Development Growth & Differentiation is a peer-reviewed scientific journal published by Wiley on behalf of the Japanese Society of Developmental Biologists. It was established in 1950 as Embryologia, obtaining its current title in 1969. The editor-in-chief is Masanori Taira (Chuo University). According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2021 impact factor of 3.063.
Awards Since 2017, the journal gives three annual awards. The "Editor-in-Chief Prize" is awarded to the most cited article of the last three years, while the "Wiley Prize" has been awarded to the most downloaded article of the previous year. Since 2011, the "Young Investigator Paper Award" have been awarded to a post-doc or graduate student's first author.
DGD Awards +Editor-in-Chief Prize (Most cited)YearAuthorvol.pagepublishedTitlecitation2022Kono, N. & Arakawa, K.61316- 3262019Nanopore sequencing: Review of potential applications in functional genomics542021Nagata, R. and Igaki, T.60522- 5302018Cell competition: Emerging mechanisms to eliminate neighbors.112020Sasaki, Hiroshi5912-202017Roles and regulations of Hippo signaling during preimplantation mouse development.132019Niwa, Yuko S., Niwa, Ryusuke5894-1052016Transcriptional regulation of insect steroid hormone biosynthesis and its role in controlling timing of molting and metamorphosis.122018Kazumasa Ohashi57275-2902015Roles of cofilin in development and its mechanisms of regulation.92017Noriyuki Kishi, Kenya Sato, Erika Sasaki and Hideyuki Okano5653-622014Common marmoset as a new model animal for neuroscience research and genome editing technology182016Masamitsu Konno, Atsushi Hamabe, Shinichiro Hasegawa, Hisataka Ogawa, Takahito Fukusumi, Shimpei Nishikawa, Katsuya Ohta, Yoshihiro Kano, Miyuki Ozaki, Yuko Noguchi, Daisuke Sakai, Toshihiro Kudoh, Koichi Kawamoto, Hidetoshi Eguchi, Taroh Satoh, Masahiro Tanemura, Hiroaki Nagano, Yuichiro Doki, Masaki Mori and Hideshi Ishii55309-3182013Adipose-derived mesenchymal stem cells and regenerative medicine.322015Ramesh S Pillai and Shinichiro Chuma 5478-922012piRNAs and their involvement in male germline development in mice 392014Erina Kuranaga53137-148 2011Caspase signaling in animal development.2013Shibata N, Rouhana L, Agata K5227-412010Cellular and molecular dissection of pluripotent adult somatic stem cells in planarias2012Yoshihiko Umesono & Kiyokazu Agata51185-1952009Evolution and regeneration of the planarian central nervous system.2011Nagahama, Yoshitaka, Yamashita, Masakane 50195-2192008Regulation of oocyte maturation in fish 322010Agata K, Saito Y, Nakajima E. 4973-782007Unifying principles of regeneration I: Epimorphosis versus morphallaxis. 2009Agata K, Saito Y, Nakajima E. 4973-782007Unifying principles of regeneration I: Epimorphosis versus morphallaxis. 2008Zhao, CT; Meng, AM. 47201-211Sp1-like transcription factors are regulators of embryonic development in vertebrates.2007Kojima, T.46115-1292004The mechanism of Drosophila leg development along the proximodistal axis.
+Wiley Prize (Most downloaded)YearAuthorvolpagePublishedTitleDownload#2022Thompson, W. L. & Takebe, T.6347- 582021Human liver model systems in a dish27662021Sakano, H.62199- 2132020Developmental regulation of olfactory circuit formation in mice.14952020Kono, Nobuaki, Kono and Kazuharu, Arakawa61316-3262019Nanopore sequencing: Review of potential applications in functional genomics.81712019Masaki Kinoshita, Austin Smith6044-522018Pluripotency Deconstructed.15192018Hiroshi Sasaki5912-202017Roles and regulations of Hippo signaling during preimplantation mouse development.11352017Luan Wen and Yun-Bo Shi58106-1152016Regulation of growth rate and developmental timing by Xenopus thyroid hormone receptor α.2016Kwok Yeung Tsang, Danny Chan and Kathryn S. E. Cheah57179-1922015Fate of growth plate hypertrophic chondrocytes: Death or lineage extension?7332015Daisuke Mashiko, Samantha A. M. Young, Masanaga Muto, Hirotaka Kato, Kaori Nozawa, Masaki Ogawa, Taichi Noda, Yeon-Joo Kim, Yuhkoh Satouh, Yoshitaka Fujihara and Masahito Ikawa56122-1292014Feasibility for a large scale mouse mutagenesis by injecting CRISPR/Cas plasmid into zygotes.32372014Ken-ichi Nishijima and Shinji Iijima55207-2162013Transgenic chickens2013Ramesh S Pillai and Shinichiro Chuma5478-922012piRNAs and their involvement in male germline development in mice.2012Erina Kuranaga53137-1482011Caspase signaling in animal development 2011Kazutoshi Takahashi 52181-1932010Direct reprogramming.10732010Katsube K, Sakamoto K, Tamamura Y, Yamaguchi A.5155-672009Role of CCN, a vertebrate specific gene family, in development.2009Katsube K, Sakamoto K, Tamamura Y, Yamaguchi A.5155-672009Role of CCN, a vertebrate specific gene family, in development.2008Tadahiro Iimura, Olivier Pourquie 49265-2752007Hox genes in time and space during vertebrate body formation. 2007Baharvand H, Jafary H, Massumi M, and Ashtiani SK.48323-3322006Generation of insulin-secreting cells from human embryonic stem cells.
+Young Investigator Paper AwardYearAuthors・Awardee(bold)volpagepublishedTitle2022Seya, Daiki, Ihara, D., Shirai, M., Kawamura, T., Watanabe, Y. & Nakagawa, O.6382- 922021A role of Hey2 transcription factor for right ventricle development through regulation of Tbx2-Mycn pathway during cardiac morphogenesisHiraga, Hirokuni, Ishita, Y., Chihara, T. & Okumura, M.63488- 5002021Efficient visual screening of CRISPR/Cas9 genome editing in the nematode Pristionchus pacificusDiaz-Cuadros, Margarete & Pourquie, O.63140- 1532021In vitro systems: A new window to the segmentation clock2021Inamori, S., Fujii, M., Satake, S., Iida, H., Teramoto, M., Sumi, T., Meno, C., Ishii, Y. and Kondoh, H.62243- 2592020Modeling early stages of endoderm development in epiblast stem cell aggregates with supply of extracellular matrices.Das, P., Salazar, J. L., Li-Kroeger, D., Yamamoto, S., Nakamura, M., Sasamura, T., Inaki, M., Masuda, W., Kitagawa, M., Yamakawa, T., and Matsuno, K.6280- 932020Maternal almondex, a neurogenic gene, is required for proper subcellular Notch distribution in early Drosophila embryogenesis.Enny, A., Flaherty, K., Mori, S., Turner, N. and Nakamura, T.62311- 3252020Developmental constraints on fin diversity.Onimaru, K.62326-