Development Journals List - 2024

Are you looking for a list of development journals? Then you are in the right place.

Here, we provide an updated list of scholarly, peer-reviewed development journals.

Some of these are open access journals, while others have a high impact factor.

Additionally, many of these journals are indexed in various databases like PubMed, Scopus, Medline, Embase, DOAJ, Google Scholar, and Web of Science (WOS).

This list includes the best national and international academic journals.

Some of them are top-ranking and highly scientific journals with a high H-index and ranking.

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


Development Journals



Journals List Subject ISSN Impact Factor Payment (APC)
New Political Economy Development 1469-9923 4.4
Cities Development 1873-6084 6.7
Entrepreneurship and Regional Development Development 1464-5114 6.9
Journal of Governance Security and Development Development 2709-0590
Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy Development 2040-5804 5.8
Food Policy Development 0306-9192 6.5
Oeconomia Copernicana Development 2353-1827 8.5
Sustainable Development Development 1099-1719 12.5
Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental ... Development 1535-3966 9.8
International Journal of Urban and Regional Resear... Development 0309-1317 3.3
World Development Development 0305-750X 6.9
World Bank Research Observer Development 1564-6971 8.4
Journal of the American Planning Association Development 0194-4363 6.1
Annals of Tourism Research Development 0160-7383 13.2
Tourism Management Development 0261-5177 12.7
Journal of South Asian Development Development 0973-1733 1.4
International Journal of Geoheritage and Parks Development 2577-445X 3.91
Regional Sustainability Development 2666-660X 4.58
China Report Development 0973-063X 0.9
Global Transitions Development 2589-7918 11.76

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