Journal profile · Developmental Biology
Developmental Dynamics
ISSN 1058-8388 · eISSN 1097-0177 · Wiley-Liss Inc. · UNITED STATES · Monthly · Founded 1992
Developmental Dynamics: CAS Zone 4 · Biology (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 1.52; hybrid open access; APC about USD 4,430; median 141 days to acceptance (60 articles, last 24 months); community-reported acceptance: fairly hard; 132 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Developmental Dynamics is published by Wiley-Liss Inc. and is in Zone 4 of Biology in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Developmental Biology and Gene Regulation, Congenital heart defects research and Zebrafish Biomedical Research Applications, together about 39.4% of its articles. Its main subfields are Molecular Biology. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
<em>Developmental Dynamics</em> is a developmental biology journal publishing novel discoveries that advance our understanding in development, morphology, evolution, and disease.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Developmental Biology
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Developmental Biology and Gene RegulationBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology21.3%
- Congenital heart defects researchBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology12.9%
- Zebrafish Biomedical Research ApplicationsBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology5.1%
- Wnt/β-catenin signaling in development and cancerBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology4.8%
- Pluripotent Stem Cells ResearchBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology4.1%
- Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanismsNeuroscience3.8%
- Animal Genetics and ReproductionBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology3.3%
- Genetic and Clinical Aspects of Sex Determination and Chromosomal AbnormalitiesBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology3.3%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Biology Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Biology | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Anatomy & Morphology | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Developmental Biology | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Biology Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Biology | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Anatomy & Morphology | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Developmental Biology | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Biology Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Biology | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Anatomy & Morphology | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Developmental Biology | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SCIEScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Editions, and major and minor categories, are shown separately and never merged into one zone; check which edition your institution uses before you submit or report.
Metrics
Impact metrics and publication volume
Impact
- Impact factor
- 1.52LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 1.5Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 4.8LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 4.8Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.84LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.76LetPub ·
- h-index
- 127LetPub ·
- h-index
- 191OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 4,766OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.52OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 6.7%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 46.85%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 83LetPub ·
- Articles per year (publisher) 2025
- 96Publisher website ·
- Downloads per year (publisher) 2025
- 1,168,978Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 7,086 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 90 | 43 | 17 |
| 2025 | 132 | 86 | 221 |
| 2024 | 111 | 65 | 267 |
| 2023 | 124 | 94 | 398 |
| 2022 | 125 | 62 | 839 |
| 2021 | 169 | 110 | 1,901 |
Sources count differently and were observed at different times, so each source's own value is kept; "publisher" marks figures from the journal's website.
Review & acceptance
Review time and acceptance
Review time from article dates manuscript dates registered with Crossref · to
141 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 98 days – 201 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 21 days (72 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 172 days
- Sample
- 60 articles with submission and acceptance dates (234 in the window); the latest was accepted on
Only articles that were accepted and published are counted, not the time spent on rejected manuscripts, so this usually runs longer than a publisher's "time to first decision".
Other sources
- Average review time (community reports)
- 3–8 weeksLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- Fairly hardLetPub ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher) 2025
- 59%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision 2025
- 32 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to acceptance 2025
- 135 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication 2025
- 26 daysPublisher website ·
Community reports come from authors' own submissions (confidence 0.5) and are not a promise from the journal; for publisher figures, the journal's own definitions apply.
Fees & open access
APC and open-access policy
Hybrid open accessLetPub
A subscription journal in which authors can pay to publish their article open access.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenAlex | USD 4,430 / EUR 3,980 / GBP 3,530 | — | — |
A hybrid journal charges the APC only when the author chooses open access; publishing under the subscription model is usually free.
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Wiley-Liss Inc.
- Country or region
- UNITED STATES
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Monthly
- Founded
- 1992
- ISSN
- 1058-8388
- Electronic ISSN
- 1097-0177
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Submission system ↗LetPub
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Developmental Dynamics
What CAS zone is Developmental Dynamics in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Developmental Dynamics is in Zone 4 of Biology, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Anatomy & Morphology / Developmental Biology. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 3 of Biology. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Developmental Dynamics?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 1.52; CiteScore 4.8, h-index 191.
How long does peer review take at Developmental Dynamics?
Based on the dates recorded on 60 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 141 days (interquartile range 98–201 days); authors report an average review time of 3–8 weeks; the community-reported acceptance is “Fairly hard”; the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 59% (2025). Article statistics cover accepted papers only, publisher figures follow the journal's own definitions, and community reports come from authors' own submissions; none is a promise from the journal.
Which databases index Developmental Dynamics?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Developmental Dynamics is indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Is Developmental Dynamics open access, and what is the APC?
Developmental Dynamics is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC about USD 4,430.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, Publisher website, OpenAlex; every figure is tagged with its source and the date it was observed, and conflicting values are kept per source. LetPub source page: view ↗ (archived 2026-08-25). Last updated: .