| Birth Defects Research | |
| Former Name: | Teratology |
| Abbreviation: | Birth Defects Res. |
| Discipline: | Obstetrics and gynaecology |
| Editor: | Michel Vekemans |
| Publisher: | Wiley |
| Frequency: | 20/year |
| Impact: | 2.344 |
| Impact-Year: | 2020 |
| Eissn: | 2472-1727 |
| Coden: | BDRIDA |
| Website: | https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/24721727 |
| Link1: | https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/loi/24721727 |
| Link1-Name: | Online archive |
Birth Defects Research is a peer-reviewed academic journal of birth defects published by Wiley on behalf of the Society for Birth Defects Research and Prevention, which was established in 1960 as the Teratology Society.[1] It is in its 111th volume.[2] The editor is Michel Vekemans.[3]
The journal was founded in 1968 under the name Teratology, which was published quarterly from 1968 to 1971, bimonthly from 1972 to 1987, and monthly from 1988 onward.[4] It merged in 2003 with the journal Teratogenesis, Carcinogenesis, and Mutagenesis (which was established in 1980) and given the name Birth Defects Research Part A - Clinical and Molecular Teratology. In January 2017, the journal was merged with Birth Defects Research Part B and Birth Defects Research Part C and given its present name Birth Defects Research. The Journal is the official publication of the Society for Birth Defects Research and Prevention.[5]
According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2020 impact factor of 2.344.[6]