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EvoDevo Template

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About the EvoDevo format

EvoDevo is a peer-reviewed journal published by BMC (BioMed Central), covering Developmental Biology and Gene Regulation, Planarian Biology and Electrostimulation, Marine Invertebrate Physiology and Ecology. Over its lifetime it has published 422 papers, which have received 14,430 citations.

PublisherBMC (BioMed Central)
Reference styleNumbered (Vancouver)
Numbered — [1], [2] in the text
1. Smith A, Jones B, Lee C. A representative article title. EvoDevo. 2023;12(3):45–58.

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Publishes research inDevelopmental Biology and Gene Regulation Planarian Biology and Electrostimulation Marine Invertebrate Physiology and Ecology Marine Ecology and Invasive Species Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research
ISSN2041-9139
Citation impact (2-yr)2.86
h-index61
i10-index319
Article processing charge$1,925
Open accessYes — indexed in DOAJ
Top institutions publishing hereCentre National de la Recherche Scientifique
Journal websiteevodevojournal.biomedcentral.com
You getA submission-ready PDF and the editable LaTeX source — ready to submit.

Papers published in EvoDevo per year

48
2014
41
2015
26
2016
25
2017
25
2018
33
2019
24
2020
15
2021
19
2022
15
2023
17
2024
20
2025

Citation impact of EvoDevo by publication year

2.3K
2014
1.7K
2015
827
2016
675
2017
581
2018
888
2019
788
2020
478
2021
440
2022
189
2023
104
2024
34
2025

Citations each year’s papers have accumulated so far — the most recent years are still building up.

Most-cited papers in EvoDevo

Daphnia as a versatile model system in ecology and evolution

Dieter Ebert · 8 Aug 2022

Water fleas of the genus Daphnia have been a model system for hundreds of years and is among the best studied ecological model organisms to date. Daphnia are planktonic crustaceans with a cyclic parthenogenetic life-cycle. They have a nearly worldwide distribution, inhabiting standing fresh- and brackish water bodies, from small temporary pools to large lakes.…

The phylogenetic position of ctenophores and the origin(s) of nervous systems

Gáspár Jákely, Jordi Paps, Claus Nielsen · 1 Jan 2015

Ctenophores have traditionally been treated as eumetazoans, but some recent whole genome studies have revived the idea that they are, rather, the sister group to all other metazoans. This deep branching position implies either that nervous systems have evolved twice, in Ctenophora and in Eumetazoa, or that an ancestral metazoan nervous system has been lost…

Six3 demarcates the anterior-most developing brain region in bilaterian animals

Patrick R. H. Steinmetz, Rolf Urbach, Nico Posnien et al. · 1 Dec 2010

BACKGROUND: The heads of annelids (earthworms, polychaetes, and others) and arthropods (insects, myriapods, spiders, and others) and the arthropod-related onychophorans (velvet worms) show similar brain architecture and for this reason have long been considered homologous. However, this view is challenged by the 'new phylogeny' placing arthropods and annelids into distinct superphyla, Ecdysozoa and Lophotrochozoa, together…

Evolution of bilaterian central nervous systems: a single origin?

Linda Z. Holland, João E. Carvalho, Héctor Escrivá et al. · 1 Jan 2013

The question of whether the ancestral bilaterian had a central nervous system (CNS) or a diffuse ectodermal nervous system has been hotly debated. Considerable evidence supports the theory that a CNS evolved just once. However, an alternative view proposes that the chordate CNS evolved from the ectodermal nerve net of a hemichordate-like ancestral deuterostome, implying…

The homeodomain complement of the ctenophore Mnemiopsis leidyi suggests that Ctenophora and Porifera diverged prior to the ParaHoxozoa

Joseph F. Ryan, Kevin Pang, NISC Comparative Sequencing Program et al. · 4 Oct 2010

BACKGROUND: The much-debated phylogenetic relationships of the five early branching metazoan lineages (Bilateria, Cnidaria, Ctenophora, Placozoa and Porifera) are of fundamental importance in piecing together events that occurred early in animal evolution. Comparisons of gene content between organismal lineages have been identified as a potentially useful methodology for phylogenetic reconstruction. However, these comparisons require complete…

EvoDevo template — frequently asked questions

How do I write a paper in the EvoDevo format?
In DocuGuru you write your manuscript in a normal editor — no LaTeX setup required — and select the EvoDevo template. When you export, DocuGuru compiles the paper into the official BMC (BioMed Central) format and hands you a submission-ready PDF along with the editable LaTeX source.
What reference style does EvoDevo use?
EvoDevo uses Numbered (Vancouver) references, shown as numbered [1], [2] markers in the text. DocuGuru formats every in-text citation and the reference list in this exact style automatically. A reference appears like this: 1. Smith A, Jones B, Lee C. A representative article title. EvoDevo. 2023;12(3):45–58.
Do I need to know LaTeX to submit to EvoDevo?
No. DocuGuru generates the bmcart LaTeX class and compiles the PDF for you in the background, so you get a BMC (BioMed Central)-ready EvoDevo document without writing any LaTeX. If you do want it, the LaTeX source is included in the export.
Can I import an existing draft into the EvoDevo template?
Yes. Paste or upload your current manuscript — Word, LaTeX, Markdown, or plain text — and DocuGuru reflows it into the EvoDevo format with correct headings, figures, tables, and numbered citations.
What is EvoDevo?
BMC / BioMed Central journal. It is a life sciences and medicine journal, published by BMC (BioMed Central).
Can I export a submission-ready EvoDevo PDF?
Yes — DocuGuru produces a PDF built with the official EvoDevo template (the bmcart class) that is ready to submit to BMC (BioMed Central), together with the matching LaTeX source files.
How much does the EvoDevo template cost?
You can start writing in the EvoDevo template for free. Exporting the final submission-ready EvoDevo PDF and LaTeX source is part of DocuGuru's paid plans — see the app for current pricing.
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