Development (Cambridge)

Development’s scope covers all aspects of plant and animal development, including stem cell biology and regeneration. The single most important criterion for acceptance in Development is scientific excellence. Research papers (articles and reports) should therefore pose and test a significant hypothesis or address a significant question, and should provide novel perspectives that advance our understanding of development. We also encourage submission of papers that use computational methods or mathematical models to obtain significant new insights into developmental biology topics. Manuscripts that are descriptive in nature will be considered only when they lay important groundwork for a field and/or provide novel resources for understanding developmental processes of broad interest to the community. Development includes a Techniques and Resources section for the publication of new methods, datasets, and other types of resources. Papers describing new techniques should include a proof-of-principle demonstration that the technique is valuable to the developmental biology community; they need not include in-depth follow-up analysis. The technique must be described in sufficient detail to be easily replicated by other investigators. Development will also consider protocol-type papers of exceptional interest to the community. We welcome submission of Resource papers, for example those reporting new databases, systems-level datasets, or genetic resources of major value to the developmental biology community. For all papers, the data or resource described must be made available to the community with minimal restrictions upon publication. To aid navigability, Development has dedicated sections of the journal to stem cells & regeneration and to human development. The criteria for acceptance into these sections is identical to those outlined above. Authors and editors are encouraged to nominate appropriate manuscripts for inclusion in one of these sections.

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Category	Year	Quartile
Developmental Biology	1999	Q1
Developmental Biology	2000	Q1
Developmental Biology	2001	Q1
Developmental Biology	2002	Q1
Developmental Biology	2003	Q1
Developmental Biology	2004	Q1
Developmental Biology	2005	Q1
Developmental Biology	2006	Q1
Developmental Biology	2007	Q1
Developmental Biology	2008	Q1
Developmental Biology	2009	Q1
Developmental Biology	2010	Q1
Developmental Biology	2011	Q1
Developmental Biology	2012	Q1
Developmental Biology	2013	Q1
Developmental Biology	2014	Q1
Developmental Biology	2015	Q1
Developmental Biology	2016	Q1
Developmental Biology	2017	Q1
Developmental Biology	2018	Q1
Developmental Biology	2019	Q1
Developmental Biology	2020	Q1
Developmental Biology	2021	Q1
Developmental Biology	2022	Q1
Developmental Biology	2023	Q1
Molecular Biology	1999	Q1
Molecular Biology	2000	Q1
Molecular Biology	2001	Q1
Molecular Biology	2002	Q1
Molecular Biology	2003	Q1
Molecular Biology	2004	Q1
Molecular Biology	2005	Q1
Molecular Biology	2006	Q1
Molecular Biology	2007	Q1
Molecular Biology	2008	Q1
Molecular Biology	2009	Q1
Molecular Biology	2010	Q1
Molecular Biology	2011	Q1
Molecular Biology	2012	Q1
Molecular Biology	2013	Q1
Molecular Biology	2014	Q1
Molecular Biology	2015	Q1
Molecular Biology	2016	Q1
Molecular Biology	2017	Q1
Molecular Biology	2018	Q1
Molecular Biology	2019	Q1
Molecular Biology	2020	Q1
Molecular Biology	2021	Q1
Molecular Biology	2022	Q1
Molecular Biology	2023	Q1

SJR

The SJR is a size-independent prestige indicator that ranks journals by their 'average prestige per article'. It is based on the idea that 'all citations are not created equal'. SJR is a measure of scientific influence of journals that accounts for both the number of citations received by a journal and the importance or prestige of the journals where such citations come from It measures the scientific influence of the average article in a journal, it expresses how central to the global scientific discussion an average article of the journal is.

Year	SJR
1999	12.279
2000	10.163
2001	7.964
2002	7.827
2003	7.168
2004	6.276
2005	7.076
2006	7.171
2007	7.193
2008	8.017
2009	7.475
2010	6.481
2011	6.453
2012	5.686
2013	5.778
2014	5.306
2015	5.235
2016	4.979
2017	4.698
2018	4.184
2019	3.658
2020	3.754
2021	2.886
2022	2.472
2023	1.852

Total Documents

Evolution of the number of published documents. All types of documents are considered, including citable and non citable documents.

Year	Documents
1999	520
2000	491
2001	459
2002	507
2003	565
2004	537
2005	475
2006	466
2007	422
2008	400
2009	402
2010	427
2011	575
2012	479
2013	471
2014	472
2015	432
2016	450
2017	473
2018	481
2019	440
2020	438
2021	434
2022	514
2023	443

Citations per document

This indicator counts the number of citations received by documents from a journal and divides them by the total number of documents published in that journal. The chart shows the evolution of the average number of times documents published in a journal in the past two, three and four years have been cited in the current year. The two years line is equivalent to journal impact factor ™ (Thomson Reuters) metric.

Cites per document	Year	Value
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	1999	10.290
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2000	9.591
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2001	9.111
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2002	8.805
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2003	8.639
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2004	8.091
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2005	8.133
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2006	8.126
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2007	7.964
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2008	7.812
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2009	7.752
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2010	7.289
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2011	7.399
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2012	7.201
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2013	6.954
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2014	6.625
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2015	6.854
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2016	6.328
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2017	6.201
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2018	5.947
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2019	5.561
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2020	6.006
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2021	6.543
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2022	5.005
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2023	3.931
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	1999	10.290
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2000	9.591
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2001	9.140
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2002	8.676
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2003	8.457
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2004	7.803
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2005	8.171
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2006	8.168
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2007	8.115
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2008	7.657
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2009	7.477
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2010	7.322
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2011	7.129
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2012	6.960
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2013	6.565
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2014	6.583
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2015	6.807
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2016	6.336
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2017	5.990
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2018	5.668
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2019	5.328
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2020	5.643
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2021	6.107
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2022	4.710
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2023	3.320
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	1999	10.057
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2000	9.376
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2001	8.880
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2002	8.093
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2003	8.019
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2004	7.611
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2005	7.897
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2006	8.326
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2007	7.676
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2008	7.043
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2009	7.373
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2010	6.960
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2011	6.809
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2012	6.272
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2013	6.217
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2014	6.597
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2015	6.720
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2016	6.034
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2017	5.441
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2018	5.373
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2019	4.773
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2020	5.165
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2021	5.716
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2022	3.744
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2023	2.917

Total Cites

Self-Cites

Evolution of the total number of citations and journal's self-citations received by a journal's published documents during the three previous years.
Journal Self-citation is defined as the number of citation from a journal citing article to articles published by the same journal.

Cites	Year	Value
Self Cites	1999	2451
Self Cites	2000	2308
Self Cites	2001	1770
Self Cites	2002	1727
Self Cites	2003	1809
Self Cites	2004	1505
Self Cites	2005	1427
Self Cites	2006	1297
Self Cites	2007	968
Self Cites	2008	775
Self Cites	2009	714
Self Cites	2010	644
Self Cites	2011	735
Self Cites	2012	649
Self Cites	2013	642
Self Cites	2014	620
Self Cites	2015	531
Self Cites	2016	470
Self Cites	2017	435
Self Cites	2018	416
Self Cites	2019	367
Self Cites	2020	310
Self Cites	2021	355
Self Cites	2022	260
Self Cites	2023	198
Total Cites	1999	14231
Total Cites	2000	14079
Total Cites	2001	13536
Total Cites	2002	12754
Total Cites	2003	12322
Total Cites	2004	11946
Total Cites	2005	13147
Total Cites	2006	12881
Total Cites	2007	11994
Total Cites	2008	10436
Total Cites	2009	9630
Total Cites	2010	8962
Total Cites	2011	8761
Total Cites	2012	9772
Total Cites	2013	9723
Total Cites	2014	10039
Total Cites	2015	9680
Total Cites	2016	8712
Total Cites	2017	8111
Total Cites	2018	7680
Total Cites	2019	7480
Total Cites	2020	7867
Total Cites	2021	8300
Total Cites	2022	6179
Total Cites	2023	4601

External Cites per Doc

Cites per Doc

Evolution of the number of total citation per document and external citation per document (i.e. journal self-citations removed) received by a journal's published documents during the three previous years. External citations are calculated by subtracting the number of self-citations from the total number of citations received by the journal’s documents.

Cites	Year	Value
External Cites per document	1999	8.518
External Cites per document	2000	8.018
External Cites per document	2001	7.945
External Cites per document	2002	7.501
External Cites per document	2003	7.216
External Cites per document	2004	6.820
External Cites per document	2005	7.284
External Cites per document	2006	7.346
External Cites per document	2007	7.460
External Cites per document	2008	7.088
External Cites per document	2009	6.922
External Cites per document	2010	6.796
External Cites per document	2011	6.531
External Cites per document	2012	6.498
External Cites per document	2013	6.132
External Cites per document	2014	6.176
External Cites per document	2015	6.434
External Cites per document	2016	5.994
External Cites per document	2017	5.669
External Cites per document	2018	5.361
External Cites per document	2019	5.066
External Cites per document	2020	5.421
External Cites per document	2021	5.846
External Cites per document	2022	4.511
External Cites per document	2023	3.177
Cites per document	1999	10.290
Cites per document	2000	9.591
Cites per document	2001	9.140
Cites per document	2002	8.676
Cites per document	2003	8.457
Cites per document	2004	7.803
Cites per document	2005	8.171
Cites per document	2006	8.168
Cites per document	2007	8.115
Cites per document	2008	7.657
Cites per document	2009	7.477
Cites per document	2010	7.322
Cites per document	2011	7.129
Cites per document	2012	6.960
Cites per document	2013	6.565
Cites per document	2014	6.583
Cites per document	2015	6.807
Cites per document	2016	6.336
Cites per document	2017	5.990
Cites per document	2018	5.668
Cites per document	2019	5.328
Cites per document	2020	5.643
Cites per document	2021	6.107
Cites per document	2022	4.710
Cites per document	2023	3.320

% International Collaboration

International Collaboration accounts for the articles that have been produced by researchers from several countries. The chart shows the ratio of a journal's documents signed by researchers from more than one country; that is including more than one country address.

Year	International Collaboration
1999	33.27
2000	17.31
2001	0.22
2002	4.34
2003	39.29
2004	36.87
2005	33.47
2006	35.84
2007	36.73
2008	35.75
2009	37.56
2010	37.00
2011	36.17
2012	35.91
2013	37.79
2014	43.64
2015	40.28
2016	40.67
2017	34.04
2018	34.93
2019	39.77
2020	31.05
2021	31.11
2022	29.96
2023	22.12

Citable documents

Non-citable documents

Not every article in a journal is considered primary research and therefore "citable", this chart shows the ratio of a journal's articles including substantial research (research articles, conference papers and reviews) in three year windows vs. those documents other than research articles, reviews and conference papers.

Documents	Year	Value
Non-citable documents	1999	0
Non-citable documents	2000	0
Non-citable documents	2001	0
Non-citable documents	2002	0
Non-citable documents	2003	1
Non-citable documents	2004	4
Non-citable documents	2005	9
Non-citable documents	2006	9
Non-citable documents	2007	14
Non-citable documents	2008	10
Non-citable documents	2009	12
Non-citable documents	2010	5
Non-citable documents	2011	18
Non-citable documents	2012	45
Non-citable documents	2013	57
Non-citable documents	2014	50
Non-citable documents	2015	22
Non-citable documents	2016	21
Non-citable documents	2017	24
Non-citable documents	2018	34
Non-citable documents	2019	37
Non-citable documents	2020	41
Non-citable documents	2021	52
Non-citable documents	2022	67
Non-citable documents	2023	97
Citable documents	1999	1383
Citable documents	2000	1468
Citable documents	2001	1481
Citable documents	2002	1470
Citable documents	2003	1456
Citable documents	2004	1527
Citable documents	2005	1600
Citable documents	2006	1568
Citable documents	2007	1464
Citable documents	2008	1353
Citable documents	2009	1276
Citable documents	2010	1219
Citable documents	2011	1211
Citable documents	2012	1359
Citable documents	2013	1424
Citable documents	2014	1475
Citable documents	2015	1400
Citable documents	2016	1354
Citable documents	2017	1330
Citable documents	2018	1321
Citable documents	2019	1367
Citable documents	2020	1353
Citable documents	2021	1307
Citable documents	2022	1245
Citable documents	2023	1289

Cited documents

Uncited documents

Ratio of a journal's items, grouped in three years windows, that have been cited at least once vs. those not cited during the following year.

Documents	Year	Value
Uncited documents	1999	20
Uncited documents	2000	20
Uncited documents	2001	27
Uncited documents	2002	36
Uncited documents	2003	31
Uncited documents	2004	40
Uncited documents	2005	47
Uncited documents	2006	50
Uncited documents	2007	59
Uncited documents	2008	54
Uncited documents	2009	45
Uncited documents	2010	49
Uncited documents	2011	58
Uncited documents	2012	117
Uncited documents	2013	142
Uncited documents	2014	152
Uncited documents	2015	87
Uncited documents	2016	91
Uncited documents	2017	109
Uncited documents	2018	165
Uncited documents	2019	221
Uncited documents	2020	243
Uncited documents	2021	236
Uncited documents	2022	244
Uncited documents	2023	332
Cited documents	1999	1363
Cited documents	2000	1448
Cited documents	2001	1454
Cited documents	2002	1434
Cited documents	2003	1426
Cited documents	2004	1491
Cited documents	2005	1562
Cited documents	2006	1527
Cited documents	2007	1419
Cited documents	2008	1309
Cited documents	2009	1243
Cited documents	2010	1175
Cited documents	2011	1171
Cited documents	2012	1287
Cited documents	2013	1339
Cited documents	2014	1373
Cited documents	2015	1335
Cited documents	2016	1284
Cited documents	2017	1245
Cited documents	2018	1190
Cited documents	2019	1183
Cited documents	2020	1151
Cited documents	2021	1123
Cited documents	2022	1068
Cited documents	2023	1054

% Female Authors

Evolution of the percentage of female authors.

Year	Female Percent
1999	37.53
2000	36.93
2001	32.90
2002	38.55
2003	37.13
2004	40.46
2005	39.22
2006	37.51
2007	39.88
2008	41.06
2009	42.16
2010	40.18
2011	42.47
2012	40.69
2013	41.22
2014	39.83
2015	40.29
2016	44.05
2017	42.97
2018	42.03
2019	42.27
2020	43.64
2021	45.29
2022	44.11
2023	45.03

Documents cited by public policy (Overton)

Evolution of the number of documents cited by public policy documents according to Overton database.

Documents	Year	Value
Overton	1999	0
Overton	2000	0
Overton	2001	0
Overton	2002	0
Overton	2003	22
Overton	2004	22
Overton	2005	20
Overton	2006	16
Overton	2007	12
Overton	2008	7
Overton	2009	7
Overton	2010	7
Overton	2011	6
Overton	2012	7
Overton	2013	6
Overton	2014	7
Overton	2015	12
Overton	2016	6
Overton	2017	12
Overton	2018	8
Overton	2019	6
Overton	2020	1
Overton	2021	1
Overton	2022	0
Overton	2023	1