Development Studies: Journal Rankings

Journal Rankings

TQCC Average citations Median citations H4-Index Number of Papers Impact Factor

(The Journal Impact Factor, or JIF, denotes the average number of citations a paper of a given journal accrues within a two-year timespan, as calculated by Clarivate Analytics' database Web of Science; note that the journal coverage here at OOIR might deviate slightly from Web of Science's. The JIFs that used to have more than one decimal point are rounded here for copyright-related reasons.)

Rank	Journal	Impact Factor 2024
1	Sustainable Development	ca. 9.3
2	Habitat International	ca. 8.5
3	Cambridge Journal of Regions Economy and Society	ca. 6.4
4	Long Range Planning	ca. 5.6
5	World Development	ca. 5.1
6	Journal of Peasant Studies	ca. 5
7	Entrepreneurship and Regional Development	ca. 4.8
8	Information Technology for Development	ca. 4.5
9	Journal of Agrarian Change	ca. 4.1
10	Climate and Development	ca. 4
11	Journal of Environmental Planning and Management	ca. 3.9
12	Development and Change	ca. 3.3
-	Journal of Economic Policy Reform	ca. 3.3
-	Public Administration and Development	ca. 3.3
15	Journal of Environmental Policy & Planning	ca. 3
16	Journal of Environment & Development	ca. 2.5
17	International Development Planning Review	ca. 2.4
-	Third World Quarterly	ca. 2.4
-	Review of Development Economics	ca. 2.4
20	World Bank Economic Review	ca. 2.3
21	Social Policy & Administration	ca. 2.2
-	Growth and Change	ca. 2.2
-	Housing Policy Debate	ca. 2.2
24	African Development Review-Revue Africaine de Developpement	ca. 2.1
-	Development Policy Review	ca. 2.1
-	Society & Natural Resources	ca. 2.1
27	Journal of International Development	ca. 2
28	European Journal of Development Research	ca. 1.9
-	Studies in Comparative International Development	ca. 1.9
30	Economic Development and Cultural Change	ca. 1.8
-	Journal of Development Studies	ca. 1.8
-	Journal of South Asian Development	ca. 1.8
33	Journal of Human Development and Capabilities	ca. 1.7
34	Development Southern Africa	ca. 1.5
-	Progress in Development Studies	ca. 1.5
36	Community Development Journal	ca. 1.4
-	Economic Development Quarterly	ca. 1.4
38	Developing Economies	ca. 1.3
39	Journal of Development Effectiveness	ca. 1.2
40	Canadian Journal of Development Studies-Revue Canadienne d'Etudes du Developpement	ca. 1
41	IDS Bulletin-Institute of Development Studies	ca. 0.5