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Innovation and Development

Taylor and Francis Ltd. · United Kingdom · Est. 2011

ISSN2157-9318

SJR Q1✓ WOS ESCI✓ Scopus / SJR

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

📊 Standing in its field

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

SJR · Scopus

Top 25% in field

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

SJR Scorei

0.608

H-Indexi

SNIPi

1.297

Total Worksi

440

Total Citationsi

6,405

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.64

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

Innovation and Development is an interdisciplinary journal publishing original research on innovation, development, and their interaction. The research focuses on the evolutionary and institutional characteristics of innovation within the development process. The journal also publishes research related to Social Sciences.

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

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2011

Annual Volume~ 25 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications440

Publisher OrgTaylor & Francis

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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?

Taylor and Francis Ltd.

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2157-9318

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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

491

2019

456

2020

720

2021

230

2022

194

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.

Cultural StudiesQ1

Political Science and International RelationsQ1

DevelopmentQ2

EducationQ2

Geography, Planning and DevelopmentQ2

Sociology and Political ScienceQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Development StudiesEconomics

Scopus Categories

Sociology and Political ScienceCultural StudiesDevelopmentGeography, Planning and DevelopmentPolitical Science and International RelationsEducation

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Innovation and Socioeconomic DevelopmentInnovation and Knowledge ManagementEconomic Growth and ProductivityFirm Innovation and GrowthEntrepreneurship Studies and InfluencesInnovation Policy and R&DUniversity-Industry-Government Innovation ModelsEconomic and Technological InnovationInnovative Approaches in Technology and Social DevelopmentInternational Business and FDI

Frequently asked questions about Innovation and Development

Is Innovation and Development a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Innovation and Development: it is indexed in Web of Science, 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 Innovation and Development?

Innovation 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 1.64.

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

Innovation and Development is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.