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Elsevier BV · ISSN 1534-5807 · 1878-1551

Developmental Cell impact factor, and the open numbers behind it.

Short answer

The Journal Impact Factor is a licensed Clarivate metric, so we do not reproduce it. The closest open equivalent is OpenAlex's two-year mean citedness: 11.30 citations per paper for Developmental Cell, retrieved 23 Oct 2026.

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Key metrics

Two-year mean citedness
11.30Citations per paper, papers from the two prior yearsSource: OpenAlex
h-index
359Across all yearsSource: OpenAlex
Papers in 2025
2556,437 in totalSource: OpenAlex
Access
SubscriptionAPC about $10,400Source: OpenAlex
Output

Papers per year.

How many works Developmental Cell published in each complete year, as indexed by OpenAlex.

1502002503003504002019202020212022202320242025255

Fig. 1 — Works per year from OpenAlex. Retrieved 23 Oct 2026.

Scope

What Developmental Cell publishes.

Mostly Molecular Biology, Cell Biology and Developmental Neuroscience, within Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology.

  • Developmental Biology and Gene Regulation
  • Microtubule and mitosis dynamics
  • Cellular Mechanics and Interactions
  • Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics
  • Cellular transport and secretion
  • Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms

Most frequent research topics in OpenAlex.

Alternatives

Journals with a similar citation profile.

JournalTwo-year mean citednessh-indexAccess
Developmental Cell11.30359Subscription
NSMB11.37321Subscription
Nature Chemical Biology10.74316Subscription
Cell Death & Differentiation10.43313Subscription
Genome Biology10.27389Open
Questions

About Developmental Cell.

Comment 1What is the Developmental Cell impact factor?
Response

The Journal Impact Factor is a licensed Clarivate metric, so we do not reproduce it. The closest open equivalent is OpenAlex's two-year mean citedness: 11.30 citations per paper for Developmental Cell, retrieved 23 Oct 2026.

Comment 2Is Developmental Cell open access?
Response

Developmental Cell is not a fully open-access journal; check its author guidelines for open-access options and charges.

Comment 3How many papers does Developmental Cell publish a year?
Response

OpenAlex records 255 works in 2025, and 6,437 in total.

Sources

  1. 1. OpenAlex source record · retrieved 23 Oct 2026

The Journal Impact Factor is a Clarivate metric and is not reproduced here.

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