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World Development Sustainability

Elsevier · United Kingdom

eISSN2772-655X

SJR Q1✓ Scopus / SJR✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

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

0.934

H-Indexi

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Industries. Land use. Labor: Economic growth, development, planning; Environmental sciences. Topics: sustainability, economic development, social development, natural resources, environment

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published—

StatusActive

Total Publications—

Publisher OrgElsevier BV

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewDouble anonymous peer review

OA LicenseCC BY, CC BY-NC-ND, CC BY-NC

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

8/11 · 73%

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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?

2772-655X

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Indexed in a trusted database?

Scopus, DOAJ

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Peer review process documented?

Double anonymous peer review

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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)?

DOAJ verified

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Primary language documented?

English

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.

SJR Quartile by Discipline

Scimago ranks this journal separately in each subject category — its quartile can differ by discipline.

Geography, Planning and DevelopmentQ1

Social Sciences (miscellaneous)Q1

Subject Classification

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Energy, Environment, Economic GrowthAgricultural Innovations and PracticesEnergy and Environment ImpactsAgricultural risk and resilienceEnergy, Environment, and Transportation PoliciesConservation, Biodiversity, and Resource ManagementClimate change impacts on agricultureClimate Change Policy and EconomicsMicrofinance and Financial InclusionEnvironmental Sustainability in Business

Frequently asked questions about World Development Sustainability

Is World Development Sustainability a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for World Development Sustainability: it is indexed in Scopus, DOAJ, 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 Sustainability?

World Development Sustainability is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 0.934.

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

World Development Sustainability is indexed in Scopus, DOAJ.