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World Bank Discussion Papers

World Bank Discussion Papers is not currently indexed in Scopus. Published by United Nations Publications.

ISSN 0259-210XVerify ISSN ↗

Publisher: United Nations Publications

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Cost to publish: No APC data — check the publisher

Web of ScienceClarivate (SCIE/SSCI/AHCI/ESCI)
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ABDCAustralian Business Deans Council 2025
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DOAJDirectory of Open Access Journals (live)
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Open accessNot registered as fully open access
FT50Financial Times research list
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UT DallasUTD top-100 business research
Not listed in UT Dallas.
ONOS · APC coveredOne Nation One Subscription (Govt of India)
Not in the ONOS APC-supported list.
Publishing in this journal is not centrally APC-funded under One Nation One Subscription.

Is World Bank Discussion Papers indexed in Scopus? No — it was previously covered by Scopus but its coverage is now inactive/discontinued (1988–2001).

What is the impact factor of World Bank Discussion Papers? World Bank Discussion Papers has no Journal Impact Factor — JIF is published only for Web of Science SCIE and SSCI titles — and Scopus has not published a current CiteScore for it either. Treat any "impact factor" quoted for this journal elsewhere as unofficial.

Is World Bank Discussion Papers in Web of Science? No — it is not currently in the Web of Science core collections (SCIE, SSCI, AHCI or ESCI).

Is World Bank Discussion Papers open access? No — it is not registered as an open-access journal in DOAJ or Scopus.

Impact & reach — open metrics via OpenAlex

44
h-index
0
2-yr mean citations
111
i10-index
159
works indexed
6,184
total citations
Papers published per year
025501994: 12 papers1219941995: 30 papers3019951996: 28 papers2819961997: 26 papers2619971998: 15 papers1519981999: 3 papers319992000: 10 papers1020002001: 2 papers220012002: 7 papers720022013: 1 papers12013Scopus coverage ends 2001

World Bank Discussion Papers published 1 papers in 2013; its busiest recent year was 1995 with 30. 2026* is the year so far.

Main topics
Global trade and economicsMicrofinance and Financial InclusionInternational Development and AidPoverty, Education, and Child Welfare

h-index, i10-index and 2-year mean citedness are open, licence-clear metrics from OpenAlex — not a proprietary impact factor. Updated 2026-09-24.

Integrity signals — indicators, not proof of misconduct

  • Scopus statusInactive — coverage ended 2001
  • Retracted papers None recorded

Retractions and authorship from OpenAlex; Scopus status from the Scopus source list. A signal marks something to look at more closely; it is not a finding against the journal.

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