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Economic Development and Cultural Change

University of Chicago Press · United States

ISSN0013-0079eISSN1539-2988

SJR Q1✓ WOS SSCI✓ Scopus / SJR

/ 100

High Trust

PubScope credibility score from verifiable indexing & ethics signals

Score Breakdown

◆ WoS flagship (SCIE/SSCI/AHCI)78

✓ Corroboration (3 more)+18

Total96

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?

Publication speed: not measurable

publisher doesn’t disclose per-article submission dates — we never estimate

SJR Rank

Top 25% 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q1. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

SJR Scorei

1.288

H-Indexi

163

CiteScore

View ↗

Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

SNIPi

1.275

Total Worksi

4,825

Total Citationsi

123,327

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.89

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

Economic Development and Cultural Change aims to foster the development of research in developing countries, economic growth, development economics, economic history, political economy, and population.

AI-compiled from public web sources · verify on publisher page →

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published—

FrequencyQuarterly <, Oct. 1974- >

StatusActive

Total Publications4,825

Publisher OrgUniversity of Chicago Press

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Submission Info

Publishing ModelSubscription

Peer Review—

Review Time—

Acceptance Rate—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

6/12 · 50%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

University of Chicago Press

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

0013-0079 / 1539-2988

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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

208

2020

785

2021

384

2022

253

2023

108

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.

DevelopmentQ1

Economics and EconometricsQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Area StudiesDevelopment StudiesEconomics

Scopus Categories

Economics and EconometricsDevelopment

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Poverty, Education, and Child WelfareFiscal Policy and Economic GrowthLocal Government Finance and DecentralizationIncome, Poverty, and InequalityCulture, Economy, and Development Studies

Frequently asked questions about Economic Development and Cultural Change

Is Economic Development and Cultural Change a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Economic Development and Cultural Change: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Its PubScope Trust Score is 96/100. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Economic Development and Cultural Change?

Economic Development and Cultural Change 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 0.89.

Is Economic Development and Cultural Change indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Economic Development and Cultural Change is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.