World Development Impact Factor, Quartile, Indexing, Ranking

World Development Impact Factor, Indexing, Ranking

World Development (WD) is a scholarly journal dedicated to publishing research in the field of Social Sciences, and Published by Elsevier. The Print-ISSN of World Development is 1873-5991 and its abbreviation is World Dev.

The latest Impact Factor of the World Development for 2024-2025 is 6.9.

The Publicaiton fees (APC) is 4140 USD.


World Development Aim and Scope

World Development is a multi-disciplinary monthly journal of development studies. It seeks to explore ways of improving standards of living, and the human condition generally, by examining potential solutions to problems such as: poverty, unemployment, malnutrition, disease, lack of shelter, environmental degradation, inadequate scientific and technological resources, trade and payments imbalances, international debt, gender and ethnic discrimination, militarism and civil conflict, and lack of popular participation in economic and political life.


World Development Details


Journal title World Development (WD)
Abbreviation World Dev
Print ISSN 1873-5991
Online ISSN 0305-750X
Publisher Name Elsevier
Editor-in-chief Jampel Dell’Angelo, PhD
Subject Category Social Sciences
Access type Hybrid
Status 🟢 Active

World Development Metrics and Rankings

In the context of academic journals, "Metrics and Rankings" refer to various measures and evaluations used to assess the quality, influence, and impact of a journal.

Below are the metrics and rankings for the journal World Development

Impact Factor 6.9
SJR 2.504
SNIP 2.613
Ranking 1105
CiteScore 10.9
H-Index 206
Quartile Q1
World Development Impact Factor List

World Development Review Time

Journal review time is basically how long it takes for experts to read and decide whether an article is good enough to be published in a journal.

Review Time 362 days

World Development Abstracting and Indexing

Abstracting and Indexing (A&I) refers to the processes that help organize and categorize academic journals, making them easier to find and access for researchers and scholars

Abstracting and Indexing

World Development Submission

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