​About the Journal

Reproductive and Developmental Medicine (RDM) is an international peer-reviewed journal, sponsored by the Chinese Medical Association, Obstetrics and Gynecology Hospital of Fudan University, Shanghai Institute for Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Technologies. It is in collaboration with the Wolters Kluwer Health international academic publishing house.

The journal is being published in quarterly basis, and aims to publish high quality scientific articles in the field of reproductive medicine and developmental biology, including original research (basic, clinical and translational), reviews, opinions and debates on current importance or controversy of reproductive medicine and developmental biology.

Studies in the following areas, but not limited to, will be considered: reproductive endocrinology, reproductive immunology, gametogenesis, fertilization, embryo development and implantation, birth defect, reproductive genetics, biology of reproduction, fertility preservation, andrology, genetic diagnosis, preimplantation genetic testing, germline stem cell research, and new techniques and methods in reproductive medicine and developmental biology. Research that would be classified as clearly in the fields of reproductive system oncology will not normally be published.

Abstracting and Indexing Information

The journal is registered with the following abstracting partners: Baidu Scholar, CNKI (China National Knowledge Infrastructure), EBSCO Publishing's Electronic Databases, Ex Libris – Primo Central, Google Scholar, Hinari, Infotrieve, Netherlands ISSN centre, ProQuest, TDNet, Wanfang Data

The journal is indexed with, or included in, the following: DOAJ, Emerging Sources Citation Index, SCOPUS, Web of Science, Chinese Science Citation Database (CSCD)