Development Studies: Journal Rankings

Journal Rankings

TQCC Average citations Median citations H4-Index Number of Papers Impact Factor

(The TQCC is the top quartile citation count: if all publications of a journal are sorted by citation count in descending order, then the TQCC is the citation count of the publication residing at the end of the top quartile; for example, given 100 publications, the TQCC is the citation count of the 25th ranked paper. The data are based on CrossRef. The ranking can be re-used under a CC0-license.)

(Using publications from roughly 2021-08-01 to 2025-08-01)

Rank	Journal	TQCC
1	Habitat International	14
-	Long Range Planning	14
3	World Development	12
4	Sustainable Development	11
5	Cambridge Journal of Regions Economy and Society	10
6	Entrepreneurship and Regional Development	8
7	Journal of Peasant Studies	7
-	Information Technology for Development	7
-	Journal of Environmental Planning and Management	7
-	Climate and Development	7
11	Journal of Environmental Policy & Planning	6
-	Growth and Change	6
13	Third World Quarterly	5
-	African Development Review-Revue Africaine de Developpement	5
-	Development and Change	5
-	Housing Policy Debate	5
-	Journal of Agrarian Change	5
18	Journal of Economic Policy Reform	4
-	Public Administration and Development	4
-	European Journal of Development Research	4
-	Journal of Environment & Development	4
-	Journal of International Development	4
-	Review of Development Economics	4
-	Society & Natural Resources	4
25	Social Policy & Administration	3
-	Development Southern Africa	3
-	Journal of Development Studies	3
-	World Bank Economic Review	3
-	Development Policy Review	3
-	Economic Development and Cultural Change	3
31	International Development Planning Review	2
-	Journal of Development Effectiveness	2
-	Journal of Human Development and Capabilities	2
-	Studies in Comparative International Development	2
-	Canadian Journal of Development Studies-Revue Canadienne d'Etudes du Developpement	2
-	Community Development Journal	2
-	Economic Development Quarterly	2
-	Journal of South Asian Development	2
-	Progress in Development Studies	2
40	IDS Bulletin-Institute of Development Studies	1
41	Developing Economies	0