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Developing Economies

Wiley-Blackwell · United States

ISSN0012-1533eISSN1746-1049

SJR Q3✓ WOS SSCI✓ Scopus / SJR

/ 100

High Trust

PubScope credibility score from verifiable indexing & ethics signals

Score Breakdown

◆ WoS flagship (SCIE/SSCI/AHCI)78

✓ Corroboration (2 more)+12

Total90

Level data: Norwegian Register (HK-dir), NLOD 2.0. · Third-party records · how this is calculated · Report an error →

⚡ Speed vs Prestige

How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?

days submission → published

measured · last 16 articles

SJR Rank

Top 75% in field

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (SSCI) — Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor and JCR quartile for this journal.

See the official Impact Factor & quartile on the journal’s page ↗

The Impact Factor & JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date. Open metrics below: SCImago Q3. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

SJR Scorei

0.255

H-Indexi

CiteScore

View ↗

Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

SNIPi

0.879

Total Worksi

2,163

Total Citationsi

17,924

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.38

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

The Developing Economies is a multi-disciplinary journal that publishes original research articles on issues relating to developing countries, transition and emerging economies, and developed countries before the take-off. The journal publications tackle studies in Development economics and the interrelated subject of Corruption, Politics and Corporate governance to gain insights into Developing country. In addition to Economic growth research, the published papers aim to explore topics under New Economic Policy.

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General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published—

Annual Volume~ 44 articles / year

StatusActive

Total Publications2,163

Publisher OrgWiley

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Submission Info

Publishing ModelHybrid

Peer Review—

Review Time—

Acceptance Rate—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

⚡ Hybrid journal — subscription model available.

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

6/12 · 50%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Wiley-Blackwell

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

0012-1533 / 1746-1049

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus

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Peer review process documented?

N/A

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Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

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APC fees clearly disclosed?

N/A

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Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

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Long-term digital preservation?

N/A

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Plagiarism detection in place?

N/A

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

N/A

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Primary language documented?

English

Based on the Think.Check.Submit framework by DOAJ, COPE & OASPA. All data from verified open sources.

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

2019

2020

216

2021

2022

2023

2024

2025

2026

Source: OpenAlex · Each year’s green bar = citations earned by that year’s papers, counted to date — so recent years look lower simply because their papers haven’t had time to be cited yet.

SJR Quartile by Discipline

Scimago ranks this journal separately in each subject category — its quartile can differ by discipline.

DevelopmentQ3

Economics and EconometricsQ3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Development StudiesEconomics

Scopus Categories

Economics and EconometricsDevelopment

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Global trade and economicsFiscal Policy and Economic GrowthInternational Development and AidChina's Socioeconomic Reforms and GovernanceEconomic Theory and Policy

Frequently asked questions about Developing Economies

Is Developing Economies a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Developing Economies: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Its PubScope Trust Score is 90/100. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Developing Economies?

Developing Economies is indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection, so Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor for it (since the 2023 Journal Citation Reports, every Core Collection journal — including Arts & Humanities and Emerging Sources titles — receives one). PubScope links to Clarivate's official source rather than reprinting the number, which can be out of date. Its open 2-year mean citedness is 0.38.

Is Developing Economies indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Developing Economies is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.