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WORLD DEVELOPMENT PERSPECTIVES

ELSEVIER · NL · Est. 2016

ISSN2452-2929eISSN2452-2929

✓ WOS ESCI

/ 100

Established

PubScope credibility score from verifiable indexing & ethics signals

Score Breakdown

◆ WoS ESCI56

✓ Corroboration (1 more)+6

Total62

Level data: Norwegian Register (HK-dir), NLOD 2.0. · Third-party records · how this is calculated · Report an error →

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.989

Total Worksi

620

Total Citationsi

6,661

2yr Mean Citednessi

2.44

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Development Studies; Economics.

General Information

Country / RegionNL

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2016

Annual Volume~ 76 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications620

Publisher OrgElsevier BV

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Submission Info

Peer Review—

Review Time—

Acceptance Rate—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

6/12 · 50%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

ELSEVIER

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2452-2929 / 2452-2929

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS

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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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APC fees clearly disclosed?

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

Based on the Think.Check.Submit framework by DOAJ, COPE & OASPA. All data from verified open sources.

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

787

2019

1.8k

2020

1.2k

2021

820

2022

382

2023

428

2024

101

165

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.

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Development StudiesEconomics

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Poverty, Education, and Child WelfareMicrofinance and Financial InclusionAgricultural Innovations and PracticesAgricultural risk and resilienceConservation, Biodiversity, and Resource ManagementInnovation and Socioeconomic DevelopmentChild Nutrition and Water AccessIncome, Poverty, and InequalityEnergy and Environment ImpactsAgriculture, Land Use, Rural Development

Frequently asked questions about WORLD DEVELOPMENT PERSPECTIVES

Is WORLD DEVELOPMENT PERSPECTIVES a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for WORLD DEVELOPMENT PERSPECTIVES: it is indexed in Web of Science, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Its PubScope Trust Score is 62/100. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of WORLD DEVELOPMENT PERSPECTIVES?

WORLD DEVELOPMENT PERSPECTIVES 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 2.44.

Is WORLD DEVELOPMENT PERSPECTIVES indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

WORLD DEVELOPMENT PERSPECTIVES is indexed in Web of Science.

What is the aims and scope of WORLD DEVELOPMENT PERSPECTIVES?