EvoDevo journal rebranding
I saw today that EvoDevo, one of the key journals in the field of evolutionary developmental biology, has been rebranded as Developmental Biology Advances. The announcement frames it in a positive light:
This change marks an exciting new chapter, continuing to highlight the integrative research that has defined EvoDevo while expanding the journal’s scope and reflecting a broader vision in developmental biology.
But I can’t deny I feel a little sad with the news. EvoDevo (the journal) wasn’t the only journal publishing evo-devo research, far from it; but, in a way, it did wave the flag of Evo-Devo (the field) to the rest of the scientific community.
With the new name, evolution and development are now limited to a single section. I have no insight about the motivation. Probably Evo-Devo (the field) is too niche and low on submissions. Diversifying submissions will be great for the journal, but I doubt that the field will gain from this change.
All that to say that I have added the feed of Developmental Biology Advances to EvoDevo Papers.
PS: Development Genes and Evolution, another classic Evo-Devo journal, has been re-branded as well. It is now named Discover Developmental Biology.
Royal Society feed removal
In other news, The Royal Society Publishing has revamped their website and no longer generate RSS feeds for search terms. Nothing I can do for now but to remove The Royal Society Publishing journals from EvoDevo Papers.
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