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Finance and Development

International Monetary Fund · United States

ISSN0145-1707

SJR Q4✓ Scopus / SJR

Journal Impact Factor

Not on record at PubScope. The Journal Impact Factor is published by Clarivate for Web of Science (JCR)–indexed journals.

📊 Standing in its field

Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.

SJR · Scopus

Bottom 25%

Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ

SJR Scorei

0.118

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.356

Total Worksi

220

Total Citationsi

387

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.00

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

Finance and Development is the IMF's flagship magazine that publishes analysis and insight on international finance, economics, and development. It covers the latest trends and research in these fields. The journal publishes articles related to Economics, Econometrics and Finance, and Social Sciences.

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General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary Language—

1st Year Published—

Annual Volume~ 4 articles / year

StatusActive

Total Publications220

Publisher OrgInternational Monetary Fund

Submission Info

Publishing ModelSubscription

Peer Review—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

4/11 · 36%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

International Monetary Fund

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Does the journal have a website?

No URL

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Is the ISSN verified?

0145-1707

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Indexed in a trusted database?

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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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?

N/A

A twelfth criterion — whether APC fees are clearly disclosed — is not scored here; it is left out of the total rather than counted as a failure. Publication charges appear in the metrics card above.

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

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

134

2019

2020

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.

DevelopmentQ4

FinanceQ4

Geography, Planning and DevelopmentQ4

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

FinanceDevelopmentGeography, Planning and Development

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

International Development and AidState Capitalism and Financial GovernanceAfrican history and culture studiesFiscal Policy and Economic GrowthHistorical and Contemporary Political DynamicsGlobal Financial Crisis and PoliciesAfrican studies and sociopolitical issuesEconomic Theory and PolicyPublic-Private Partnership ProjectsVietnamese History and Culture Studies

Frequently asked questions about Finance and Development

Is Finance and Development a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Finance and Development: it is indexed in Scopus, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Finance and Development?

Finance and Development is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 0.118.

Is Finance and Development indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Finance and Development is indexed in Scopus.