Aims & Scope

Topics of interest are as wide and diverse as the audience that we address.

However, certain issues relating to ICTs in developing countries sit at the forefront of system planning and development activities and contributions relating to these are especially sought as it believed that they will have an immediate interest among a wide audience.

Such topics are: Internet Usage; Diffusing access; ISP Management Issues; Maximising the use of limited resources; Adapting technologies to local conditions; Internet policies and regulations; National and regional level Internet policies IT in Development Practice; Technology transfer; Sustainability; Measuring the social value of IT; Telecentre impacts; IT spending-benefit relationships; Societal impacts of IT implementation; Coping with resistance to change; IT Policy Making; Policy making processes for IT in the developing world; IT to support policy decision making; National policy analyses and comparisons; Role of the government; Government - private sector cooperation and competition; IT implementation success/failure factors; Rural Applications of IT; Telecommunications in rural & remote communities; Supporting rural economies; Developing and managing telecentres; Health care delivery; IT support for rural commerce; eGovernance for rural communities; Organisational capacity building; Cross-cultural analyses of IT applications; Cultural adaptation to IT; Cultural barriers to IT diffusion; Research Practice in IT in Development; Theory building for IT in development; Bibliographic analyses of IT issues in development; Research relevance and impact.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year Value
2025 1.4

Journal Rank

Year Value
2024 14449

Journal Citation Indicator

Year Value
2024 263

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year Value
2024 0.375

Quartile

Year Value
2024 Q3

h-index

Year Value
2024 51

Impact Factor Trend


Abstracting & Indexing

Journal is indexed in leading academic databases, ensuring global visibility and accessibility of our peer-reviewed research.


Subjects & Keywords

Journal’s research areas, covering key disciplines and specialized sub-topics in Computer Science and Social Sciences, designed to support cutting-edge academic discovery.


Licensing & Copyright

This journal operates under an Open Access model. Articles are freely accessible to the public immediately upon publication. The content is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0), allowing users to share and adapt the work with proper attribution.

Copyright remains with the author(s), and no permission is required for non-commercial use, provided the original source is cited.


Quick Facts

Current Factor
1.4
First Published: 2025

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

SJR
0.375
First Published: 2024

Quartile

Current Quartile
Q3
First Published: 2024

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