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]

Mechanisms of Development
DisciplineDevelopmental biology
LanguageEnglish
Edited byD. Wilkinson
Publication details
Former name(s)
Mechanisms of Development, Cell Differentiation and Development, Cell Differentiation
History1972–present
Publisher
FrequencyMonthly
Delayed, after 12 months
2.176 (2018)
Standard abbreviations
ISO 4Mech. Dev.
Indexing
CODENMEDVE6
ISSN0925-4773 (print)
1872-6356 (web)
LCCN92645804
OCLC no.22927690
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Abstracting and indexing

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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

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  1. ^ "Twitter @CellsDev". Twitter. Retrieved 2020-12-16.
  2. ^ Cells & Development.
  3. ^ "Mechanisms of Development". 2015 Journal Citation Reports. Web of Science (Science ed.). Thomson Reuters. 2016.
  4. ^ "Gene Expression Patterns". 2015 Journal Citation Reports. Web of Science (Science ed.). Thomson Reuters. 2016.
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