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Inactive/Discontinued
Coverage
2010 (also 2007, 1995, 1988–1989)
Source type
Book Series
Open access
No
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Handbook of Development Economics
Handbook of Development Economics is not currently indexed in Scopus. Published by Elsevier B.V..
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ISSN 1573-4471Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Elsevier B.V.
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Quick answers
Is Handbook of Development Economics indexed in Scopus?
No — it was previously covered by Scopus but its coverage is now inactive/discontinued (2010 (also 2007, 1995, 1988–1989)).
What is the impact factor of Handbook of Development Economics?
Handbook of Development Economics has no Journal Impact Factor — JIF is published only for journals in the Web of Science Core Collection (SCIE, SSCI, AHCI and ESCI) — and Scopus has not published a current CiteScore for it either. Treat any "impact factor" quoted for this journal elsewhere as unofficial.
Who publishes Handbook of Development Economics and what is its ISSN?
Handbook of Development Economics is published by Elsevier B.V. Its ISSN is 1573-4471.
Is Handbook of Development Economics in Web of Science?
No — it is not currently in the Web of Science core collections (SCIE, SSCI, AHCI or ESCI).
Is Handbook of Development Economics open access?
No — it is not registered as an open-access journal in DOAJ or Scopus.
Scopus coverage history
Scopus indexed Handbook of Development Economics for 5 years, between 1988 and 2010, with 18 years in that span missing. Coverage ended in 2010, 16 years ago, and Scopus now lists the title as inactive.
Is it still publishing? OpenAlex lists 127 works and 9,859 citations for the title. Its most recent paper is from 2010, in line with the end of Scopus coverage in 2010, which suggests the journal stopped publishing around then.
How well cited is Handbook of Development Economics? — open metrics via OpenAlex
Handbook of Development Economics has an h-index of 49 and a 2-year mean of 0.67 citations per paper (OpenAlex).
49
h-index
0.67
2-yr mean citations
76
i10-index
127
works indexed
9,859
total citations
Handbook of Development Economics published 20 papers in 2010; its busiest recent year was 1995 with 31. 2026* is the year so far.
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h-index, i10-index and 2-year mean citedness are open, licence-clear metrics from OpenAlex — not a proprietary impact factor. Updated 2026-10-14.
Are there integrity warnings for Handbook of Development Economics? — indicators, not proof of misconduct
Scopus status: Inactive — coverage ended 2010. No retracted papers are recorded. The Problematic Paper Screener flags none of its papers. These are indicators to check, not findings against the journal.
- Scopus statusInactive — coverage ended 2010
- Retracted papers None recorded
- Problematic Paper Screener flags None flagged
Retractions from OpenAlex; flags from the Problematic Paper Screener (Cabanac, Labbé & Magazinov, CC BY), 2026-09-21 export. A flag marks a paper for a closer look; it is not a finding against the journal.
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