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2001–2021
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BMC Developmental Biology
BMC Developmental Biology is not currently indexed in Scopus. Published by BioMed Central Ltd.
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ISSN 1471-213XVerify ISSN ↗
Publisher: BioMed Central Ltd
Scopus · Inactive
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Cost to publish: About US$2,290 to publish open access (publisher list price, via OpenAlex) — subscription publishing may be free
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Not listed in: Web of Science, DOAJ, ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Quick answers
Is BMC Developmental Biology indexed in Scopus?
No — it was previously covered by Scopus but its coverage is now inactive/discontinued (2001–2021).
What is the impact factor of BMC Developmental Biology?
BMC Developmental Biology has no Journal Impact Factor — JIF is published only for journals in the Web of Science Core Collection (SCIE, SSCI, AHCI and ESCI) — and Scopus has not published a current CiteScore for it either. Treat any "impact factor" quoted for this journal elsewhere as unofficial.
How much does it cost to publish in BMC Developmental Biology?
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$2,290 for open access (source: OpenAlex). Many journals also publish by the subscription route at no cost to the author, so confirm on the journal's own website.
Who publishes BMC Developmental Biology and what is its ISSN?
BMC Developmental Biology is published by BioMed Central Ltd. Its ISSN is 1471-213X.
Is BMC Developmental Biology in Web of Science?
No — it is not currently in the Web of Science core collections (SCIE, SSCI, AHCI or ESCI).
Is BMC Developmental Biology open access?
No — it is not registered as an open-access journal in DOAJ or Scopus.
Scopus coverage history
Scopus indexed BMC Developmental Biology for 21 years, between 2001 and 2021. Coverage ended in 2021, 5 years ago, and Scopus now lists the title as inactive.
Is it still publishing? OpenAlex lists 1,014 works and 53,231 citations for the title. Its most recent paper is from 2021, in line with the end of Scopus coverage in 2021, which suggests the journal stopped publishing around then.
How well cited is BMC Developmental Biology? — open metrics via OpenAlex
BMC Developmental Biology has an h-index of 106 and a 2-year mean of 0 citations per paper (OpenAlex).
106
h-index
0
2-yr mean citations
902
i10-index
1,014
works indexed
53,231
total citations
Publication fee · open access list price, US$
US$2,290
BMC Developmental Biology published 16 papers in 2021; its busiest recent year was 2015 with 51. 2026* is the year so far.
Main topics
h-index, i10-index and 2-year mean citedness are open, licence-clear metrics from OpenAlex — not a proprietary impact factor. Updated 2026-10-14.
Who publishes in BMC Developmental Biology? — latest 16 articles, 2021
In its latest 16 research articles (2021), authors are most often from China (37.5%), United States (28.1%) and United Kingdom (8.3%).
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Are there integrity warnings for BMC Developmental Biology? — indicators, not proof of misconduct
Scopus status: Inactive — coverage ended 2021. No retracted papers are recorded. The Problematic Paper Screener flags none of its papers. These are indicators to check, not findings against the journal.
- Scopus statusInactive — coverage ended 2021
- Retracted papers None recorded
- Problematic Paper Screener flags None flagged
Retractions from OpenAlex; flags from the Problematic Paper Screener (Cabanac, Labbé & Magazinov, CC BY), 2026-09-21 export. A flag marks a paper for a closer look; it is not a finding against the journal.
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