Mechanisms of Development is a peer-reviewed scientific journal covering all aspects of developmental biology. It is the official journal of the International Society of Developmental Biologists and is published by Elsevier. The journal was established in 1972 as Cell Differentiation and was renamed Cell Differentiation and Development in 1988. It acquired its current name in December 1990. The editor-in-chief is D. Wilkinson (National Institute for Medical Research). A separate section of the journal, Gene Expression Patterns, covers research on cloning and gene expression. In 2020 the journal became Cells & Development with the subtitle: 'Cell and Developmental Biology and their Quantitative Approaches'.[1][2]
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| Discipline | Developmental biology |
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| Language | English |
| Edited by | D. Wilkinson |
| Publication details | |
Former name(s) | Mechanisms of Development, Cell Differentiation and Development, Cell Differentiation |
| History | 1972–present |
| Publisher | |
| Frequency | Monthly |
| Delayed, after 12 months | |
| 2.176 (2018) | |
| Standard abbreviations | |
| ISO 4 | Mech. Dev. |
| Indexing | |
| CODEN | MEDVE6 |
| ISSN | 0925-4773 (print) 1872-6356 (web) |
| LCCN | 92645804 |
| OCLC no. | 22927690 |
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Abstracting and indexing edit
The journal is abstracted and indexed in:
According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2015 impact factor of 2.041,[3] whereas Gene Expression Patterns has an impact factor of 1.485.[4]
References edit
- ^ "Twitter @CellsDev". Twitter. Retrieved 2020-12-16.
- ^ Cells & Development.
- ^ "Mechanisms of Development". 2015 Journal Citation Reports. Web of Science (Science ed.). Thomson Reuters. 2016.
- ^ "Gene Expression Patterns". 2015 Journal Citation Reports. Web of Science (Science ed.). Thomson Reuters. 2016.
External links edit
- Official website (Mechanisms of Development)
- Official website (Gene Expression Patterns)