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World Development Perspectives

Elsevier Ltd · United Kingdom · Est. 2016

ISSN2468-0532

SJR Q1✓ Scopus / SJR

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.

SJR · Scopus

Top 25% in field

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

SJR Scorei

0.79

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; Geography, Planning and Development; Sociology and Political Science; Economics and Econometrics.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary Language—

1st Year Published2016

FrequencyQuarterly

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications620

Publisher OrgElsevier BV

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?

Elsevier Ltd

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2468-0532

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Indexed in a trusted database?

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

800

2019

1.9k

2020

1.2k

2021

857

2022

420

2023

485

2024

100

220

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.

DevelopmentQ1

Geography, Planning and DevelopmentQ1

Sociology and Political ScienceQ1

Economics and EconometricsQ2

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

Sociology and Political ScienceEconomics and EconometricsDevelopmentGeography, Planning and Development

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 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 World Development Perspectives?

World Development Perspectives is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 0.79.

Is World Development Perspectives indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

World Development Perspectives is indexed in Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of World Development Perspectives?