Developmental Cell
Last updated ISSN 1534-5807
Developmental Cell is published by Elsevier BV in biochemistry, genetics and molecular biology. It is a subscription journal. The article processing charge is $10,400.
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What it publishes
Recent work in Developmental Cell concentrates on these topics, taken from its published record rather than from its own description:
- Microtubule and mitosis dynamics
- Developmental Biology and Gene Regulation
- Cellular Mechanics and Interactions
- Cellular transport and secretion
- Plant Molecular Biology Research
- Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics
- RNA Research and Splicing
- Hippo pathway signaling and YAP/TAZ
- Epigenetics and DNA Methylation
- Congenital heart defects research
Key facts
| Publisher | Elsevier BV |
|---|---|
| ISSN | 1534-5807, 1878-1551 |
| Subject area | Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology |
| Access | Subscription |
| Article processing charge | $10,400 |
| Indexed in | Web of Science — Science Citation Index Expanded · Scopus |
| Articles published | 6,424 |
| Publishing since | 1937 |
| Journal website | www.journals.elsevier.com/developmental-cell |
Facts come from OpenAlex, DOAJ and Wikidata and may lag the journal’s own pages. Check the publisher’s site before submitting. Indexing shown here is what is recorded, not a complete picture — about a third of journals have no indexing recorded anywhere we can read, so “not recorded” does not mean a journal is absent from Scopus or Web of Science.
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