Journal of Developmental Origins of Health and Disease

Aims & Scope

JDOHaD publishes leading research in the field of Developmental Origins of Health and Disease (DOHaD).

The Journal focuses on the environment during early pre-natal and post-natal animal and human development, interactions between environmental and genetic factors, including environmental toxicants, and their influence on health and disease risk throughout the lifespan.

JDOHaD publishes work on developmental programming, fetal and neonatal biology and physiology, early life nutrition, especially during the first 1,000 days of life, human ecology and evolution and Gene-Environment Interactions.

JDOHaD also accepts manuscripts that address the social determinants or education of health and disease risk as they relate to the early life period, as well as the economic and health care costs of a poor start to life.

Accordingly, JDOHaD is multi-disciplinary, with contributions from basic scientists working in the fields of physiology, biochemistry and nutrition, endocrinology and metabolism, developmental biology, molecular biology/ epigenetics, human biology/ anthropology, and evolutionary developmental biology.

Moreover clinicians, nutritionists, epidemiologists, social scientists, economists, public health specialists and policy makers are very welcome to submit manuscripts.

The journal includes original research articles, short communications and reviews, and has regular themed issues, with guest editors; it is also a platform for conference/workshop reports, and for opinion, comment and interaction.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	1.5
2024	1.80

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	9224

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	508

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.627

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q2

h-index

Year	Value
2024	48

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Abstracting & Indexing

Journal is indexed in leading academic databases, ensuring global visibility and accessibility of our peer-reviewed research.

• Scopus
• Google Scholar
• Web of Science
• Medline

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Subjects & Keywords

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

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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.

• A conceptual framework for the developmental origins of health and disease

  Citation: 372

  Authors: P. D., M. A., T.

• Epigenetics and DOHaD: from basics to birth and beyond

  Citation: 287

  Authors: T., J. M., Y. P., S. J., S. E.

• Evolution of DOHaD: the impact of environmental health sciences

  Citation: 181

  Authors: A. C., T. T., G., J. J.

• Developmental programming of cardiovascular disease by prenatal hypoxia

  Citation: 166

  Authors: D. A., S. T.

• Sex differences in early-life programming of the hypothalamic–pituitary–adrenal axis in humans suggest increased vulnerability in females: a systematic review

  Citation: 161

  Authors: T., S. M., R. M.

• Lingering prenatal effects of the 1918 influenza pandemic on cardiovascular disease

  Citation: 143

  Authors: B., D., K., E. M., C. E.

• The developing world of DOHaD

  Citation: 140

  Authors: K.

• The health outcomes of human offspring conceived by assisted reproductive technologies (ART)

  Citation: 140

  Authors: M., L. K.

• Intergenerational transmission of adverse childhood experiences via maternal depression and anxiety and moderation by child sex

  Citation: 137

  Authors: N., D., B. J., H., J., J. C., A. J., B., K., G. F.

• Arsenic exposure in early pregnancy alters genome-wide DNA methylation in cord blood, particularly in boys

  Citation: 133

  Authors: K., S., K., M. B., S., M., M., R., M.

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