World Development
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Journal
Country
United Kingdom
Western Europe
Subject Area and Category
Economics, Econometrics and Finance
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Development
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Economics and Econometrics
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Geography, Planning and Development
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Publisher
SJR 2025
2.027
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SJR Score
H-Index
249
Citations / Doc (2yr)
6.27
Total Docs. (latest)
315
Total Citations (3yr)
5,576
Publication type
Journals
ISSN
0305750X, 18735991
Coverage
1973-2026
Journal Rank
#1,416
Subject Categories
Development
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Economics and Econometrics
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Geography, Planning and Development
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Sociology and Political Science
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Subject Areas
Aims & 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.
Abstracting & Indexing
Scopus
Google Scholar
Web of Science
Detailed Metrics
| Total Docs. (latest) | 315 |
| Total Docs. (3 years) | 810 |
| Total Refs. | 24,526 |
| Total Citations (3 years) | 5,576 |
| Citable Docs. (3 years) | 806 |
| Citations / Doc. (2 years) | 6.27 |
| Ref. / Doc. | 77.86 |
| % Female | 40.0% |
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