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Problemas del Desarrollo is Scopus-indexed (Q4, CiteScore 0.8), ABDC C, WoS ESCI, DOAJ. Published by National Autonomous University of Mexico.
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ISSN 0301-7036Verify ISSN ↗2007-8951Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: National Autonomous University of Mexico
Cost to publish: Checking DOAJ for article charges…
| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Development | 259 / 314 | 17th | Q4 |
| Economics and Econometrics | 652 / 755 | 13th | Q4 |
Not listed in: ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2009–present (also 1992–1993, 1979–1980), best quartile Q4, CiteScore 0.8.
Problemas del Desarrollo is Q4 in Development (rank 259 of 314) and Q4 in Economics and Econometrics (rank 652 of 755), by CiteScore 2025.
Problemas del Desarrollo 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 0.8, which places it in quartile Q4 at the 17th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.242, quartile Q3, with an H-index of 14.
Problemas del Desarrollo is published by National Autonomous University of Mexico. Its print ISSN is 0301-7036 and its online ISSN is 2007-8951.
Yes — indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index.
It is rated C in the ABDC Journal Quality List 2025 under Applied economics.
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
Problemas del Desarrollo has an h-index of 24 and a 2-year mean of 0.34 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 0.8, quartile Q4. On 2-year citations it ranks #247 of 299 Scopus journals in Development.
Problemas del Desarrollo published 25 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2017 with 72. 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 90 research articles (2022–2026), authors are most often from Mexico (55.8%), Argentina (13.6%) and Brazil (5.3%). More than half of recent authorship comes from one country.
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Scopus status: Active. No retracted papers are recorded. 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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