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Review of Development Finance

AfricaGrowth Institute · South Africa · Est. 2010

ISSN1879-9337eISSN1879-9337

SJR Q4✓ WOS ESCI✓ Scopus / SJR

Removed from DOAJ (2020-06-24). DOAJ's stated reason: Journal is not open access. A removal from the Directory of Open Access Journals is a quality/transparency signal — it can mean the journal became inactive or failed DOAJ's re-review criteria. This is not proof of predatory practice, but verify the journal's current status and policies before submitting. Check on DOAJ ↗

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (ESCI) — 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q4. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 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

0.211

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.202

Total Worksi

111

Total Citationsi

6,563

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.00

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

Review of Development Finance publishes research in development finance, focusing on the role of financial systems in the economic development process. It covers topics related to the deepening, outreach, efficiency, and stability of financial systems, balancing theoretical and empirical studies.

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General Information

Country / RegionSouth Africa

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2010

Annual Volume~ 11 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2020)

Total Publications111

Publisher OrgElsevier BV

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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

6/11 · 55%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

AfricaGrowth Institute

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1879-9337 / 1879-9337

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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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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

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

205

2012

977

2013

878

2014

305

2015

1.5k

2016

1.5k

2017

452

2018

2020

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.

Economics and EconometricsQ4

FinanceQ4

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Business, Finance

Scopus Categories

FinanceEconomics and Econometrics

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Corporate Finance and GovernanceBanking stability, regulation, efficiencyMicrofinance and Financial InclusionIslamic Finance and Banking StudiesEconomic Growth and DevelopmentGlobal Financial Crisis and PoliciesMonetary Policy and Economic ImpactMarket Dynamics and VolatilityFiscal Policy and Economic GrowthFinancial Risk and Volatility Modeling

Frequently asked questions about Review of Development Finance

Is Review of Development Finance a predatory journal?

Review of Development Finance was withdrawn from the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) — DOAJ's stated reason: "Journal is not open access" (2020-06-24). Withdrawal is not a predatory verdict, but it is a material editorial signal; it remains indexed in Web of Science, Scopus. Verify the journal's current status on DOAJ and its official site before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Review of Development Finance?

Review of Development Finance 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.

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

Review of Development Finance is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.