Journal of Developmental Origins of Health and Disease

Journal of Developmental Origins of Health and Disease is published by Cambridge University Press and is in Zone 4 of Medicine in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Birth, Development, and Health, Pregnancy and preeclampsia studies and Gestational Diabetes Research and Management, together about 49.1% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)

JDOHaD publishes leading research in the field of Developmental Origins of Health and Disease (DOHaD). The Journal focuses on the environment during early pre-natal and post-natal animal and human development, interactions between environmental and genetic factors, including environmental toxicants, and their influence on health and disease risk throughout the lifespan. JDOHaD publishes work on developmental programming, fetal and neonatal biology and physiology, early life nutrition, especially during the first 1,000 days of life, human ecology and evolution and Gene-Environment Interactions. Read more

From the journal's Aims & Scope

Research area (LetPub): PUBLIC, ENVIRONMENTAL & OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH

Editor-in-chief Michael G. RossPublisher website

Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named United States 6, Canada 6, Australia 6, United Kingdom 4, Brazil 4 (31 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website · 2026-09-29

CAS Journal Ranking

Database indexing

SCIEScopusLetPub

International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub

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Impact

Impact factor

1.59LetPub · 2026-09-13

CiteScore 2026-06

3.6LetPub · 2026-09-13

SJR 2026-06

0.54LetPub · 2026-09-13

SNIP 2026-06

0.53LetPub · 2026-09-13

h-index

24LetPub · 2026-09-13

h-index

61OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

i10-index

567OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

2-year mean citedness

1.41OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

Self-citation rate

0%LetPub · 2026-09-13

Share of gold OA articles

54.89%LetPub · 2026-09-13

Volume

Articles per year

51LetPub · 2026-09-13

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.

Average review time (community reports)

6–12 weeksLetPub · 2026-09-13

Average acceptance (community reports)

EasyLetPub · 2026-09-13

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.

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.

Excerpts are quoted from the journal's website; "model summary" lines are written by Workers AI and checked against the text. The journal's website is authoritative.

Publisher

Cambridge University Press

Country or region

ENGLAND

Language

English

Founded

2010

ISSN

2040-1744

Electronic ISSN

2040-1752

Society / sponsor

International Society for Developmental Origins of Health and Disease

Official links

• Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
• Submission system ↗Publisher website
• Special issues ↗Publisher website