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Development Engineering

Elsevier Ltd · United Kingdom · Est. 1992

ISSN2352-7285
SJR Q1Scopus / SJR
Removed from DOAJ (2024-04-10). DOAJ's stated reason: Journal is inactive. 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 ↗
Journal Impact Factor
Not on record at PubScope. The Journal Impact Factor is published by Clarivate for Web of Science (JCR)–indexed journals. If this journal has one, it appears on the journal’s page ↗
📊 Standing in its field
Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.
Q1
SJR · Scopus
Top 25% in field
Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ
SJR Scorei
0.667
H-Indexi
25
Total Worksi
209
Total Citationsi
2,215
2yr Mean Citednessi
0.00
Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Economics, Econometrics and Finance (miscellaneous); Engineering (miscellaneous); Computer Science Applications; Development.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom
Primary Language
1st Year Published1992
Annual Volume~ 18 articles / year
StatusActive (last: 2023)
Total Publications209
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

5/11 · 45%
Do you know the journal / publisher?
Elsevier Ltd
Does the journal have a website?
✓ Linked
Is the ISSN verified?
2352-7285
Indexed in a trusted database?
Scopus
Peer review process documented?
N/A
Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?
N/A
Not on predatory/blacklists?
✓ Clean
Long-term digital preservation?
N/A
Plagiarism detection in place?
N/A
Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?
N/A
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
9
215
2016
11
518
2017
18
525
2018
6
104
2019
11
234
2020
31
197
2021
15
232
2022
8
124
2023

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, Econometrics and Finance (miscellaneous)Q1
Engineering (miscellaneous)Q1
Computer Science ApplicationsQ2
DevelopmentQ2

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

Computer Science ApplicationsEconomics, Econometrics and Finance (miscellaneous)DevelopmentEngineering (miscellaneous)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Legal and Regulatory AnalysisLinguistic, Cultural, and Literary StudiesMilitary Technology and StrategiesEnergy and Environment ImpactsChild Nutrition and Water AccessInnovation and Socioeconomic DevelopmentSmart Grid Energy ManagementElectric Vehicles and InfrastructureICT in Developing CommunitiesHybrid Renewable Energy Systems

Frequently asked questions about Development Engineering

Is Development Engineering a predatory journal?

Development Engineering was withdrawn from the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) — DOAJ's stated reason: "Journal is inactive" (2024-04-10). Withdrawal is not a predatory verdict, but it is a material editorial signal; it remains indexed in Scopus. Verify the journal's current status on DOAJ and its official site before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Development Engineering?

Development Engineering is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 0.667.

Is Development Engineering indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Development Engineering is indexed in Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Development Engineering?

Subject areas: Economics, Econometrics and Finance (miscellaneous); Engineering (miscellaneous); Computer Science Applications; Development.

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Data updated: 2026-05-22 · Sources: SJR, DOAJ, OpenAlex, WoS, Crossref