Aims & Scope

World Development Perspectives is a multi-disciplinary journal of international development.

It seeks to explore ways of improving human well-being by examining the performance and impact of interventions designed to address issues related to: poverty alleviation, public health and malnutrition, agricultural production, natural resource governance, globalization and transnational processes, technological progress, gender and social discrimination, and participation in economic and political life.

Above all, we are particularly interested in the role of historical, legal, social, economic, political, biophysical, and/or ecological contexts in shaping development processes and outcomes.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year Value
2025 2.3

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year Value
2024 0.665

Quartile

Year Value
2024 Q1

h-index

Year Value
2024 27

Journal Rank

Year Value
2024 8609

Journal Citation Indicator

Year Value
2024 510

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 Economics, Econometrics and Finance and Social Sciences, designed to support cutting-edge academic discovery.


Quick Facts

Current Factor
2.3
First Published: 2025

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

SJR
0.665
First Published: 2024

Quartile

Current Quartile
Q1
First Published: 2024

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