Get an email when this journal's indexing changes
Added to or removed from Scopus, Web of Science, ABDC, DOAJ, FT50, UT Dallas or ONOS. One confirmation click; unsubscribe anytime.
Innovation and Development is Scopus-indexed (Q1, CiteScore 5.5), WoS ESCI. It is covered by India's One Nation One Subscription scheme for reading access. Published by Taylor and Francis Ltd..
Checked against the index lists dated .
ISSN 2157-930XVerify ISSN ↗2157-9318Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Taylor and Francis Ltd.
Cost to publish: No APC data — check the publisher
| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cultural Studies | 37 / 1434 | 97th | Q1 |
| Political Science and International Relations | 70 / 745 | 90th | Q1 |
| Sociology and Political Science | 183 / 1530 | 88th | Q1 |
| Education | 286 / 1698 | 83rd | Q1 |
| Development | 57 / 314 | 82nd | Q1 |
| Geography, Planning and Development | 173 / 876 | 80th | Q1 |
Not listed in: DOAJ, ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2015–present, best quartile Q1, CiteScore 5.5.
Innovation and Development is Q1 in Cultural Studies (rank 37 of 1434), Q1 in Political Science and International Relations (rank 70 of 745) and Q1 in Sociology and Political Science (rank 183 of 1530), by CiteScore 2025. It is ranked in 6 subject areas in all.
Innovation and Development is indexed in the Emerging Sources 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 5.5, which places it in quartile Q1 at the 97th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.608, quartile Q1, with an H-index of 23.
Innovation and Development is published by Taylor and Francis Ltd. Its print ISSN is 2157-930X and its online ISSN is 2157-9318.
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 Emerging Sources Citation Index.
No — it is not registered as an open-access journal in DOAJ or Scopus.
Innovation and Development has an h-index of 37 and a 2-year mean of 2.16 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 5.5, quartile Q1. On 2-year citations it ranks #54 of 1,309 Scopus journals in Cultural Studies.
Innovation and Development published 29 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2021 with 56. 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 (2022–2026), authors are most often from United Kingdom (8%), South Africa (7.2%) and India (6.6%).
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Scopus status: Active. 2 retracted papers are recorded (4.4 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.
Index data is curated from public sources (Scopus, Web of Science, ABDC, FT50, UT Dallas, DOAJ). CiteScore and quartiles reflect the latest available Scopus release. Always verify a journal's current status on its official source before submitting.
Comments load as you scroll here.