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Best Development journals

308 Scopus-active journals are ranked in Development. All are listed below, ranked by CiteScore percentile — 79 of them sit in quartile Q1. Every title links to a full profile with Scopus, Web of Science, ABDC, DOAJ and open-access details.

# Journal CiteScore Percentile Quartile WoS ABDC OA
1 Tourism Management 24.3 99th Q1 SSCI A* No
2 Oeconomia Copernicana 18.9 99th Q1 SSCI – Yes
3 Journal of Open Innovation: Technology, Market, and Complexity 16 99th Q1 – – Yes
4 Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management 14.5 98th Q1 SSCI C No
5 Sustainable Development 13.6 98th Q1 SSCI C No
6 World Bank Research Observer 12.8 98th Q1 SSCI B No
7 Food Security 12.4 97th Q1 SCIE – No
8 Annals of Tourism Research 11.9 97th Q1 SSCI A* No
9 Information Technology for Development 11.9 97th Q1 SSCI A No
10 Cities 11.5 96th Q1 SSCI – No
11 Food Policy 11 96th Q1 SCIE, SSCI B No
12 Journal of Rural Studies 10.9 96th Q1 SSCI – No
13 Energy, Sustainability and Society 10.3 96th Q1 SCIE – Yes
14 Transportation 10.2 95th Q1 SCIE, SSCI A No
15 International Journal of Geoheritage and Parks 10.2 95th Q1 ESCI – Yes
16 New Political Economy 9.5 95th Q1 SSCI A No
17 World Development 9.3 94th Q1 SSCI A* No
18 Climate and Development 9.1 94th Q1 SSCI B No
19 Regional Sustainability 8.9 94th Q1 ESCI – Yes
20 Journal of Accounting in Emerging Economies 8.9 93rd Q1 ESCI B No
21 Tourism Planning and Development 8.8 93rd Q1 ESCI A No
22 Societies and Political Orders in Transition 8.7 93rd Q1 – – No
23 Research in Globalization 8.7 92nd Q1 ESCI – Yes
24 Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy 8.5 92nd Q1 SCIE, SSCI B No
25 Environment and Planning E: Nature and Space 8.5 92nd Q1 SSCI – No
26 International Journal of Climate Change Strategies and Management 8.4 91st Q1 SSCI – Yes
27 Journal of the American Planning Association 8.4 91st Q1 SSCI – No
28 Journal of Social Entrepreneurship 8.3 91st Q1 ESCI B No
29 Futures 8.2 90th Q1 SSCI B No
30 Journal of Development Economics 8.2 90th Q1 SSCI A* No
31 Extractive Industries and Society 8 90th Q1 SSCI – No
32 Population and Development Review 7.9 89th Q1 SSCI A No
33 Housing Policy Debate 7.3 89th Q1 SSCI B No
34 Journal of Planning Education and Research 7.3 89th Q1 SSCI – No
35 Land Degradation and Development 7.3 89th Q1 SCIE – No
36 Journal of Agribusiness in Developing and Emerging Economies 7.1 88th Q1 ESCI C No
37 Policy Sciences 6.8 88th Q1 SSCI B No
38 Urban Governance 6.7 88th Q1 – – Yes
39 East European Politics 6.6 87th Q1 SSCI – No
40 Journal of Contemporary China 6.5 87th Q1 SSCI – No
41 Nanomedicine 6.5 87th Q1 SCIE – No
42 Community, Work and Family 6.4 86th Q1 ESCI C No
43 Journal of African Business 6.3 86th Q1 ESCI C No
44 Business Strategy and Development 6.2 86th Q1 ESCI – No
45 European Journal of Development Research 6.1 85th Q1 SSCI B No
46 Digital Geography and Society 6.1 85th Q1 – – Yes
47 International Journal of Water Resources Development 6.1 85th Q1 SCIE – No
48 Bulletin of Indonesian Economic Studies 6 84th Q1 SSCI B No
49 Development and Change 6 84th Q1 SSCI B No
50 Environment and Development Economics 6 84th Q1 SSCI B No
51 Social Enterprise Journal 5.9 83rd Q1 ESCI C No
52 Journal of International Relations and Development 5.8 83rd Q1 SSCI C No
53 Asian Education and Development Studies 5.8 83rd Q1 ESCI – No
54 Regional Science Policy and Practice 5.6 82nd Q1 ESCI – Yes
55 African Development Review 5.5 82nd Q1 SSCI C No
56 Worldwide Hospitality and Tourism Themes 5.5 82nd Q1 ESCI C No
57 Innovation and Development 5.5 82nd Q1 ESCI – No
58 Environmental Hazards 5.4 81st Q1 SSCI – No
59 Global Social Challenges Journal 5.4 81st Q1 ESCI – Yes
60 Local Government Studies 5.3 81st Q1 SSCI A No
61 Housing, Theory and Society 5.3 80th Q1 SSCI – No
62 International Journal of Urban Sustainable Development 5.3 80th Q1 ESCI – Yes
63 Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems 5.2 80th Q1 SCIE – No
64 Economies 5.2 79th Q1 ESCI C Yes
65 China Quarterly 5.1 79th Q1 SSCI A No
66 World Bank Economic Review 5.1 79th Q1 SSCI A No
67 Global Transitions 5.1 78th Q1 ESCI – Yes
68 Journal of Workplace Learning 4.9 78th Q1 ESCI C No
69 Asia-Pacific Journal of Regional Science 4.9 78th Q1 ESCI – No
70 Millennial Asia 4.8 77th Q1 ESCI C No
71 Social Policy and Administration 4.8 77th Q1 SSCI A No
72 Journal of International Trade and Economic Development 4.8 77th Q1 SSCI B No
73 International Journal of Development Issues 4.7 76th Q1 – C No
74 International Journal of Urban and Regional Research 4.7 76th Q1 SSCI B No
75 Third World Quarterly 4.7 76th Q1 SSCI A No
76 Public Administration and Development 4.6 75th Q1 SSCI A No
77 Small Enterprise Research 4.6 75th Q1 ESCI B No
78 Central Asian Survey 4.6 75th Q1 SSCI – No
79 Development Policy Review 4.5 75th Q1 SSCI B No
80 Journal of Regional Science 4.5 74th Q2 SSCI A No
81 Journal of the Asia Pacific Economy 4.5 74th Q2 SSCI B No
82 Development Studies Research 4.5 74th Q2 – – Yes
83 Review of Development Economics 4.5 73rd Q2 SSCI A No
84 International Journal of Educational Development 4.5 73rd Q2 SSCI – No
85 African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development 4.4 73rd Q2 ESCI – No
86 Development Southern Africa 4.4 72nd Q2 SSCI C No
87 World Development Perspectives 4.4 72nd Q2 ESCI – No
88 Journal of Law, Environmental and Justice 4.3 72nd Q2 – – No
89 Global Journal of Emerging Market Economies 4.3 71st Q2 – – No
90 Global Public Policy and Governance 4.3 71st Q2 ESCI – No
91 Society and Natural Resources 4.3 71st Q2 SSCI – No
92 Transnational Corporations Review 4.2 70th Q2 – C Yes
93 Evaluation 4.1 70th Q2 SSCI B No
94 Behavioral Sciences 4.1 70th Q2 SSCI – Yes
95 East Asia 4.1 70th Q2 ESCI – No
96 Journal of Development Studies 4.1 69th Q2 SSCI A No
97 Infinity Journal 4.1 69th Q2 – – Yes
98 Journal of Human Development and Capabilities 4.1 68th Q2 SSCI B No
99 Journal of International Development 4 68th Q2 SSCI B No
100 Maritime Studies 4 68th Q2 ESCI – No
101 Journal of the Urban Planning and Development Division, ASCE 3.9 67th Q2 SCIE, SSCI B No
102 Mountain Research and Development 3.9 67th Q2 SCIE – Yes
103 Journal of Environment and Development 3.8 67th Q2 SSCI B No
104 Business, Management and Economics Engineering 3.8 67th Q2 ESCI – Yes
105 Progress in Development Studies 3.8 66th Q2 SSCI C No
106 Gender, Technology and Development 3.7 66th Q2 ESCI – No
107 Women's Studies International Forum 3.7 66th Q2 SSCI – No
108 Economic Development Quarterly 3.5 65th Q2 SSCI B No
109 Q Open 3.5 65th Q2 ESCI C Yes
110 Asia Pacific Viewpoint 3.4 65th Q2 SSCI – No
111 Africa Spectrum 3.4 64th Q2 SSCI C Yes
112 Advances in Southeast Asian Studies 3.4 64th Q2 – – Yes
113 International Journal of Islamic Finance and Sustainable Development 3.3 64th Q2 ESCI – No
114 Economic Development and Cultural Change 3.3 63rd Q2 SSCI A No
115 Review of African Political Economy 3.3 63rd Q2 SSCI C No
116 Peacebuilding 3.2 63rd Q2 SSCI – No
117 Community Development Journal 3.2 62nd Q2 SSCI B No
118 Insight on Africa 3.2 62nd Q2 ESCI – No
119 Journal of East Asian Studies 3.1 62nd Q2 SSCI – Yes
120 AHURI Final Report 3.1 61st Q2 – – No
121 Journal of Entrepreneurship and Innovation in Emerging Economies 3.1 61st Q2 – – No
122 Journal of Water Sanitation and Hygiene for Development 3.1 61st Q2 SCIE – No
123 International Finance 3 60th Q2 SSCI B No
124 Journal of Sport for Development 3 60th Q2 ESCI B No
125 Oxford Development Studies 3 60th Q2 ESCI B No
126 Italian Review of Agricultural Economics 2.9 60th Q2 – – No
127 Contemporary Southeast Asia 2.9 59th Q2 SSCI – No
128 Journal of Asian and African Studies 2.9 59th Q2 SSCI – No
129 Social Neuroscience 2.9 59th Q2 SCIE – No
130 Advances in Hospitality and Tourism Research 2.9 58th Q2 ESCI – No
131 Journal of Community Practice 2.9 58th Q2 ESCI – No
132 Ocean Development and International Law 2.9 58th Q2 SSCI – No
133 International Development Planning Review 2.8 57th Q2 SSCI B No
134 Journal of African Economies 2.8 57th Q2 SSCI A No
135 Communist and Post-Communist Studies 2.8 57th Q2 SSCI – No
136 Studies in Comparative International Development 2.7 56th Q2 SSCI A No
137 Canadian Journal of African Studies 2.7 56th Q2 ESCI – No
138 Journal of Contemporary East Asia Studies 2.6 56th Q2 ESCI – Yes
139 Review of International Economics 2.6 55th Q2 SSCI A No
140 Development in Practice 2.6 55th Q2 ESCI – No
141 Journal of Ecology and Rural Environment 2.6 55th Q2 – – No
142 Journal of East-West Business 2.6 54th Q2 ESCI C No
143 Global Studies of Childhood 2.6 54th Q2 ESCI – No
144 Journal for International Business and Entrepreneurship Development 2.5 54th Q2 ESCI – No
145 Journal of Water and Land Development 2.5 53rd Q2 – – Yes
146 Rural Special Education Quarterly 2.5 53rd Q2 ESCI – No
147 Investigaciones Regionales 2.4 53rd Q2 ESCI – Yes
148 International Journal of Sustainable Economy 2.4 52nd Q2 – C No
149 Journal of South Asian Development 2.4 52nd Q2 SSCI C No
150 Forum for Development Studies 2.4 52nd Q2 ESCI – No
151 Organizations and Markets in Emerging Economies 2.4 51st Q2 ESCI – Yes
152 Bulletin of Latin American Research 2.3 51st Q2 SSCI – No
153 Regional Science Inquiry 2.3 51st Q2 – – No
154 Gender and Development 2.3 50th Q2 – – No
155 Journal of Developing Societies 2.3 50th Q2 ESCI – No
156 Journal of Illicit Economies and Development 2.2 50th Q2 – – Yes
157 Behavioral Science and Policy 2.2 49th Q3 – – No
158 Indian Journal of Extension Education 2.2 49th Q3 – – No
159 Journal of North African Studies 2.2 49th Q3 ESCI – No
160 Journal of Agriculture and Rural Development in the Tropics and Subtropics 2.2 48th Q3 – – Yes
161 Evaluation Journal of Australasia 2.1 48th Q3 – – No
162 International Journal of Social Ecology and Sustainable Development 2.1 48th Q3 – – No
163 Canadian Journal of Development Studies 2.1 47th Q3 SSCI B No
164 International Journal of Community and Social Development 2.1 47th Q3 – – No
165 New Medit 2.1 47th Q3 SCIE – Yes
166 Developing Economies 2.1 46th Q3 SSCI B No
167 International Journal of Development and Conflict 2.1 46th Q3 – B Yes
168 Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development 2.1 46th Q3 ESCI – Yes
169 Southern African Journal of Entrepreneurship and Small Business Management 2.1 46th Q3 ESCI – Yes
170 Journal of Development Effectiveness 2.1 45th Q3 SSCI C No
171 African Evaluation Journal 2.1 45th Q3 – – Yes
172 Sociology of Development 2.1 45th Q3 ESCI – No
173 IZA Journal of Development and Migration 2 44th Q3 – – No
174 Journal of Engineering Education Transformations 2 44th Q3 – – No
175 Asian Development Review 2 43rd Q3 ESCI C Yes
176 Studies in Agricultural Economics 2 43rd Q3 ESCI C Yes
177 Journal of Contemporary African Studies 2 43rd Q3 ESCI – No
178 Journal of Social Economics Research 2 43rd Q3 – – No
179 Europa XXI 1.9 42nd Q3 – – No
180 Journal of Agricultural Extension 1.9 42nd Q3 ESCI – Yes
181 Journal of Regional and City Planning 1.9 42nd Q3 ESCI – No
182 Economic History of Developing Regions 1.9 41st Q3 ESCI C No
183 Asian Economic and Financial Review 1.9 41st Q3 – – No
184 Journal of Education and Learning 1.9 41st Q3 – – No
185 Perspectives on Development in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) Region 1.9 41st Q3 – – No
186 Library of Ethics and Applied Philosophy 1.8 40th Q3 – – No
187 Middle East Development Journal 1.8 39th Q3 ESCI C No
188 Africa Review 1.7 39th Q3 ESCI – No
189 Journal of Futures Studies 1.7 39th Q3 ESCI – No
190 WSEAS Transactions on Environment and Development 1.7 39th Q3 – – No
191 Asian-Pacific Economic Literature 1.7 38th Q3 SSCI C No
192 Latin American Research Review 1.7 38th Q3 SSCI – Yes
193 South East Asia Research 1.7 38th Q3 AHCI – No
194 Journal of Globalization and Development 1.7 37th Q3 – B No
195 Contemporary South Asia 1.6 37th Q3 AHCI, SSCI – No
196 Law and Development Review 1.6 37th Q3 ESCI – No
197 Asian Review of Political Economy 1.6 36th Q3 – – Yes
198 Journal of Agriculture and Rural Development in the Tropics and Subtropics, Supplement 1.6 36th Q3 – – Yes
199 Journal of Evolutionary Studies in Business 1.5 36th Q3 ESCI – Yes
200 African Human Mobility Review 1.5 35th Q3 – – Yes
201 Revista Galega de Economia 1.5 35th Q3 ESCI – Yes
202 Sustainable Social Development 1.5 35th Q3 – – No
203 Asian Journal of Legal Education 1.5 34th Q3 – – No
204 China Report 1.5 34th Q3 ESCI – No
205 Development 1.5 34th Q3 – – No
206 Mir Rossii 1.5 33rd Q3 ESCI – No
207 Asian Economic Journal 1.4 33rd Q3 SSCI B No
208 Ager 1.4 33rd Q3 ESCI – No
209 Journal of Quantitative Economics 1.4 32nd Q3 ESCI B No
210 Contemporary British History 1.4 32nd Q3 AHCI – No
211 Copenhagen Journal of Asian Studies 1.4 32nd Q3 – – Yes
212 Sever i Rynok: Formirovanie Ekonomiceskogo Poradka 1.4 32nd Q3 – – Yes
213 Journal of Agriculture and Environment for International Development 1.4 31st Q3 ESCI – Yes
214 Pensamiento Educativo 1.4 31st Q3 – – No
215 Sociologia y Tecnociencia 1.4 31st Q3 ESCI – No
216 Mathematics Education Journal 1.4 30th Q3 – – No
217 IDS Bulletin 1.3 30th Q3 SSCI – No
218 Social Change 1.3 30th Q3 – – No
219 Africa Development/Afrique et Developpement 1.3 29th Q3 – C No
220 Applied Econometrics and International Development 1.3 29th Q3 – C No
221 Gulf Studies 1.3 29th Q3 – – No
222 African Journal of Food, Agriculture, Nutrition and Development 1.2 28th Q3 – – Yes
223 Revista de Estudios Latinoamericanos sobre Reduccion del Riesgo de Desastres 1.2 28th Q3 – – Yes
224 Standort 1.2 28th Q3 – – No
225 Asian Development Policy Review 1.2 27th Q3 – – No
226 Comparative Studies of South Asia, Africa and the Middle East 1.2 27th Q3 ESCI – No
227 Methodology of Educational Measurement and Assessment 1.2 27th Q3 – – No
228 Economic Affairs 1.2 26th Q3 ESCI C No
229 Asian Journal of Economic Modelling 1.2 26th Q3 – – No
230 Journal of Family Social Work 1.2 26th Q3 ESCI – No
231 Thailand and the World Economy 1.2 25th Q3 – – No
232 Advances in African Economic, Social and Political Development 1.1 25th Q3 – – No
233 Education and Self Development 1.1 25th Q3 – – Yes
234 Iberoamerican Journal of Development Studies 1.1 25th Q3 ESCI – Yes
235 International Journal of Public Policy and Administration Research 1.1 24th Q4 – – No
236 Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History 1.1 24th Q4 AHCI – No
237 Journal of Mekong Societies 1.1 24th Q4 – – No
238 Canadian Journal of Latin American and Caribbean Studies 1 23rd Q4 ESCI – No
239 CSR, Sustainability, Ethics and Governance 1 23rd Q4 – – No
240 Inner Asia 1 23rd Q4 ESCI – No
241 Anuario Espanol de derecho Internacional 1 22nd Q4 – – No
242 Irish Studies in International Affairs 1 22nd Q4 – – No
243 Southeast Asian Journal of Economics 1 22nd Q4 – – No
244 International Journal of Agricultural Science, Research and Technology in Extension and Education Systems 1 21st Q4 – – No
245 African and Asian Studies 0.9 21st Q4 SSCI – No
246 Perspectives on Global Development and Technology 0.9 21st Q4 ESCI – No
247 International Development Policy 0.9 20th Q4 – – No
248 Progress in Industrial Ecology 0.9 20th Q4 – – No
249 Southeast Asian Studies 0.9 20th Q4 ESCI – No
250 Margin 0.9 19th Q4 ESCI C No
251 Indian Journal of Agricultural Economics 0.9 19th Q4 – – No
252 Journal of Sustainable Development Law and Policy 0.9 19th Q4 – – Yes
253 Regional and Sectoral Economic Studies 0.9 19th Q4 – – No
254 Desarrollo y Sociedad 0.8 18th Q4 – – Yes
255 Education in the Asia-Pacific Region 0.8 18th Q4 – – No
256 Problemas del Desarrollo 0.8 17th Q4 ESCI C Yes
257 Anuario do Instituto de Geociencias 0.8 17th Q4 – – Yes
258 China Biotechnology 0.8 17th Q4 – – No
259 Philosophy of Engineering and Technology 0.8 17th Q4 – – No
260 Southern African Journal of Social Work and Social Development 0.8 16th Q4 – – No
261 South Asia: Journal of South Asia Studies 0.7 16th Q4 AHCI, SSCI – No
262 Finance and Development 0.7 15th Q4 – – No
263 Space and Culture, India 0.7 15th Q4 – – Yes
264 Tropical Agriculture 0.7 15th Q4 ESCI – No
265 Pakistan Development Review 0.7 14th Q4 – C No
266 International and Development Education 0.7 14th Q4 – – No
267 Journal of Punjab Studies 0.7 14th Q4 – – No
268 Asia in Transition 0.6 13th Q4 – – No
269 Journal of Social Development in Africa 0.6 13th Q4 – – No
270 Modern Africa 0.6 13th Q4 – – Yes
271 African Renaissance 0.6 12th Q4 – – No
272 European Journal of East Asian Studies 0.6 12th Q4 ESCI – No
273 Quality of Life in Asia 0.6 12th Q4 – – No
274 Journal of African Union Studies 0.6 11th Q4 – – No
275 Jurnal Pengabdian Hukum Indonesia 0.6 11th Q4 – – No
276 Youth in a Globalizing World 0.6 11th Q4 – – No
277 European State Aid Law Quarterly 0.6 10th Q4 – – No
278 Mondes en Developpement 0.6 10th Q4 – – No
279 Palgrave Series in Asia and Pacific Studies 0.6 10th Q4 – – No
280 CEPAL Review 0.5 9th Q4 SSCI – No
281 Field Actions Science Report 0.5 9th Q4 – – Yes
282 Journal of Global South Studies 0.5 9th Q4 – – No
283 Research for Development 0.5 9th Q4 – – No
284 Cahiers d'Etudes Africaines 0.5 8th Q4 ESCI – No
285 Revista de Estudios Regionales 0.5 8th Q4 ESCI – No
286 Canada and International Affairs 0.4 7th Q4 – – No
287 Civitas 0.4 7th Q4 – – Yes
288 Communication, Culture and Change in Asia 0.4 7th Q4 – – No
289 Journal fur Entwicklungspolitik 0.4 6th Q4 – – No
290 Journal of Rural Development 0.4 6th Q4 – – No
291 IEEE International Conference on Emerging and Sustainable Technologies for Power and ICT in a Developing Society, NIGERCON 0.3 6th Q4 – – No
292 Contributions to Conflict Management, Peace Economics and Development 0.3 5th Q4 – – No
293 Estonian Discussions on Economic Policy 0.3 5th Q4 – – Yes
294 Journal of Sustainable Competitive Intelligence 0.3 5th Q4 – – No
295 Central Community Development Journal 0.3 4th Q4 – – No
296 OIDA International Journal of Sustainable Development 0.3 4th Q4 – – Yes
297 Area Based Development Research Journal 0.2 4th Q4 – – No
298 Dialogue 0.2 3rd Q4 – – No
299 Japanese Journal of Southeast Asian Studies 0.2 3rd Q4 – – No
300 Revue d'Economie du Developpement 0.2 3rd Q4 – – No

All remaining Development journals (8)

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