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Studies in Comparative International Development is Scopus-indexed (Q2, CiteScore 2.7), ABDC A, WoS SSCI. It is covered by India's One Nation One Subscription scheme for reading access. Published by Springer International Publishing.
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ISSN 0039-3606Verify ISSN ↗1936-6167Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
Cost to publish: About US$3,390 to publish open access (publisher list price, via OpenAlex) — subscription publishing may be free
| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Political Science and International Relations | 209 / 745 | 72nd | Q2 |
| Sociology and Political Science | 465 / 1530 | 69th | Q2 |
| Development | 136 / 314 | 56th | Q2 |
Not listed in: DOAJ, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 1972–present (also 1965–1970), best quartile Q2, CiteScore 2.7.
Studies in Comparative International Development is Q2 in Political Science and International Relations (rank 209 of 745), Q2 in Sociology and Political Science (rank 465 of 1530) and Q2 in Development (rank 136 of 314), by CiteScore 2025.
Studies in Comparative International 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 2.7, which places it in quartile Q2 at the 72nd percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.634, quartile Q1, with an H-index of 68.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$3,390 for open access (source: OpenAlex). Many journals also publish by the subscription route at no cost to the author, so confirm on the journal's own website.
Studies in Comparative International Development is published by Springer International Publishing. Its print ISSN is 0039-3606 and its online ISSN is 1936-6167.
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 Other commerce, management, tourism and services.
No — it is not registered as an open-access journal in DOAJ or Scopus.
Studies in Comparative International Development has an h-index of 100 and a 2-year mean of 2.1 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 2.7, quartile Q2. On 2-year citations it ranks #108 of 704 Scopus journals in Political Science and International Relations.
Studies in Comparative International Development published 35 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2023 with 36. 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 97 research articles (2023–2026), authors are most often from United States (45.7%), United Kingdom (10.3%) and China (5.2%).
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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