{{Infobox journal | title = Birth Defects Research | image = | former_name = Teratology | abbreviation = Birth Defects Res. | discipline = Obstetrics and gynaecology | language = | editor = Michel Vekemans | publisher = Wiley | country = | history = | frequency = 20/year | openaccess = | license = | impact = 2.344 | impact-year = 2020 | ISSN = | eISSN = 2472-1727 | CODEN = BDRIDA | JSTOR = | LCCN = | OCLC = | website = https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/24721727 | link1 = https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/loi/24721727 | link1-name = Online archive | link2 = | link2-name = }} '''''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.<ref>{{Cite journal|url = https://www.teratology.org/birth-defects-research-journal.asp|title = Teratology Society|journal = Nature|volume = 186|issue = 4729|pages = 937|bibcode = 1960Natur.186S.937.|year = 1960|doi = 10.1038/186937c0|doi-access = free|access-date = 2019-07-17|archive-date = 2022-08-18|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20220818235318/http://teratology.org/birth-defects-research-journal.asp|url-status = dead}}</ref> It is in its 111th volume.<ref>{{cite web|title=''Birth Defects Research''. Official Journal of the Society for Birth Defects Research and Prevention (official website)|website=Wiley Online Library|url=https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/24721727}}</ref> The editor is Michel Vekemans.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/page/journal/24721727/homepage/editorialboard.html |title=EDITOR-IN-CHIEF |author=<!--Not stated--> |date= |website=Wiley Online Library |publisher=Wiley |access-date=2022-06-24 |quote=}}</ref>
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.<ref>{{cite web|title=''Tetralogy'' (catalog entry for the journal)|website=Library of Congress Catalog|url=https://catalog.loc.gov/vwebv/holdingsInfo?searchId=10133&recCount=25&recPointer=7&bibId=11161906|lccn=68130668}}</ref> 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.<ref>''[https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/15420760 Birth Defects Research].'' Retrieved November 20, 2019.</ref>
According to the ''Journal Citation Reports'', the journal has a 2020 impact factor of 2.344.<ref name=WoS>{{cite book |year=2021 |chapter=Birth Defects Research|title=2020 Journal Citation Reports |publisher=Clarivate Analytics |edition=Science/Social Sciences |series=Web of Science |title-link=Journal Citation Reports}}</ref>
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==External links== *{{Official website|https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/24721727}}
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