Journal of African Development

The Pennsylvania State University Press
ISSN: 26894092, 26894084

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Years of issue
2025
journal names
Journal of African Development
Publications
233
Citations
1 194
h-index
17
Publications
69
Citations
678
Top-3 citing journals
Top-3 organizations
University of Ghana
University of Ghana (7 publications)
University of Ibadan
University of Ibadan (7 publications)
University of South Florida
University of South Florida (7 publications)
University of Nairobi
University of Nairobi (3 publications)
University of Ibadan
University of Ibadan (2 publications)
Top-3 countries
USA (41 publications)
Nigeria (12 publications)
Ghana (7 publications)
USA (4 publications)
Nigeria (3 publications)
Canada (2 publications)

Most cited in 5 years

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Citing journals

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SSRN Electronic Journal
180 citations, 15.08%
Journal of African Development
23 citations, 1.93%
Sustainable Development
18 citations, 1.51%
Economic Analysis and Policy
17 citations, 1.42%
Journal of the Knowledge Economy
17 citations, 1.42%
African Development Review
15 citations, 1.26%
World Development
15 citations, 1.26%
African Journal of Economic and Management Studies
13 citations, 1.09%
Telecommunications Policy
13 citations, 1.09%
Cogent Economics and Finance
12 citations, 1.01%
International Journal of Social Economics
12 citations, 1.01%
Local Environment
12 citations, 1.01%
Research in International Business and Finance
12 citations, 1.01%
Journal of Economic Studies
10 citations, 0.84%
Social Indicators Research
10 citations, 0.84%
World Affairs
10 citations, 0.84%
Social Responsibility Journal
10 citations, 0.84%
Sustainability
10 citations, 0.84%
International Journal of Emerging Markets
9 citations, 0.75%
Technological Forecasting and Social Change
9 citations, 0.75%
Journal of African Business
8 citations, 0.67%
African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development
6 citations, 0.5%
Journal of International Development
6 citations, 0.5%
Economic Modelling
6 citations, 0.5%
International Journal of Public Administration
6 citations, 0.5%
Journal of Economic Structures
6 citations, 0.5%
International Journal of Development Issues
6 citations, 0.5%
Land Use Policy
6 citations, 0.5%
Gender in Management
6 citations, 0.5%
Environmental Science and Pollution Research
6 citations, 0.5%
International Economic Journal
5 citations, 0.42%
Habitat International
5 citations, 0.42%
Resources Policy
5 citations, 0.42%
Financial Innovation
5 citations, 0.42%
Journal of Risk and Financial Management
5 citations, 0.42%
Handbook of Research on In-Country Determinants and Implications of Foreign Land Acquisitions
5 citations, 0.42%
Health Policy and Planning
4 citations, 0.34%
Journal of Entrepreneurship in Emerging Economies
4 citations, 0.34%
Journal of Development Studies
4 citations, 0.34%
Journal of Policy Modeling
4 citations, 0.34%
International Review of Applied Economics
4 citations, 0.34%
Economics
4 citations, 0.34%
Review of Development Economics
4 citations, 0.34%
Cities
4 citations, 0.34%
International Economics
4 citations, 0.34%
The Forum for Social Economics
4 citations, 0.34%
SN Business & Economics
4 citations, 0.34%
Journal of Economic and Administrative Sciences
4 citations, 0.34%
International Journal of Research in Business and Social Science (2147-4478)
4 citations, 0.34%
Remodelling Businesses for Sustainable Development
4 citations, 0.34%
Information Development
3 citations, 0.25%
Applied Economics
3 citations, 0.25%
Oxford Development Studies
3 citations, 0.25%
Information Technology and People
3 citations, 0.25%
Economic Systems
3 citations, 0.25%
International Review of Economics
3 citations, 0.25%
South African Journal of Economics
3 citations, 0.25%
Journal of Money Laundering Control
3 citations, 0.25%
Economies
3 citations, 0.25%
NETNOMICS: Economic Research and Electronic Networking
3 citations, 0.25%
Politics and Policy
3 citations, 0.25%
Cogent Business and Management
3 citations, 0.25%
Urban Forum
3 citations, 0.25%
Journal of Public Affairs
3 citations, 0.25%
Development Studies Research
3 citations, 0.25%
Journal of Social Service Research
3 citations, 0.25%
Contemporary Social Science
3 citations, 0.25%
Energy Exploration and Exploitation
3 citations, 0.25%
Innovation: The European Journal of Social Science Research
3 citations, 0.25%
Urban Studies
3 citations, 0.25%
Technology in Society
3 citations, 0.25%
Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization
3 citations, 0.25%
PLoS ONE
3 citations, 0.25%
International Journal of Economic Policy Studies
3 citations, 0.25%
International Journal of Innovation Studies
3 citations, 0.25%
Sustainable Development Goals Series
3 citations, 0.25%
Palgrave Studies in Energy Transitions
3 citations, 0.25%
Energy Economics
2 citations, 0.17%
Tourism Economics
2 citations, 0.17%
Investment Management and Financial Innovations
2 citations, 0.17%
Journal of International Trade and Economic Development
2 citations, 0.17%
Emerging Infectious Diseases
2 citations, 0.17%
International Economics and Economic Policy
2 citations, 0.17%
Comparative Studies of South Asia, Africa and the Middle East
2 citations, 0.17%
Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History
2 citations, 0.17%
Feminist Economics
2 citations, 0.17%
Agriculture (Switzerland)
2 citations, 0.17%
Africa
2 citations, 0.17%
Mineral Economics
2 citations, 0.17%
Comparative Economic Studies
2 citations, 0.17%
Journal of Asian and African Studies
2 citations, 0.17%
Journal of Biosocial Science
2 citations, 0.17%
Journal for Studies in Economics and Econometrics
2 citations, 0.17%
Development Southern Africa
2 citations, 0.17%
International Journal of Finance and Economics
2 citations, 0.17%
Social Science and Medicine
2 citations, 0.17%
Agricultural Finance Review
2 citations, 0.17%
Society and Economy
2 citations, 0.17%
Development Policy Review
2 citations, 0.17%
BMC Health Services Research
2 citations, 0.17%
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Citing publishers

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Elsevier
186 citations, 15.58%
Social Science Electronic Publishing
177 citations, 14.82%
Taylor & Francis
163 citations, 13.65%
Springer Nature
160 citations, 13.4%
Emerald
110 citations, 9.21%
Wiley
91 citations, 7.62%
SAGE
52 citations, 4.36%
MDPI
28 citations, 2.35%
The Pennsylvania State University Press
26 citations, 2.18%
IGI Global
18 citations, 1.51%
Oxford University Press
10 citations, 0.84%
Cambridge University Press
9 citations, 0.75%
Walter de Gruyter
8 citations, 0.67%
Center for Strategic Studies in Business and Finance SSBFNET
5 citations, 0.42%
Duke University Press
4 citations, 0.34%
Frontiers Media S.A.
4 citations, 0.34%
Public Library of Science (PLoS)
4 citations, 0.34%
IntechOpen
4 citations, 0.34%
Research Square Platform LLC
4 citations, 0.34%
Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
3 citations, 0.25%
Virtus Interpress
3 citations, 0.25%
University of Chicago Press
2 citations, 0.17%
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
2 citations, 0.17%
Vilnius Gediminas Technical University
2 citations, 0.17%
IOP Publishing
2 citations, 0.17%
Kiel Institute for the World Economy
2 citations, 0.17%
Unisa Press
2 citations, 0.17%
Akademiai Kiado
2 citations, 0.17%
AOSIS
2 citations, 0.17%
Financial University under the Government of the Russian Federation
2 citations, 0.17%
World Scientific
1 citation, 0.08%
Bentham Science Publishers Ltd.
1 citation, 0.08%
Liverpool University Press
1 citation, 0.08%
Brill
1 citation, 0.08%
Czech Academy of Agricultural Sciences
1 citation, 0.08%
1 citation, 0.08%
International Food and Agribusiness Management Association
1 citation, 0.08%
Social Sciences Research Society
1 citation, 0.08%
Bureau for Economic Research
1 citation, 0.08%
Institut fur Afrika-Kunde
1 citation, 0.08%
1 citation, 0.08%
Africagrowth Institute
1 citation, 0.08%
LLC CPC Business Perspectives
1 citation, 0.08%
Riga Technical University
1 citation, 0.08%
International Monetary Fund
1 citation, 0.08%
Academic Journals
1 citation, 0.08%
BMJ
1 citation, 0.08%
American Psychological Association (APA)
1 citation, 0.08%
Scientific Research Publishing
1 citation, 0.08%
IDEA PUBLISHERS
1 citation, 0.08%
National Research Mordovia State University MRSU
1 citation, 0.08%
Siberian State University of Geosystems and Technologies
1 citation, 0.08%
Hacettepe University Journal of Economics and Administrative Sciences
1 citation, 0.08%
The Korean Society for Plant Biotechnology
1 citation, 0.08%
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University of Ibadan
7 publications, 3%
University of South Florida
7 publications, 3%
University of Ghana
7 publications, 3%
University of Nairobi
6 publications, 2.58%
Pennsylvania State University
5 publications, 2.15%
New York University
5 publications, 2.15%
Cheikh Anta Diop University
5 publications, 2.15%
University of Oxford
4 publications, 1.72%
Covenant University
4 publications, 1.72%
University of Massachusetts Amherst
4 publications, 1.72%
University of Kansas
4 publications, 1.72%
Iowa State University
3 publications, 1.29%
Stellenbosch University
3 publications, 1.29%
Addis Ababa University
3 publications, 1.29%
Kansas State University
3 publications, 1.29%
Université Laval
3 publications, 1.29%
University of Kinshasa
3 publications, 1.29%
University of Yaoundé I
3 publications, 1.29%
University of Gothenburg
2 publications, 0.86%
University of Cape Town
2 publications, 0.86%
University of the Witwatersrand
2 publications, 0.86%
Dalhousie University
2 publications, 0.86%
Nnamdi Azikiwe University
2 publications, 0.86%
Sokoine University of Agriculture
2 publications, 0.86%
University of Dar es Salaam
2 publications, 0.86%
University of California, Berkeley
2 publications, 0.86%
University of California, Los Angeles
2 publications, 0.86%
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology
2 publications, 0.86%
Université de Sherbrooke
2 publications, 0.86%
University of Leeds
2 publications, 0.86%
University of Abomey-Calavi
2 publications, 0.86%
Fordham University
2 publications, 0.86%
Toronto Metropolitan University
2 publications, 0.86%
United Nations University – Maastricht Economic and Social Research Institute on Innovation and Technology
2 publications, 0.86%
University of Guelph
2 publications, 0.86%
Middle Tennessee State University
2 publications, 0.86%
Université du Québec à Montréal
2 publications, 0.86%
Gaston Berger University
2 publications, 0.86%
University of Dschang
2 publications, 0.86%
University of Bamenda
2 publications, 0.86%
Marshall University
2 publications, 0.86%
Indian Institute of Management Bangalore
1 publication, 0.43%
University of Liège
1 publication, 0.43%
Örebro University Hospital
1 publication, 0.43%
University of Cambridge
1 publication, 0.43%
Maastricht University
1 publication, 0.43%
University of Antwerp
1 publication, 0.43%
University of Manchester
1 publication, 0.43%
Michigan State University
1 publication, 0.43%
University of Florence
1 publication, 0.43%
Georgia Institute of technology
1 publication, 0.43%
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
1 publication, 0.43%
European University Institute
1 publication, 0.43%
University of Melbourne
1 publication, 0.43%
University of Adelaide
1 publication, 0.43%
Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology
1 publication, 0.43%
Columbia University
1 publication, 0.43%
University of Johannesburg
1 publication, 0.43%
North-West University
1 publication, 0.43%
University of South Africa
1 publication, 0.43%
Princeton University
1 publication, 0.43%
University of Rwanda
1 publication, 0.43%
University of Ilorin
1 publication, 0.43%
University of Benin
1 publication, 0.43%
Washington State University
1 publication, 0.43%
Makerere University
1 publication, 0.43%
Auburn University
1 publication, 0.43%
Obafemi Awolowo University
1 publication, 0.43%
Harvard University
1 publication, 0.43%
Tufts University
1 publication, 0.43%
Nagoya University
1 publication, 0.43%
Georgia State University
1 publication, 0.43%
University for Development Studies
1 publication, 0.43%
University of the West Indies at Mona, Jamaica
1 publication, 0.43%
Trinity College Dublin
1 publication, 0.43%
University of Botswana
1 publication, 0.43%
Mzumbe University
1 publication, 0.43%
McMaster University
1 publication, 0.43%
Niger Delta University
1 publication, 0.43%
University of Minnesota Duluth
1 publication, 0.43%
University of Göttingen
1 publication, 0.43%
Justus Liebig University Giessen
1 publication, 0.43%
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
1 publication, 0.43%
Philipps University of Marburg
1 publication, 0.43%
Paris School of Economics
1 publication, 0.43%
Kochi University
1 publication, 0.43%
Sophia University
1 publication, 0.43%
West Chester University
1 publication, 0.43%
Wageningen University and Research Centre
1 publication, 0.43%
Carleton University
1 publication, 0.43%
University of Ottawa
1 publication, 0.43%
University of Kentucky
1 publication, 0.43%
North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University
1 publication, 0.43%
University of Delaware
1 publication, 0.43%
Indiana University South Bend
1 publication, 0.43%
Tuskegee University
1 publication, 0.43%
William & Mary
1 publication, 0.43%
University of Nebraska–Lincoln
1 publication, 0.43%
Abdelmalek Essaâdi University
1 publication, 0.43%
University of Portsmouth
1 publication, 0.43%
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University of Nairobi
3 publications, 4.35%
Pennsylvania State University
2 publications, 2.9%
University of Ibadan
2 publications, 2.9%
Nnamdi Azikiwe University
2 publications, 2.9%
University of Dar es Salaam
2 publications, 2.9%
University of South Florida
2 publications, 2.9%
University of Ghana
2 publications, 2.9%
University of Leeds
2 publications, 2.9%
Toronto Metropolitan University
2 publications, 2.9%
University of Guelph
2 publications, 2.9%
Middle Tennessee State University
2 publications, 2.9%
University of Massachusetts Amherst
2 publications, 2.9%
Marshall University
2 publications, 2.9%
Indian Institute of Management Bangalore
1 publication, 1.45%
University of Liège
1 publication, 1.45%
University of Oxford
1 publication, 1.45%
Maastricht University
1 publication, 1.45%
University of Florence
1 publication, 1.45%
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
1 publication, 1.45%
University of Adelaide
1 publication, 1.45%
Stellenbosch University
1 publication, 1.45%
North-West University
1 publication, 1.45%
University of Rwanda
1 publication, 1.45%
Covenant University
1 publication, 1.45%
University of Benin
1 publication, 1.45%
Washington State University
1 publication, 1.45%
Makerere University
1 publication, 1.45%
Sokoine University of Agriculture
1 publication, 1.45%
Nagoya University
1 publication, 1.45%
University for Development Studies
1 publication, 1.45%
University of the West Indies at Mona, Jamaica
1 publication, 1.45%
University of Botswana
1 publication, 1.45%
Mzumbe University
1 publication, 1.45%
University of Minnesota Duluth
1 publication, 1.45%
University of Göttingen
1 publication, 1.45%
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
1 publication, 1.45%
University of Abomey-Calavi
1 publication, 1.45%
Kansas State University
1 publication, 1.45%
Kochi University
1 publication, 1.45%
Sophia University
1 publication, 1.45%
Wageningen University and Research Centre
1 publication, 1.45%
Université Laval
1 publication, 1.45%
Carleton University
1 publication, 1.45%
Abdelmalek Essaâdi University
1 publication, 1.45%
University of Portsmouth
1 publication, 1.45%
Natural Resources Canada
1 publication, 1.45%
University of Bamenda
1 publication, 1.45%
National University of Lesotho
1 publication, 1.45%
University of New Mexico
1 publication, 1.45%
Suffolk University
1 publication, 1.45%
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
1 publication, 1.45%
Jean Lorougnon Guédé University
1 publication, 1.45%
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USA, 41, 17.6%
USA
41 publications, 17.6%
Nigeria, 12, 5.15%
Nigeria
12 publications, 5.15%
Ghana, 7, 3%
Ghana
7 publications, 3%
South Africa, 7, 3%
South Africa
7 publications, 3%
Italy, 6, 2.58%
Italy
6 publications, 2.58%
United Kingdom, 5, 2.15%
United Kingdom
5 publications, 2.15%
Canada, 5, 2.15%
Canada
5 publications, 2.15%
Senegal, 5, 2.15%
Senegal
5 publications, 2.15%
Cameroon, 3, 1.29%
Cameroon
3 publications, 1.29%
Uganda, 3, 1.29%
Uganda
3 publications, 1.29%
Germany, 2, 0.86%
Germany
2 publications, 0.86%
Australia, 2, 0.86%
Australia
2 publications, 0.86%
Belgium, 2, 0.86%
Belgium
2 publications, 0.86%
Benin, 2, 0.86%
Benin
2 publications, 0.86%
Zimbabwe, 2, 0.86%
Zimbabwe
2 publications, 0.86%
Kenya, 2, 0.86%
Kenya
2 publications, 0.86%
Democratic Republic of the Congo, 2, 0.86%
Democratic Republic of the Congo
2 publications, 0.86%
Côte d'Ivoire, 2, 0.86%
Côte d'Ivoire
2 publications, 0.86%
Netherlands, 2, 0.86%
Netherlands
2 publications, 0.86%
Tanzania, 2, 0.86%
Tanzania
2 publications, 0.86%
Tunisia, 2, 0.86%
Tunisia
2 publications, 0.86%
Sweden, 2, 0.86%
Sweden
2 publications, 0.86%
Japan, 2, 0.86%
Japan
2 publications, 0.86%
France, 1, 0.43%
France
1 publication, 0.43%
Egypt, 1, 0.43%
Egypt
1 publication, 0.43%
Malawi, 1, 0.43%
Malawi
1 publication, 0.43%
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Publishing countries in 5 years

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USA, 4, 5.8%
USA
4 publications, 5.8%
Nigeria, 3, 4.35%
Nigeria
3 publications, 4.35%
Canada, 2, 2.9%
Canada
2 publications, 2.9%
Australia, 1, 1.45%
Australia
1 publication, 1.45%
Belgium, 1, 1.45%
Belgium
1 publication, 1.45%
Benin, 1, 1.45%
Benin
1 publication, 1.45%
Netherlands, 1, 1.45%
Netherlands
1 publication, 1.45%
Senegal, 1, 1.45%
Senegal
1 publication, 1.45%
Tanzania, 1, 1.45%
Tanzania
1 publication, 1.45%
Uganda, 1, 1.45%
Uganda
1 publication, 1.45%
Japan, 1, 1.45%
Japan
1 publication, 1.45%
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