Birth Defects Research Part A - Clinical and Molecular Teratology

Aims & Scope

Birth Defects Research is an official publication of the Teratology Society.

Society members receive an electronic subscription to the journal as part of membership dues.

Society members may pay an additional fee to receive the journal in printed form.

Abstracting & Indexing

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Subjects & Keywords

Journal’s research areas, covering key disciplines and specialized sub-topics in Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology and Medicine, designed to support cutting-edge academic discovery.

Most Cited Articles

The Most Cited Articles section features the journal's most impactful research, based on citation counts. These articles have been referenced frequently by other researchers, indicating their significant contribution to their respective fields.

• Updated national birth prevalence estimates for selected birth defects in the United States, 2004–2006

  Citation: 1483

  Authors: Samantha E., Cara T., Mark A., Russel, Ying, Robert E., Patrick, Craig A., Julianne S., Russell S., Adolfo

• National estimates and race/ethnic‐specific variation of selected birth defects in the United States, 1999–2001

  Citation: 516

  Authors: Mark A., Margaret A., Nataliya, Jian, Cara T., Julianne S., Owen, Joann, Tunu A., Charlotte A., Russell S.

• Guidelines for case classification for the national birth defects prevention study

  Citation: 506

  Authors: Sonja A., Richard S., Lewis B., Angela E., Kim M., Cynthia A.

• Seeking causes: Classifying and evaluating congenital heart defects in etiologic studies

  Citation: 406

  Authors: Lorenzo D., Angela E., Tiffany, Sadia, Adolfo

• Epidemiology of bronchopulmonary dysplasia

  Citation: 317

  Authors: Erik A., Barbara

• An update to the list of mouse mutants with neural tube closure defects and advances toward a complete genetic perspective of neural tube closure

  Citation: 291

  Authors: Muriel J., Diana M.

• Mouse mutants with neural tube closure defects and their role in understanding human neural tube defects

  Citation: 270

  Authors: Muriel J., Diana M.

• Teratogen update: Lead and pregnancy

  Citation: 244

  Authors: David C.

• A systematic review to calculate background miscarriage rates using life table analysis

  Citation: 236

  Authors: Lyndsay, Claudia, De‐Kun

• Trends in the postfortification prevalence of spina bifida and anencephaly in the United States

  Citation: 228

  Authors: Sheree L., Quanhe, Cara, Russell S., Julianne S., James M., Robert, Mark A., Joe