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Information Technology for Development is Scopus-indexed (Q1, CiteScore 11.9), ABDC A, ABS / AJG 2, WoS SSCI. It is covered by India's One Nation One Subscription scheme for reading access. Published by Association for Information Systems (AIS).
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ISSN 0268-1102Verify ISSN ↗1554-0170Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Association for Information Systems (AIS)
Cost to publish: No APC data — check the publisher
| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Public Administration | 4 / 248 | 98th | Q1 |
| Development | 8 / 314 | 97th | Q1 |
| Computer Science Applications | 105 / 1022 | 89th | Q1 |
Not listed in: DOAJ, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2008–2025 (also 2003, 1998–2000, 1995–1996, 1986–1990), best quartile Q1, CiteScore 11.9.
Information Technology for Development is Q1 in Public Administration (rank 4 of 248), Q1 in Development (rank 8 of 314) and Q1 in Computer Science Applications (rank 105 of 1022), by CiteScore 2025.
Information Technology for Development is indexed in the Social Sciences Citation Index, so it may have a Journal Impact Factor in Clarivate's Journal Citation Reports. JCR is paid, so check it for the current value. The closest free measure is its Scopus CiteScore 11.9, which places it in quartile Q1 at the 98th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 1.456, quartile Q1, with an H-index of 63.
Information Technology for Development is published by Association for Information Systems (AIS). Its print ISSN is 0268-1102 and its online ISSN is 1554-0170.
Yes. It is part of the One Nation One Subscription (ONOS) national subscription, so readers at participating Indian institutions get its full text. ONOS does not cover its article processing charge.
Yes — indexed in the Social Sciences Citation Index.
It is rated A in the ABDC Journal Quality List 2025 under Information systems.
It is graded 2 in the Chartered Association of Business Schools (ABS) Academic Journal Guide (AJG) 2024, in the Information Management field, unchanged from 2021.
No — it is not registered as an open-access journal in DOAJ or Scopus.
Information Technology for Development has an h-index of 79 and a 2-year mean of 6.25 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 11.9, quartile Q1. On 2-year citations it ranks #6 of 245 Scopus journals in Public Administration.
Information Technology for Development published 43 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2017 with 74. 2026* is the year so far.
h-index, i10-index and 2-year mean citedness are open, licence-clear metrics from OpenAlex — not a proprietary impact factor. The subject rank counts only journals that OpenAlex has a figure for; it is not a Scopus or Clarivate ranking. Updated 2026-10-14.
In its latest 99 research articles (2024–2026), authors are most often from China (16.7%), United States (9.6%) and United Kingdom (8.8%).
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Scopus status: Active. 2 retracted papers are recorded (1.9 per 1,000 papers). The Problematic Paper Screener flags none of its papers. These are indicators to check, not findings against the journal.
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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