Emerging topics including cloning, the biology of embryonic stem cells, environmental effects on reproductive potential and health, and epigenetic effects on reproductive and developmental processes are also covered.

All editorial and review content is free to access from publication; research articles become available after 12 months.

It is an official journal of the Society for Reproduction and Fertility and is published on their behalf by Bioscientifica.

The editors-in-chief are Christopher A Price (Université de Montréal) and Karen Schindler (Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey).

In 1976, publication frequency reduced back down to six issues a year until 2000, since which time the journal has been published monthly.