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JOURNAL OF AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT

PENN STATE UNIV PRESS · US · Est. 2005

ISSN2689-4092eISSN2689-4084

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Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

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H-Indexi

Total Worksi

259

Total Citationsi

2,081

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.47

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Development Studies.

General Information

Country / RegionUS

Primary Language—

1st Year Published2005

Annual Volume~ 13 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications259

Publisher OrgPenn State University Press

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

4/11 · 36%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

PENN STATE UNIV PRESS

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Does the journal have a website?

No URL

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Is the ISSN verified?

2689-4092 / 2689-4084

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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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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

204

2018

2020

2021

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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.

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Development Studies

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Economic Growth and DevelopmentPoverty, Education, and Child WelfareFiscal Policy and Economic GrowthInternational Development and AidEconomic Growth and ProductivityMicrofinance and Financial InclusionGlobal trade and economicsChild Nutrition and Water AccessMigration and Labor DynamicsGlobal Maternal and Child Health

Frequently asked questions about JOURNAL OF AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT

Is JOURNAL OF AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for JOURNAL OF AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT: it is indexed in Web of Science, 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 JOURNAL OF AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT?

JOURNAL OF AFRICAN 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 0.47.

Is JOURNAL OF AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

JOURNAL OF AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT is indexed in Web of Science.

What is the aims and scope of JOURNAL OF AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT?