Developmental Biology

1.0M citations
18.4k papers · indexed · active since 1950

Developmental Biology

18.1k papers receiving 981.0k citations

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Developmental Biology
Comparison fields: 5 of 237
  • Aging 45.4k
  • Developmental Neuroscience 46.2k
  • Cell Biology 169.6k
  • Molecular Biology 668.5k
  • Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience 141.9k
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Fields of papers published in Developmental Biology

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This network shows the impact of papers published in Developmental Biology. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers published in Developmental Biology.

About Developmental Biology

The 18.4k papers published in Developmental Biology in the last decades have received a total of 1.0M indexed citations . Papers published in Developmental Biology usually cover Aging (961 papers), Cell Biology (3.4k papers) and Developmental Neuroscience (807 papers) specifically the topics of Developmental Biology and Gene Regulation (4.1k papers), Congenital heart defects research (1.9k papers), Reproductive Biology and Fertility (1.5k papers), Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research (1.5k papers), Genetics, Aging, and Longevity in Model Organisms (961 papers), Pluripotent Stem Cells Research (955 papers), Wnt/β-catenin signaling in development and cancer (890 papers) and Animal Genetics and Reproduction (887 papers). The most active scholars publishing in Developmental Biology are Marianne Bronner‐Fraser, Richard M. Schultz, Andrew P. McMahon, H. Robert Horvitz, Drew M. Noden, J.E. Sulston, Paul C. Letourneau, Eric H. Davidson, John G. White and John J. Eppig.

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