INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HAPPINESS AND DEVELOPMENT
INDERSCIENCE ENTERPRISES LTD · CH · Est. 2012
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Aims & Scope
IJHD is an interdisciplinary journal that seeks to broaden our understanding of 'happiness' and how it may relate to development from economic, political, psychological, and/or sociological perspectives. The journal entertains all definitions of happiness, including 'subjective well-being' or 'life satisfaction' – commonly used terms in economics. It welcomes rigorous and scientific papers that provide theoretical or empirical investigations which improve our understanding of how happiness is generated and how it may relate to development – interpreted at both micro and macro levels.
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Publication & Citation Trend
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Frequently asked questions about INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HAPPINESS AND DEVELOPMENT
Is INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HAPPINESS AND DEVELOPMENT a predatory journal?
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What is the impact factor of INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HAPPINESS AND DEVELOPMENT?
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HAPPINESS AND DEVELOPMENT 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 PubScope links to Clarivate's official source rather than reprinting the number, which can be out of date.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 0.29.
Is INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HAPPINESS AND DEVELOPMENT indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HAPPINESS AND DEVELOPMENT is indexed in Web of Science.
What is the aims and scope of INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HAPPINESS AND DEVELOPMENT?
IJHD is an interdisciplinary journal that seeks to broaden our understanding of 'happiness' and how it may relate to development from economic, political, psychological, and/or sociological perspectives. The journal entertains all definitions of happiness, including 'subjective well-being' or 'life satisfaction' – commonly used terms in economics. It welcomes rigorous and scientific papers that provide theoretical or empirical investigations which improve our understanding of how happiness is generated and how it may relate to development – interpreted at both micro and macro levels.
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