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Developmental Biology
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Developmental Biology

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Biology and Biochemistry 259 154 177 23

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 309
Documents by Best Scientists*: 315
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 12
SCIMAGO H-index: 251
SCIMAGO SJR: 1.164
Impact Factor: 2.1

Overview

Top Research Topics at Developmental Biology?

The journal focuses on Cell biology, Anatomy, Genetics, Molecular biology and Internal medicine. Embryo is a major topic of Cell biology research. The journal emphasizes research on Embryo, which includes concerns such as Embryogenesis.

The Anatomy works featured in it incorporate elements from Mesenchyme, Neural crest, Ectoderm, Mesoderm and Neuroscience. Gene, Mutant, Transcription factor, Regulation of gene expression and Phenotype are among the concentrations of Genetics that garnered much attention in Developmental Biology. The Gene research dealing mostly with Gene expression is the focus of Developmental Biology.

The work on Molecular biology tackled in Developmental Biology brings together disciplines like RNA, Xenopus and Messenger RNA. Internal medicine and Endocrinology are closely related fields of research discussed in the journal.

  • Cell biology (55.32%)
  • Anatomy (20.62%)
  • Genetics (16.13%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • The embryonic cell lineage of the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans. (3374 citations)
  • Post-embryonic cell lineages of the nematode, Caenorhabditis elegans (2885 citations)
  • microRNAs as oncogenes and tumor suppressors. (2070 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Developmental Biology:

The published papers generally zeroe in on subjects such as Cell biology, Anatomy, Internal medicine, Endocrinology and Genetics. The journal publications tackle studies in Cellular differentiation and the interrelated subject of Molecular biology and Stem cell to gain insights into Cell biology. While Anatomy is the key highlight in the most cited publications, thet also covered some subjects on Mesoderm and Gastrulation and Endoderm.

What topics the last edition of the journal is best known for?

  • Gene
  • Internal medicine
  • Enzyme

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The journal primarily tackles Cell biology, Zebrafish, Signal transduction, Anatomy and Mouse Retina. Topics in Cell biology explored in Developmental Biology were investigated in conjunction with research in Live cell imaging, Ligand (biochemistry), Drosophila melanogaster, Pattern formation and Bone morphogenetic protein. It addresses concerns in Zebrafish which are intertwined with other disciplines, such as Xenopus, Transcriptome, Retinoic acid receptor, Retinoic acid and Teratology.

Developmental Biology focuses on Signal transduction but the discussions also offer insight into other areas such as Gastrulation, Cellularization, Yolk, Late endosome and Craniofacial. The studies on Anatomy discussed can also contribute to research in the domains of Fish fin, Actinotrichia and Fin. Topics in Mouse Retina were tackled in line with various other fields like Mammalian retina and Central nervous system.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Toll-Dorsal signaling regulates the spatiotemporal dynamics of yolk granule tubulation during Drosophila cleavage. (0 citations)
  • Asymmetric organelle positioning during epithelial polarization of C. elegans intestinal cells. (0 citations)
  • Local tissue interactions govern pLL patterning in medaka. (0 citations)

Papers citation over time

A key indicator for each journal is its effectiveness in reaching other researchers with the papers published at that venue.

The chart below presents the interquartile range (first quartile 25%, median 50% and third quartile 75%) of the number of citations of articles over time.

The top authors publishing in Developmental Biology (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Eric H. Davidson (108 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Marianne Bronner-Fraser (84 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Richard M. Schultz (75 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • David R. McClay (61 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Michael Solursh (50 papers) absent at the last edition.

The overall trend for top authors publishing in this journal is outlined below. The chart shows the number of publications at each edition of the journal for top authors.

Only papers with recognized affiliations are considered

The top affiliations publishing in Developmental Biology (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Harvard University (682 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
  • National Institutes of Health (486 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • University of Pennsylvania (484 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • University of Washington (406 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • University of California, Berkeley (369 papers) absent at the last edition.

The overall trend for top affiliations publishing in this journal is outlined below. The chart shows the number of publications at each edition of the journal for top affiliations.

Publication chance based on affiliation

The publication chance index shows the ratio of articles published by the best research institutions in the journal edition to all articles published within that journal. The best research institutions were selected based on the largest number of articles published during all editions of the journal.

The chart below presents the percentage ratio of articles from top institutions (based on their ranking of total papers).Top affiliations were grouped by their rank into the following tiers: top 1-10, top 11-20, top 21-50, and top 51+. Only articles with a recognized affiliation are considered.

During the most recent 2022 edition, 0.00% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 14.29% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 0.00% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 14.29% of all publications and 71.43% were from other institutions.

Returning Authors Index

A very common phenomenon observed among researchers publishing scientific articles is the intentional selection of journals they have already attended in the past. In particular, it is worth analyzing the case when the authors participate in the same journal from year to year.

The Returning Authors Index presented below illustrates the ratio of authors who participated in both a given as well as the previous edition of the journal in relation to all participants in a given year.

Returning Institution Index

The graph below shows the Returning Institution Index, illustrating the ratio of institutions that participated in both a given and the previous edition of the conference in relation to all affiliations present in a given year.

The experience to innovation index

Our experience to innovation index was created to show a cross-section of the experience level of authors publishing in a journal. The index includes the authors publishing at the last edition of a journal, grouped by total number of publications throughout their academic career (P) and the total number of citations of these publications ever received (C).

The group intervals were selected empirically to best show the diversity of the authors' experiences, their labels were selected as a convenience, not as judgment. The authors were divided into the following groups:

  • Novice - P < 5 or C < 25 (the number of publications less than 5 or the number of citations less than 25),
  • Competent - P < 10 or C < 100 (the number of publications less than 10 or the number of citations less than 100),
  • Experienced - P < 25 or C < 625 (the number of publications less than 25 or the number of citations less than 625),
  • Master - P < 50 or C < 2500 (the number of publications less than 50 or the number of citations less than 2500),
  • Star - P ≥ 50 and C ≥ 2500 (both the number of publications greater than 50 and the number of citations greater than 2500).

The chart below illustrates experience levels of first authors in cases of publications with multiple authors.

Top Publications

  • What are you synching about? Emerging complexity of Notch signaling in the segmentation clock

    Olivier F. Venzin;Andrew C. Oates

    (2020)
    65 Citations
  • Zebrafish and medaka as models for biomedical research of bone diseases.

    L. Lleras-Forero;C. Winkler;S. Schulte-Merker

    (2020)
    64 Citations
  • The role of cnidarian developmental biology in unraveling axis formation and Wnt signaling.

    (2022)
    50 Citations
  • Human gastrulation: The embryo and its models.

    Sabitri Ghimire;Veronika Mantziou;Naomi Moris;Alfonso Martinez Arias

    (2021)
    48 Citations
  • Modeling human embryo development with embryonic and extra-embryonic stem cells.

    Bailey A.T. Weatherbee;Tongtong Cui;Magdalena Zernicka-Goetz;Magdalena Zernicka-Goetz

    (2021)
    48 Citations
  • Gastruloids: Pluripotent stem cell models of mammalian gastrulation and embryo engineering

    (2022)
    41 Citations
  • Epigenetic transgenerational inheritance of parent-of-origin allelic transmission of outcross pathology and sperm epimutations.

    Millissia Ben Maamar;Stephanie E. King;Eric Nilsson;Daniel Beck

    (2020)
    41 Citations
  • Chromatin accessibility and histone acetylation in the regulation of competence in early development.

    Melody Esmaeili;Shelby A. Blythe;John W. Tobias;Kai Zhang

    (2020)
    35 Citations
  • Conserved and context-dependent roles for pdgfrb signaling during zebrafish vascular mural cell development.

    Koji Ando;Koji Ando;Yu-Huan Shih;Lwaki Ebarasi;Ann Grosse

    (2021)
    35 Citations
  • Postembryonic screen for mutations affecting spine development in zebrafish.

    Ryan S. Gray;Ryan S. Gray;Roberto Gonzalez;Sarah D. Ackerman;Ryoko Minowa

    (2021)
    34 Citations

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