Developmental biologist and Executive Editor of Development @dev-journal.bsky.social. Part of the Node @the-node.bsky.social and The Company of Biologists @biologists.bsky.social. Own views.
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"IF is a flawed metric...not an indication of the quality of published research...But, we are not naive. We know IF influences authors' decisions about where to publish".
☝️ The dilemma every journal faces. And that last sentence is a huge understatement. 1/2
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Please do chat to Dominique and Saanjbati about submitting to Development and our upcoming Special Issue – Plant and Algae Development #DevSIPlantAlgae
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Check out our latest subject collection, showcasing @dev-journal.bsky.social papers on plant development, which has been curated to support ICAR2026: journals.biologists.com/dev/collecti...
As Editor of @dev-journal.bsky.social I get asked "What are you doing about your impact factor?"
In our new editorial we say: Ask not what Dev can do for the impact factor. Ask what you can do for Dev's IF
The IF is about how we all cite, review & assess each other's work
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Summary: This Editorial offers an honest look at impact factor trends in developmental biology, explains how Development serves its community, and makes the case that sustaining developmental biology ...
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⭐️ A stony coral, Montipora capitata, primary polyps, one month of age. Autofluorescence of symbiotic algae (magenta) and GFP (green). 🔬
📸 Credit: Emma Rangel-Huerta from Stowers Institute for Medical Research
#FluorescenceFriday #devbio #cnidarians 🪸
If you are attending BaCell3D (@bacell3d.bsky.social) from 22-24 June in Basel, Switzerland, Reviews Editor @ingridtsang.bsky.social will also be there.
Don't forget to chat to Ingrid about @dev-journal.bsky.social and @the-node.bsky.social.
Thank you to organisers to James Hombría and Antónia Monteiro @monteirolab.bsky.social and everyone who joined us at this week's Workshop on 'Novelty, Co-option and Divergence During Gene Network Evolution'
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Are you attending ICAR 2026 next week (from 22-26 June) at National University of Singapore?
@dev-journal.bsky.social Editor, @stanfordstomata.bsky.social, and Reviews Editor, @saanjbati.bsky.social, will be there. Feel free to chat with them about your next Development paper.
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Summary: This Editorial offers an honest look at impact factor trends in developmental biology, explains how Development serves its community, and makes the case that sustaining developmental biology ...
Journal impact factors were released yesterday.
In our latest @dev-journal.bsky.social Editorial, @jamesbriscoe.bsky.social and I discuss how we are all architects of impact, highlighting that measuring the influence and support journals provide goes beyond a single number.
doi.org/10.1242/dev....
Journal impact factors were released yesterday.
In our latest @dev-journal.bsky.social Editorial, @jamesbriscoe.bsky.social and I discuss how we are all architects of impact, highlighting that measuring the influence and support journals provide goes beyond a single number.
doi.org/10.1242/dev....
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Summary: This Editorial offers an honest look at impact factor trends in developmental biology, explains how Development serves its community, and makes the case that sustaining developmental biology ...
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Summary: This Editorial offers an honest look at impact factor trends in developmental biology, explains how Development serves its community, and makes the case that sustaining developmental biology ...
Are you attending ICAR 2026 next week (from 22-26 June) at National University of Singapore?
@dev-journal.bsky.social Editor, @stanfordstomata.bsky.social, and Reviews Editor, @saanjbati.bsky.social, will be there. Feel free to chat with them about your next Development paper.
