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World Development Sustainability is Scopus-indexed (Q1, CiteScore 8.8), DOAJ. Published by Elsevier B.V..
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ISSN 2772-655XVerify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Elsevier B.V.
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| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Social Sciences (miscellaneous) | 24 / 744 | 96th | Q1 |
| Geography, Planning and Development | 69 / 876 | 92nd | Q1 |
Not listed in: Web of Science, ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2022–present, best quartile Q1, CiteScore 8.8.
World Development Sustainability is Q1 in Social Sciences (miscellaneous) (rank 24 of 744) and Q1 in Geography, Planning and Development (rank 69 of 876), by CiteScore 2025.
World Development Sustainability is not in the Web of Science Core Collection (SCIE, SSCI, AHCI or ESCI), so Clarivate publishes no Journal Impact Factor for it. Its Scopus CiteScore is 8.8, quartile Q1, 96th percentile. Any "impact factor" quoted elsewhere is not the Clarivate metric. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.934, quartile Q1, with an H-index of 20.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$1,400 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.
World Development Sustainability is published by Elsevier B.V. Its ISSN is 2772-655X.
No — it is not currently in the Web of Science core collections (SCIE, SSCI, AHCI or ESCI).
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
World Development Sustainability has an h-index of 31 and a 2-year mean of 5.6 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 8.8, quartile Q1. On 2-year citations it ranks #12 of 703 Scopus journals in Social Sciences (miscellaneous).
World Development Sustainability published 62 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2024 with 78. 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 92 research articles (2026), authors are most often from Indonesia (13.5%), Vietnam (10.6%) and Bangladesh (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 (5.5 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.
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