List of Paid Development Journals : 2025

Are you looking for without APC development journals? Then you are in the right place.

Here, we provide an updated list of scholarly, peer-reviewed without APC development journals.

APC Free development Journals are academic journals that do not charge authors an Article Processing Charge (APC) to publish their research.

There are many development journals that charge zero APC (Article Processing Charges) from authors, and these journals are indexed in major databases such as PubMed, Scopus, Web of Science (WOS), and DOAJ.


APC Free Development Journals List

For the most recent list of APC waived development journals, see the list below.


Journals List Subject Access Type IF
New Political Economy Subscription Journal 4.4
Cities Subscription Journal 6.7
Entrepreneurship and Regional Development Subscription Journal 6.9
Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy Subscription Journal 5.8
Food Policy Subscription Journal 6.5
Oeconomia Copernicana Open Access 8.5
Sustainable Development Subscription Journal 12.5
Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management Subscription Journal 9.8
International Journal of Urban and Regional Research Subscription Journal 3.3
World Development Subscription Journal 6.9
World Bank Research Observer Subscription Journal 8.4
Journal of the American Planning Association Subscription Journal 6.1
Annals of Tourism Research Subscription Journal 13.2
Tourism Management Subscription Journal 12.7
Global Transitions Open Access 11.76


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