World Development

SJR Rank #1,416H-index: 249SJR: 2.027Best quartile: Q1APC: US$5,895
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Publisher

Elsevier B.V.

Country

United Kingdom

Type

journal

SJR by Edition

2022202500.651.31.952.6

Subject Categories

  • DevelopmentQ1
  • Economics and EconometricsQ1
  • Geography, Planning and DevelopmentQ1
  • Sociology and Political ScienceQ1

Areas: Economics, Econometrics and Finance · Social Sciences

Most published research topics

Poverty, Education, and Child WelfareInternational Development and AidIncome, Poverty, and InequalityFiscal Policy and Economic GrowthGlobal trade and economicsMicrofinance and Financial InclusionAgricultural risk and resilienceConservation, Biodiversity, and Resource ManagementEconomic Growth and ProductivityAgricultural Innovations and Practices

Source: OpenAlex

Publication Statistics

2025 Docs3-Year DocsCitable Docs02505007501000

Documents per Year

20222025080160240320

Detailed Information

ISSN

0305-750X, 1873-5991

SJR Best Quartile

Q1

Region

Western Europe

Citations per Document (2 years)

6.27

References per Document

77.86

Coverage

1973-2026

Scope

World Development is a multi-disciplinary monthly journal of development studies. It seeks to explore ways of improving standards of living, and the human condition generally, by examining potential solutions to problems such as: poverty, unemployment, malnutrition, disease, lack of shelter, environmental degradation, inadequate scientific and technological resources, trade and payments imbalances, international debt, gender and ethnic discrimination, militarism and civil conflict, and lack of popular participation in economic and political life.

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