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REPRODUCTION, FERTILITY AND DEVELOPMENT publish.csiro.au/rd

SCOPE VOL. 32(11) 2020 PAGES 953–1026 Reproduction, Fertility Reproduction, Fertility Reproduction, Fertility and Developmentand Development is an international journal for the publication of original and significant and Development contributions to the field of reproductiveContents Volume 32 Issue 11 2020 biology in vertebrate Type I interferon receptors and interferon-τ-stimulated genes in peripheral blood mononuclear cells and polymorphonuclear leucocytes during early pregnancy in beef heifers G. D. Melo, L. M. F. Pinto, C. C. Rocha, I. G. Motta, L. A. Silva, J. C. da Silveira, A. M. Gonella-Diaza, M. Binelli and G. Pugliesi 953 Characteristics of lipid droplets and the expression of proteins involved in lipolysis in the murine cervix during animals, including humans, livestockmid-pregnancy and wildlife. L. Tao, H. Zhang, H.Wang, L. Li, L. Huang, F. Su, X. Yuan, M. Luo and L. Ge 967 Gene and protein expression of connexins 37 and 43 in cumulus–oocytes complexes throughout the canine oestrous cycle

M. De los Reyes, J. Palomino, C. Gallegos, R. Espinoza, P. Dettleff, O. A. Peralta,V. H. Parraguez and G. Ramirez 976 REPRODUCTION, FERTILITY AND DEVELOPMENT Insulin-like growth factors 1 and 2 are associated with testicular germ cell proliferation and apoptosis during fish reproduction D. P. Moreira, R. M. C. Melo, A. A. Weber and E. Rizzo 988 Subject areas include, but are Effectsnot of bone morphogeneticlimited protein 15 (BMP15 ) knockdownto: on physiology,porcine testis morphology and spermatogenesis T. Tang, Q. Lin,Y. Qin, X. Liang, Y. Guo, P. Cong, X. Liu,Y. Chen and Z. He 999 Conditions to optimise the developmental competence of immature equine oocytes E. S. Metcalf, K. R. Masterson, D. Battaglia, J. G.Thompson, R. Foss, R. Beck, N. L. Cook and T. O’Leary 1012 Technical Report: Distribution and size of lipid droplets in oocytes recovered from young lamb and adult ovine ovaries biochemistry, cellular and molecularA. Abazarikia, F. Ariu, M. Rasekhi, biology,M. Zhandi and S. Ledda genetics and 1022 epigenetics, behaviour, developmental biology, immunology and endocrinology. Our readers are interested in novel developments in reproductive technology, but rarely in clinical science or clinical application of artificial reproductive technology. We are interested in environmental influences on reproduction, including the effects of endocrine disrupting CSIRO PUBLISHING chemicals (EDCs), but rarely publish toxicology or the effects of

ISSN 1031-3613 uncharacterised mixes of chemicals,Published by CSIRO Publishing such with endorsement as of CSIRO plant extracts, and the Australian Academy of Science

unless the active ingredient iscover-32-11.indd fully 1 defined and the mechanism 20-07-2020 12:48:28 of action is provided. Editor-in-Chief: Graeme Martin AUTHOR BENEFITS University of Western Australia • International reach and discoverability Frequency: 18 issues/year • Indexing in a wide variety of relevant databases, including Publishing since: 1989 MEDLINE/PubMed • Professional copyediting for every paper eISSN: 1448-5990 (online) • Capture impact through citation tracking and Altmetrics Official journal of: • Authors retain copyright The International Embryo Technology Society (IETS) • Green Open Access with no embargo Society for Reproductive Biology (SRB) • Gold Open Access compliant with major funders • No page charges • Rapid online publication ahead of issue release

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SPEED IMPACT

34 days from manuscript Ranking in area 2020 # 39/175 in Zoology (Q1); 27/41 in Developmental submission to first decision Biology (Q3); 24/30 in Reproductive Biology (Q4)

62 days from manuscript 2.3 Impact Factor 2020 IF acceptance to publication 2.4 5-Year Impact Factor 2020

TC 5139 Total Citations in 2020 USAGE JCI 0.8 Journal Citation Indicator 2020 289,851 downloads in 2020 4.0 CiteScore 2020 324 Altmetrics mentions in 2020 CS Highest percentile 86% (57/416 Animal Science and Zoology)

SNIP 0.8 SNIP 2020 REJECTION RATE Source Normalised Impact per Paper

66% rejection rate in 2020 SJR 0.6 SJR 2020 SCImago Journal Rank

h5 30 h5-index Google Scholar index for papers published 2016-20

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Metrics are correct as of August 2021