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International Journal of Development Issues

Emerald Group Publishing Ltd. · United Kingdom · Est. 2002

ISSN1446-8956

SJR Q2✓ 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

Top 50% in field

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

SJR Scorei

0.488

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.827

Total Worksi

395

Total Citationsi

4,683

2yr Mean Citednessi

3.40

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Development; Economics and Econometrics; Political Science and International Relations.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary Language—

1st Year Published2002

Annual Volume~ 22 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2025)

Total Publications395

Publisher OrgEmerald Publishing Limited

Submission Info

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?

Emerald Group Publishing Ltd.

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Does the journal have a website?

No URL

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Is the ISSN verified?

1446-8956

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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

279

2019

557

2020

185

2021

246

2022

288

2023

170

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.

DevelopmentQ2

Economics and EconometricsQ2

Political Science and International RelationsQ2

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

Economics and EconometricsDevelopmentPolitical Science and International Relations

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Fiscal Policy and Economic GrowthGlobal trade and economicsInternational Development and AidMicrofinance and Financial InclusionEconomic Growth and DevelopmentIncome, Poverty, and InequalityPoverty, Education, and Child WelfareEconomic Growth and ProductivityMonetary Policy and Economic ImpactInternational Business and FDI

Frequently asked questions about International Journal of Development Issues

Is International Journal of Development Issues a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for International Journal of Development Issues: 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 International Journal of Development Issues?

International Journal of Development Issues is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 0.488.

Is International Journal of Development Issues indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

International Journal of Development Issues is indexed in Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of International Journal of Development Issues?