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Canadian Journal of Development Studies

Taylor and Francis Ltd. · United Kingdom · Est. 1980

ISSN2158-9100

SJR Q2✓ WOS SSCI✓ Scopus / SJR

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (SSCI) — 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q2. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 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

0.377

H-Indexi

SNIPi

1.007

Total Worksi

2,149

Total Citationsi

20,348

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.64

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

The Canadian Journal of Development Studies publishes articles and review essays on international development. It also provides commentaries, practical notes, and reviews of books and other media related to international development.

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General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary Language—

1st Year Published1980

Annual Volume~ 34 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications2,149

Publisher OrgTaylor & Francis

Visit Journal Website

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

5/11 · 45%

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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?

2158-9100

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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?

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

531

2019

718

2020

773

2021

203

2022

159

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.

DevelopmentQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Development Studies

Scopus Categories

Development

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

International Development and AidSocial Sciences and GovernanceFrench Urban and Social StudiesAgriculture, Land Use, Rural DevelopmentMulticulturalism, Politics, Migration, GenderPoverty, Education, and Child WelfareAgriculture and Rural Development ResearchHuman auditory perception and evaluationEducation, sociology, and vocational trainingLegal case studies and regulations

Frequently asked questions about Canadian Journal of Development Studies

Is Canadian Journal of Development Studies a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Canadian Journal of Development Studies: 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 Canadian Journal of Development Studies?

Canadian Journal of Development Studies 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 0.64.

Is Canadian Journal of Development Studies indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Canadian Journal of Development Studies is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.