisher	The Company of Biologists  (United Kingdom)
Frequency	Semi-monthly
Open access	Delayed (after 12 months); Hybrid
Impact factor	4.6 (2022)
Standard abbreviations ISO 4 (alt) · Bluebook (alt) NLM (alt) · MathSciNet (alt )
ISO 4	Development
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CODEN	DEVPED
ISSN	0950-1991  (print) 1477-9129  (web)
OCLC  no.	15088415
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Development is a bi-weekly peer-reviewed scientific journal in the field of developmental biology that covers cellular and molecular mechanisms of animal and plant development. ^[1] It is published by The Company of Biologists. Development is partnered with Publons, is part of the Review Commons initiative and has two-way integration with bioRxiv. ^[2]

In 2009, the BioMedical & Life Sciences Division of the Special Libraries Association included Development in their list of top 100 journals in Biology and Medicine over the last 100 years. ^[3]

Brief history

Originally called Journal of Embryology and Experimental Morphology ( ISSN   0022-0752) and established in 1953, the journal provided a periodical that would be primarily devoted to morphogenesis. ^{[4] [5]}

In 1987, the journal was renamed Development. The journal's full archive from 1953 is available online. Development is now a hybrid journal and publishes 24 issues a year. Content over 12 months old is free to read. ^[6]

Scope and content

Development publishes original research articles and reports, techniques and resources, reviews, and primers across the spectrum of animal and plant developmental biology. ^{[7] [8]}

Topics covered include:

• Stem cells and regeneration
• Nuclear programming
• Evolutionary development
• Systems biology
• Neurobiology
• Regional specification
• Morphogenesis
• Organogenesis
• Evolution of the developmental process
• Aetiology of disease
• Epigenetics
• Plant development
• Reproductive biology
• Musculoskeletal system

The journal operates on a continuous publication model. The final version of record is released online as soon as it is ready.

Abstracting and indexing

Development is abstracted and/or indexed by: ^[6]

• BIOBASE
• CAB abstracts
• Cambridge Scientific Abstracts
• Current Content
• EMBASE
• ISI Web of Science
• Medline
• Scopus

Development is a signatory of the San Francisco Declaration on Research Assessment (DORA). ^[6]

the Node

the Node is an online community that was launched by Development in 2010. It is a place for developmental and stem cell biologists to share news and information about the field. Anyone in the community can create an account and contribute. ^[9]

Journal management

Past editors

Journal of Embryology and Experimental Morphology

• 1953–1978: Michael Abercrombie
• 1979–1982: R. J. Cole, R. L. Gardner, R. M. Gaze, P. A. Lawrence
• 1983–1987: R. L. Gardner, R. M. Gaze, P. A. Lawrence, H. R. Woodland

Development

• 1987–2002: Chris Wylie
• 2003–2009: Jim Smith
• 2010–2018: Olivier Pourquie ^{[10] [11]}
• Since 2019: James Briscoe ^[12]

References

1. "Home | Development". dev.biologists.org. Retrieved 2020-03-03.
2. "News from Development | Development". dev.biologists.org. Retrieved 2020-03-03.
3. "DBIO: Top 100 Journals in Biology and Medicine". dbiosla.org. Retrieved 2020-03-03.
4. "Development: moving on in 2006" (PDF). Development. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2018-07-23.
5. "Development in 2007: new developments and sad goodbyes" (PDF). Development. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2018-07-19.
6. "About Development | Development". dev.biologists.org. Retrieved 2020-03-03.
7. "Article types | Development". dev.biologists.org. Retrieved 2020-03-03.
8. "Aims and scope | Development". dev.biologists.org. Retrieved 2020-03-03.
9. "About the Node | Development". dev.biologists.org. Retrieved 2020-03-03.
10. Briscoe, James (2010-02-01). "An interview with Olivier Pourquié" . Development. 137 (3): 361–362. doi: 10.1242/dev.047191 . ISSN   0950-1991. PMID   20081184.
11. Bray, Sarah; Storey, Kate; Brown, Katherine (2018-03-15). "A new Editor-in-Chief for Development". Development. 145 (6). doi: 10.1242/dev.165266 . ISSN   0950-1991. PMID   29588291.
12. Brown, Katherine (2018-03-15). "An interview with James Briscoe" . Development. 145 (6). doi: 10.1242/dev.165274 . ISSN   0950-1991. PMID   29588292.