Journal profile · Developmental Biology
Sexual Development
ISSN 1661-5425 · eISSN 1661-5433 · S. Karger AG · SWITZERLAND · Bimonthly · Founded 2007
Sexual Development: CAS Zone 4 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 1.68; hybrid open access; median 136 days to acceptance (28 articles, last 24 months); community-reported acceptance: fairly easy; 16 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Sexual Development is published by S. Karger AG 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 Genetic and Clinical Aspects of Sex Determination and Chromosomal Abnormalities, Sexual Differentiation and Disorders and Sperm and Testicular Function, together about 48.5% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Sexual Development provides a unique forum for this rapidly expanding field. Its broad scope covers all aspects of genetics, molecular biology, embryology, endocrinology, evolution, and pathology of sex determination and differentiation in humans and animals. It publishes high-quality original research manuscripts, review articles, short reports, case reports, and commentaries.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Developmental Biology
Editor-in-chief Anu BashambooPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Genetic and Clinical Aspects of Sex Determination and Chromosomal AbnormalitiesBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology24.2%
- Sexual Differentiation and DisordersBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology17.1%
- Sperm and Testicular FunctionMedicine7.1%
- Urological Disorders and TreatmentsMedicine5.7%
- Diverse Scientific and Economic StudiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance5.4%
- Human auditory perception and evaluationEngineering4.9%
- Animal Genetics and ReproductionBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology4.1%
- Reproductive biology and impacts on aquatic speciesBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology4%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Medicine Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Developmental Biology | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Medicine Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Developmental Biology | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Medicine Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Developmental Biology | Zone 3 |
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
- 1.68LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher)
- 1.8Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 7LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher)
- 7Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 1.07LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.07LetPub ·
- h-index
- 37LetPub ·
- h-index
- 69OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 399OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.63OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 21.62%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 12LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 732 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 13 | 12 | 7 |
| 2025 | 16 | 8 | 7 |
| 2024 | 6 | 1 | 8 |
| 2023 | 26 | 12 | 113 |
| 2022 | 38 | 23 | 390 |
| 2021 | 59 | 31 | 963 |
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 PubMed · to
136 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 100 days – 189 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 13 days (28 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 177 days
- Sample
- 28 articles with submission and acceptance dates (29 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)
- over 12 weeksLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- Fairly easyLetPub ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher)
- 19.1%Publisher 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.
No source has fee information yet; check the journal's website.
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
- S. Karger AG
- Country or region
- SWITZERLAND
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Bimonthly
- Founded
- 2007
- ISSN
- 1661-5425
- Electronic ISSN
- 1661-5433
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 20, Issue 1-6 (December 2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Sexual Development
What CAS zone is Sexual Development in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Sexual Development is in Zone 4 of Medicine, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Developmental Biology. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 3 of Medicine. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Sexual Development?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 1.68; CiteScore 7, h-index 69.
How long does peer review take at Sexual Development?
Based on the dates recorded on 28 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 136 days (interquartile range 100–189 days); authors report an average review time of over 12 weeks; the community-reported acceptance is “Fairly easy”; the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 19.1%. 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 Sexual Development?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Sexual Development is indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Is Sexual Development open access, and what is the APC?
Sexual Development is a hybrid journal. Fee information is not available yet; check the journal's website.
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 2026-08-26). Last updated: .