Development journals in Scopus

Scopus journals in the Development category, ranked by their quartile in this category.

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311 journals · page 2 of 7 · list date 2026-11-10

JournalWeb of ScienceJCRCategory QDOAJ
Q1Land Degradation and Development
United Kingdom · WILEY · ISSN 1085-3278, 1099-145X
SCI-EQ2Q1—
Q1Local Government Studies
United Kingdom · ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD · ISSN 0300-3930, 1743-9388
SSCIQ2Q1—
Q1Maritime Studies
Germany · SPRINGER HEIDELBERG · ISSN 1872-7859, 2212-9790
ESCIQ3Q1—
Q1Nanomedicine
United Kingdom · TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD · ISSN 1743-5889, 1748-6963
SCI-EQ2Q1—
Q1New Political Economy
United Kingdom · ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD · ISSN 1356-3467, 1469-9923
SSCIQ1Q1—
Q1Oeconomia Copernicana
Poland · INST BADAN GOSPODARCZYCH · ISSN 2083-1277, 2353-1827
SSCIQ1Q1Yes
Q1Policy Sciences
Netherlands · SPRINGER · ISSN 0032-2687, 1573-0891
SSCIQ1Q1—
Q1Population and Development Review
United Kingdom · WILEY · ISSN 0098-7921, 1728-4457
SSCIQ1Q1—
Q1Public Administration and Development
United Kingdom · WILEY · ISSN 0271-2075, 1099-162X
SSCIQ1Q1—
Q1Regional Science Policy and Practice
Netherlands · ELSEVIER SCI LTD · ISSN 1757-7802
ESCIQ1Q1Yes
Q1Regional Sustainability
China · KEAI PUBLISHING LTD · ISSN 2097-0129, 2666-660X
ESCIQ1Q1Yes
Q1Research in Globalization
Netherlands · ELSEVIER · ISSN 2590-051X
ESCIQ1Q1Yes
Q1Review of African Political Economy
United Kingdom · SCIENCEOPEN · ISSN 0305-6244, 1740-1720
SSCIQ1Q1—
Q1Review of Development Economics
United Kingdom · WILEY · ISSN 1363-6669, 1467-9361
SSCIQ2Q1—
Q1Review of International Economics
United Kingdom · WILEY · ISSN 0965-7576, 1467-9396
SSCIQ2Q1—
Q1Social Policy and Administration
United Kingdom · WILEY · ISSN 0144-5596, 1467-9515
SSCIQ1Q1—
Q1Sustainable Development
United Kingdom · WILEY · ISSN 0968-0802, 1099-1719
SSCIQ1Q1—
Q1Third World Quarterly
United Kingdom · ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD · ISSN 0143-6597, 1360-2241
SSCIQ2Q1—
Q1Tourism Management
United Kingdom · ELSEVIER SCI LTD · ISSN 0261-5177, 1879-3193
SSCIQ1Q1—
Q1Tourism Planning and Development
United Kingdom · ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD · ISSN 2156-8316, 2156-8324
ESCIQ2Q1—
Q1Transportation
Netherlands · SPRINGER · ISSN 0049-4488, 1572-9435
SCI-E, SSCIQ1Q1—
Q1Urban Governance
Netherlands · Elsevier B.V. · ISSN 2664-3286
——Q1Yes
Q1Utilities Policy
United Kingdom · ELSEVIER SCI LTD · ISSN 0957-1787, 1878-4356
SCI-E, SSCIQ2Q1—
Q1World Bank Economic Review
United Kingdom · OXFORD UNIV PRESS · ISSN 0258-6770, 1564-698X
SSCIQ2Q1—
Q1World Bank Research Observer
United Kingdom · OXFORD UNIV PRESS · ISSN 0257-3032, 1564-6971
SSCIQ1Q1—
Q1World Development
United Kingdom · PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD · ISSN 0305-750X, 1873-5991
SSCIQ1Q1—
Q1World Development Perspectives
United Kingdom · Elsevier Ltd · ISSN 2452-2929, 2468-0532
ESCIQ2Q1—
Q2African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development
United Kingdom · ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD · ISSN 2042-1338, 2042-1346
ESCIQ2Q2—
Q2Africa Spectrum
Germany · SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC · ISSN 0002-0397, 1868-6869
SSCIQ1Q2Yes
Q2Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems
United Kingdom · TAYLOR & FRANCIS INC · ISSN 2168-3565, 2168-3573
SCI-EQ2Q2—
Q2AHURI Final Report
Australia · Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute · ISSN 1834-7223
——Q2—
Q2Asian Education and Development Studies
United Kingdom · EMERALD GROUP PUBLISHING LTD · ISSN 2046-3162, 2046-3170
ESCIQ2Q2—
Q2Asian Review of Political Economy
China · Springer · ISSN 2731-5835
——Q2Yes
Q2Asia-Pacific Journal of Regional Science
Netherlands · SPRINGERNATURE · ISSN 2509-7946, 2509-7954
ESCIQ2Q2—
Q2Asia Pacific Viewpoint
United Kingdom · WILEY · ISSN 1360-7456, 1467-8373
SSCIQ1Q2—
Q2Behavioral Science and Policy
United States · SAGE Publications Inc. · ISSN 2379-4607, 2379-4615
——Q2—
Q2Bulletin of Latin American Research
United Kingdom · WILEY · ISSN 0261-3050, 1470-9856
SSCIQ3Q2—
Q2Canadian Journal of Development Studies
United Kingdom · ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD · ISSN 0225-5189, 2158-9100
SSCIQ4Q2—
Q2Central Asian Survey
United Kingdom · ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD · ISSN 0263-4937, 1465-3354
SSCIQ1Q2—
Q2Communist and Post-Communist Studies
United Kingdom · UNIV CALIFORNIA PRESS · ISSN 0967-067X, 1873-6920
SSCIQ3Q2—
Q2Community Development Journal
United Kingdom · OXFORD UNIV PRESS · ISSN 0010-3802, 1468-2656
SSCIQ3Q2—
Q2Comparative Studies of South Asia, Africa and the Middle East
United States · DUKE UNIV PRESS · ISSN 1089-201X, 1548-226X
ESCIQ1Q2—
Q2Contemporary South Asia
United Kingdom · ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD · ISSN 0958-4935, 1469-364X
SSCI, AHCIQ2Q2—
Q2Development Engineering
United Kingdom · Elsevier Ltd · ISSN 2352-7285
——Q2—
Q2Development in Practice
United Kingdom · ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD · ISSN 0961-4524, 1364-9213
ESCIQ3Q2—
Q2Development Policy Review
United Kingdom · WILEY · ISSN 0950-6764, 1467-7679
SSCIQ2Q2—
Q2Development Southern Africa
United Kingdom · ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD · ISSN 0376-835X, 1470-3637
SSCIQ3Q2—
Q2East Asia
Netherlands · SPRINGERNATURE · ISSN 1096-6838, 1874-6284
ESCIQ1Q2—
Q2Economies
Switzerland · MDPI · ISSN 2227-7099
ESCIQ2Q2Yes
Q2Empirica
Netherlands · SPRINGER · ISSN 0340-8744, 1573-6911
SSCIQ3Q2—

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