About Development

Development is a leading primary research journal covering the field of developmental biology. With its long and prestigious history and its team of expert academic editors, Development is committed to publishing cutting-edge research across the spectrum of animal and plant developmental biology. Over recent years, Development has expanded its focus to incorporate the stem cell and regeneration fields, with the aim of underscoring the close links between these growing communities and more traditional developmental biology.

The advent of single cell technologies provides a host of new opportunities to understand developmental and stem cell biology in unprecedented detail, and Development is keen to publish studies that make use of these approaches. To get a flavour of recent research we have published, please see the links under the Resources tab.

Development is published by The Company of Biologists, a not-for-profit publishing organisation dedicated to supporting and inspiring the biological community. The Company publishes five specialist peer-reviewed journals: Development, Journal of Cell Science, Journal of Experimental Biology, Disease Models & Mechanisms and Biology Open. It offers further support to the biological community by facilitating scientific meetings, providing travel grants for researchers and supporting research societies.

Editor attending this eSymposium

Katherine Brown, Managing Editor of Development, will be attending this Keystone Virtual Symposium, along with the journal’s Associate Editor Samantha Morris – who specifically handles papers using single cell approaches. We encourage you to reach out to Katherine (katherine.brown@biologists.com or through the 1:1 Connect tool) to talk about your research, our upcoming special issues, or our charitable activities.

Why choose Development?

• Submissions handled by expert academic Editors
• Competitive decision speeds and rapid publication
• Preprint-friendly policies and format-free submission
• Strong commitment at first decision: ~95% invited revisions accepted
• Free to publish or Open Access options available
• Easy one-click transfer option to Biology Open
• Not-for-profit publisher

Submit your paper to Development.