Development Studies: Journal Rankings

Journal Rankings

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

(The TQCC is the top quartile citation count: if all publications of a journal are sorted by citation count in descending order, then the TQCC is the citation count of the publication residing at the end of the top quartile; for example, given 100 publications, the TQCC is the citation count of the 25th ranked paper. The data are based on CrossRef. The ranking can be re-used under a CC0-license.)

(Using publications from roughly 2022-08-01 to 2026-08-01)

Rank	Journal	TQCC
1	Habitat International	16
-	Long Range Planning	16
3	World Development	12
4	Cambridge Journal of Regions Economy and Society	11
-	Information Technology for Development	11
-	Sustainable Development	11
7	Entrepreneurship and Regional Development	10
8	Journal of Environmental Planning and Management	9
9	Journal of Peasant Studies	8
10	Climate and Development	7
11	Development and Change	6
-	Journal of Environmental Policy & Planning	6
13	Journal of Economic Policy Reform	5
-	Housing Policy Debate	5
-	Journal of Agrarian Change	5
-	Journal of Environment & Development	5
-	World Bank Economic Review	5
18	African Development Review-Revue Africaine de Developpement	4
-	Development Southern Africa	4
-	European Journal of Development Research	4
-	International Development Planning Review	4
-	Public Administration and Development	4
-	Studies in Comparative International Development	4
-	Third World Quarterly	4
-	Development Policy Review	4
-	Economic Development and Cultural Change	4
-	Journal of International Development	4
-	Review of Development Economics	4
-	Society & Natural Resources	4
30	Economic Development Quarterly	3
-	Journal of Development Effectiveness	3
-	Journal of Human Development and Capabilities	3
-	Social Policy & Administration	3
-	Growth and Change	3
-	Journal of South Asian Development	3
36	Canadian Journal of Development Studies-Revue Canadienne d'Etudes du Developpement	2
-	Community Development Journal	2
-	Journal of Development Studies	2
-	Progress in Development Studies	2
40	IDS Bulletin-Institute of Development Studies	1
41	Developing Economies	0