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Best Developmental Biology journals

78 Scopus-active journals are ranked in Developmental Biology. The top 78 by CiteScore percentile are listed below — 20 of them sit in quartile Q1. Every title links to a full profile with Scopus, Web of Science, ABDC, DOAJ and open-access details.

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# Journal CiteScore Percentile Quartile WoS ABDC OA
1 Annual Review of Cell and Developmental Biology 18.3 99th Q1 SCIE – No
2 International Journal of Biological Sciences 17.8 98th Q1 SCIE – Yes
3 Seminars in Cell and Developmental Biology 16.6 96th Q1 SCIE – No
4 Developmental Cell 15.7 95th Q1 SCIE – No
5 npj Regenerative Medicine 11.8 94th Q1 SCIE – Yes
6 Mechanisms of Ageing and Development 10.1 92th Q1 SCIE – No
7 Stem Cells Translational Medicine 10 91th Q1 SCIE – Yes
8 Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology 9.9 90th Q1 SCIE – Yes
9 Genes and Development 9.7 89th Q1 SCIE – No
10 Stem Cell Reports 9.3 87th Q1 SCIE – Yes
11 Reproductive Biology and Endocrinology 9 86th Q1 SCIE – Yes
12 Cell Cycle 8.7 85th Q1 SCIE – No
13 Molecular Autism 8.6 83th Q1 SCIE – Yes
14 Clinical Epigenetics 8.1 82th Q1 SCIE – Yes
15 BMC Biology 7.8 81th Q1 SCIE – Yes
16 Stem Cells 7.3 80th Q1 SCIE – No
17 Neurobiology of Aging 7.2 78th Q1 SCIE – No
18 Cell Regeneration 7 77th Q1 ESCI – Yes
19 Sexual Development 7 76th Q1 SCIE – No
20 Reproductive BioMedicine Online 6.8 75th Q1 SCIE – No
21 Current Opinion in Genetics and Development 6.8 73th Q2 SCIE – No
22 EvoDevo 6.3 72th Q2 – – Yes
23 Organogenesis 6.3 71th Q2 SCIE – Yes
24 Current Plant Biology 6.2 69th Q2 ESCI – Yes
25 Molecular Human Reproduction 6.1 68th Q2 SCIE – No
26 Neonatology 5.6 67th Q2 SCIE – No
27 Molecular Reproduction and Development 5.6 66th Q2 SCIE – No
28 International Journal of Stem Cells 5.5 64th Q2 SCIE – No
29 Journal of Thermal Biology 5.4 63th Q2 SCIE – No
30 Development (Cambridge) 5.4 62th Q2 SCIE – No
31 Regenerative Therapy 5.3 60th Q2 SCIE – Yes
32 Current Stem Cell Reports 5.2 58th Q2 ESCI – No
33 Current Topics in Developmental Biology 5.2 58th Q2 – – No
34 Placenta 4.9 57th Q2 SCIE – No
35 Journal of Assisted Reproduction and Genetics 4.8 55th Q2 SCIE – No
36 Developmental Dynamics 4.8 54th Q2 SCIE – No
37 Differentiation 4.8 53th Q2 SCIE – No
38 Insect Systematics and Diversity 4.7 51th Q2 SCIE – No
39 Journal of Developmental Biology 4.7 50th Q2 ESCI – Yes
40 Developmental and Comparative Immunology 4.6 49th Q3 SCIE – No
41 Annals of Anatomy 4.5 48th Q3 SCIE – No
42 Journal of Experimental Zoology Part B: Molecular and Developmental Evolution 4.5 46th Q3 SCIE – No
43 Tissue and Cell 4.5 45th Q3 SCIE – No
44 Journal of Anatomy 4.5 44th Q3 SCIE – No
45 Brain Research 4.4 42th Q3 SCIE – No
46 Reproductive Biology 4.4 41th Q3 SCIE – No
47 Stem Cells and Development 4 40th Q3 SCIE – No
48 Zygote 4 39th Q3 SCIE – No
49 Cell Journal 3.7 37th Q3 SCIE – Yes
50 Evolution and Development 3.7 36th Q3 SCIE – No
51 Developmental Psychobiology 3.6 35th Q3 SCIE – No
52 Developmental Biology 3.5 33th Q3 SCIE – No
53 Cells and Development 3.5 32th Q3 SCIE – No
54 Birth Defects Research 3.3 31th Q3 SCIE – No
55 Reproduction and Breeding 3.2 30th Q3 – – Yes
56 Gene Expression Patterns 3.1 28th Q3 SCIE – No
57 Cellular Reprogramming 3.1 27th Q3 SCIE – No
58 Reproduction, Fertility and Development 3.1 26th Q3 SCIE – No
59 International Journal of Developmental Neuroscience 2.9 25th Q3 SCIE – No
60 In Vitro Cellular and Developmental Biology - Animal 2.9 23th Q4 SCIE – No
61 Arthropod Structure and Development 2.7 22th Q4 SCIE – No
62 Journal of Morphology 2.7 21th Q4 SCIE – No
63 Results and Problems in Cell Differentiation 2.6 19th Q4 – – No
64 Discover Developmental Biology 2.5 18th Q4 SCIE – No
65 Development Growth and Differentiation 2.4 17th Q4 SCIE – No
66 Zebrafish 2.3 16th Q4 SCIE – No
67 Romanian Journal of Morphology and Embryology 2.1 14th Q4 SCIE – No
68 International Journal of Developmental Biology 2.1 13th Q4 SCIE – No
69 Anatomy and Cell Biology 2.1 12th Q4 ESCI – No
70 Folia Biologica (Czech Republic) 2.1 10th Q4 SCIE – No
71 Zoomorphology 1.7 9th Q4 SCIE – No
72 Invertebrate Reproduction and Development 1.2 8th Q4 SCIE – No
73 Stem Cell Research 1.2 7th Q4 SCIE – Yes
74 Advances in Anatomy Embryology and Cell Biology 1 5th Q4 – – No
75 Revista Argentina de Antropologia Biologica 0.7 4th Q4 – – Yes
76 Reti Saperi Linguaggi 0.4 3th Q4 ESCI – No
77 Chinese Journal of Reproduction and Contraception 0.3 1th Q4 – – No
78 Lecture Notes in Morphogenesis 0.2 0th Q4 – – No

Rank and percentile are within the Developmental Biology Scopus subject table (CiteScore 2025, dataset 2026-06-09). A journal can rank differently in its other subject areas — open its profile for the full picture.

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